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Do Shit: Whether You’re Fired Or You Quit, You Have Rights
The Útlendingur’s ongoing guide to getting shit done Jobs. You can’t live with them, you can’t live without them. Well, fine, you can live with them — a lot of people have jobs they love, with employers and colleagues they gel with…
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Mass Firing At Labour Union On First Day Of New Board In Office
The new directorship board of Efling put forward, and passed, a measure on their first working day to fire everyone working at the labour union, Vísir reports. [su_pullquote]What are the Icelandic classics that just stay on the market despite the ever changing…
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Icelandair Fires Its Flight Attendants In Middle Of Labour Negotiations
After members of the flight attendants’ union (FFÍ) voted against a collective bargaining agreement struck by union officials and Icelandair last June, the directorship of Icelandair has opted to fire their flight attendants, RÚV reports. The airline will instead seek “another party…
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Former Union Organisers Speak Up About Internal Pressures, Firing Without Notice
Several former employees of labour union Efling’s organising division have come forward about their experiences with the union last spring, Fréttablaðið reports. All of the organisers who went on the record were non-Icelanders hired to organise workers. One of them alleges he…
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Over 200 Firings Across Three Icelandic Companies Announced As Unemployment Rises
The firing of over 200 Icelanders across three Icelandic companies have been announced in the past 24 hours alone. Meanwhile, unemployment has risen since last July. The firing of 100 people from Arion Bank reported on earlier today is only the tip…
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Arion Bank Tightens Its Belt, Mass Firings Pending
The board of Arion Bank has decided that organisational changes they seek to make will be implemented today, Kjarninn reports. Entailed in these changes will be firing 12% of their employees, totally about a hundred people. About 80% of those slated for…
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Prime Minister Surprised By Cleaning Staff Firings
Prime Minister Sigmundur Davíð Gunnlaugsson says he was surprised by news that Government Offices had fired 18 professional cleaners, saying that trust plays a crucial role in the work environment. Sigmundur told listeners of radio show Reykjavík síðdegis that he was surprised…