Recent news

Latest items of recent news relevant to Iceland as reported in our fortnightly newswire ‘Dernières nouvelles’.

Iceland: Labour Court rules Union’s planned ‘micro strikes’ illegal

The use of micro strikes or “working to rule” in the hotel and transport sector has been declared unlawful by the Labour Court …

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Iceland: Immigrants and persons with foreign background 2018

Over the year to the 1st of January 2018, the proportion of immigrants in the population increased by 2% to 43,736, bringing the overall proportion to 12 …

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Iceland: Life expectancy in Iceland is one of the highest in Europe

Statistics Iceland reports that according to ten years averages (2007-2016), men in Iceland and Switzerland had the highest average life expectancy in Europe, 80 …

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Iceland: Companies need to prove not paying women less

Companies with 25 employees or more in Iceland now are required to demonstrate that they pay male and female employees fairly — without gender discrimination …

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Iceland: Gender pay gap and median income

The gender private sector pay gap last year was 18 …

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Iceland: To make employers prove they offer equal pay

Iceland is set to become the first country in the world to ask employers to prove they offer equal pay …

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Irish Republic: Non-unionised companies may face imposed wage deal

The Irish Labour court has made its first recommendation on pay, terms and conditions in a non-unionised company since new legislation came in last year (SIPTU vs Freshways Foods Company) …

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Iceland: Potential decline in union membership

According to Iceland’s latest Labour Force Survey, 86 …

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Iceland: Iceland withdraws EU accession bid, but Bosnia moves forwards

Iceland has officially withdrawn its European Union accession bid …

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Iceland: Average wage statistics

According to Statistics Iceland, average wages increased by 1 …

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Iceland: Withdrawal from EU accession process proposed

In Iceland, a Bill has been sent to parliament proposing the withdrawal of the country’s application to join the European Union …

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Iceland: Budget proposals affecting employers

Iceland’s Budget proposal 2014, presented in October, provides for a reduction in employer contributions …

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