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How Many Hours Are In A Day? Omar Rondon Juggles Multiple Jobs And A Side Hustle
“It’s true that I can be very busy and it’s true that it can be too much sometimes,” says Omar Rondon, who works multiple jobs and engages in creative side gigs, all while supporting his family in his native Venezuela. “But at…
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Side Hustle Of The Issue: The Dog Walker
With Jaki the Siberian husky, Mía the schnauzer by his side, Guðmundur Ingi Halldórsson turns heads as he strolls through downtown. But there’s more to his strut than meets the eye. With each step, a few more krónur find their way into…
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Gender Division In The Economy Is Still High
Nearly twice as many women in Iceland work in fields that require education or expertise than men, Fréttablaðið reports. This is almost 67% of women in the labour market compared to 39% of men. This was stated in a new report from…
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Percentage Of Foreigners In The Icelandic Labour Market Steadily Increasing
Immigrants now comprise nearly 20% of all working people in Iceland, and the percentage of foreigners on the job has been on the rise. These are amongst the findings of a new report from Statistics Iceland. Of the 192,232 people in Iceland…
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Unemployment Low, But Double The Percentage Of Employment Positions
Unemployment figures for the first quarter of 2019 are now available, compiled by Statistics Iceland. They show that unemployment is up 0.1% from the first quarter of 2018, and that the number of unemployed vastly outnumber the amount of available jobs. 81%…
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Snow Ploughing: The Most Thankless Job In Iceland
If there’s one job in Iceland that doesn’t get thanked enough, it’s ploughing the snow, as one man in Akureyri can personally attest. In a lengthy column posted to Facebook, Rúnar Ingi Árdal of Akureyri, who has been ploughing the snow for…
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Immigrants In Iceland: 13% Of The Population, Nearly 20% Of The Workforce
The percentage of Icelanders in the labour market has never been higher, and their presence in the workforce is at an even higher percentage than their share of the total population. RÚV reports that, according to data from Statistics Iceland, there were…
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One Fourth Of Icelandic Children On Payroll Last Year
According to a new report from Statistics Iceland, about one fourth of Icelandic children were involved with the job market last year. This amounts to 20,000 children all over the country, including 700 kids under the age of 12 and 37 children…
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Icelandic Nurses Association To Pay School Fees For Male Nurse Students
The Icelandic Nurses’ Association has recently announced their intention to pay school fees for young male students, in order to encourage more men to become nurses in Iceland, RÚV reports. Jobs in nursing have always been seen as essentially female, and in…
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Finding The Heartbeat: Guðfinna Mjöll Magnúsdóttir On Design & Environment
Sitting on a low wooden panel that runs along half the perimeter of Kjarvalsstaðir’s Idea Lab, I draw my legs inward and I look around me, my eyes wandering over the aquamarine décor, reminiscent of arabesque tiles. Designer Guðfinna Mjöll Magnúsdóttir lounges…
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Shorter Work Week May Also Help Gender Equality In Iceland
A lawyer for the government employees union contends that amongst the positive effects of a shortened work week would be greater gender equality. Localised experiments with a shortened work week in Iceland have already shown positive results. Sonja Ýr Þorbergsdóttir, a lawyer…
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Only 3,400 Unemployed Left In Iceland
Unemployment in March hit its lowest levels since November 2007, standing at just 1.7%—or around 3,400 people—according to figures from Statistics Iceland. In recent years, unemployment has been dropping rapidly and during the corresponding month in 2010, a total of 9.6% of the…
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Unemployment Hits New Low
Unemployment has been steadily been decreasing, year by year, and even long-term unemployment has dipped below 1%. RÚV reports that, according to new data from Statistics Iceland, unemployment in Iceland was at 2.5% for the last quarter of 2016. This reflects a…
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Up To 4,000 Foreign Workers Needed Next Year
Domestic workers decreased last year, and Business Iceland predicts that if this trend continues, anywhere from 2,500 to 4,000 foreign workers will be needed in Iceland next year. According to a new assessment from Business Iceland, there are a number of factors…
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Icelanders Work Longer Hours Than Other Nordic People
Icelanders work as many or more hours per week than other Nordic people, but shortening fulltime hours at some workplaces has already proved very promising. RÚV reports that a steering committee for the City of Reykjavík that has been researching the effects…
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Reykjavík’s Shortened Work Week Experiment Yields Positive Results
A year-long experiment with shorter work weeks at select Reykjavík City workplaces has shown encouraging results. Vísir reports that at the end of an experiment that reduced the full-time hours for employees at some municipal workplaces, productivity continued at the same level,…
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Paying Their Dues: Bullshit Jobs & Bullshit In General
Years ago I met a fascinating American named Bill. I mainly remember two things about Bill. The first: He joked that despite being an artist he would probably only find fame through pulling out a shotgun at a McDonald’s. I had recently…
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Icelanders View Foreign Workers Positively
Icelanders are more tolerant towards foreign workers than many other nations, according to the results of a new Gallup poll. Gallup recently polled a sample of the Icelandic populace for their opinions on foreign workers. RÚV reports that about 60% of respondents…
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Management And Trade Unions Against Shorter Work Week
Representatives of both labour and management oppose a bill that would shorten the fulltime work week from 40 hours to 35, but opinions did not divide along a simple binary. The bill in question is still in the first round of parliamentary…
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Pirates Re-Introduce Bill On Shorter Work Day
The Pirate Party has re-introduced a bill they submitted last year, calling for a full-time day to be reduced from eight hours to seven. The bill in question is unchanged from its previous iteration, with the exception that, in addition to the…
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Ageing Population Struggling For Jobs
Employers are reluctant to hire people over the age of 50, even when they fulfil every requirement for a job, reports Vísir. According to Landssamband eldri borgara (National Association of Senior Citizens) Icelanders who lose their job after turning 50 struggle to…