Fafo in the press May 2005

Effektiv integrering av nye nordmenn (Successful introductory program), Fafo Research Director Hanne Kavli tells Aftenposten. See also follow up in the same paper; Lovpriser nyordning (The new arrangement is praised). May 30-31

Pensjon blir valgkampsak (Pensions become a campaign issue), writes Adressa, and interviews among others Fafo researcher Tove Midtsundstad, May 26

Annen generasjons fattig (Second generation poor). The magazine Embla-Fontene interviews Fafo researcher Thomas Lorentzen, who writes on his doctoral thesis on poverty and social assistance. See also Fami - Norwegian Centre for Research on Poverty and Social Assistance

Økt EU-skepsis til lønnsdumping (Increased EU scepticism to social dumping). Fafo Director Jon Erik Dølvik is interviewed by the telegram bureau ANB, refered in Jarlsberg avis, May 25

Landsmøte på trygg grunn... (House painters' national meeting on a safe ground...) But their profession is the most affected by the EU enlargement, says Fafo researcher Anne Mette Ødegård to their journal Maleren, May 24

Svenskene taper innflytelse over arbeidsretten (The Swedish lose their influence on labour legislation), and as an EEA member, Norway will have to adjust to the EU court as well, says Fafo Director Jon Erik Dølvik to the magazine Embla-Fontene, May 24

Den lojale varsler – lojal mot hvem? (The loyal whistle-blower – loyal to whom?) Comment by Fafo researchers Marit Skivenes and Sissel Trygstad in LO-Aktuelt, May 24

LO vil vise at EU biter seg selv i halen (The Norwegian Confederation of Trade Unions will prove that EU bites its own tail). In Østlandsposten. Fafo and SINTEF have been asked by LO to survey the jobs and financial activity related to EU imports of Norwegian salmon, May 24

Slik vant Jens pensjonsslaget (Jens Stoltenberg won the pensions war), and according to Dagbladet Fafo Director Jon Hippe "helped him to get a better profile than the one first presented", May 24

Tjenestepensjon kan øke lønnsforskjellene (Occupational pensions can increase the wage gap). Dagsavisen interviews director Jon Hippe and researcher Geir Veland at Fafo, May 21

Vil snyte finansnæringen (Governmental administration of occupational pensions can result in the finance industry's loss of a great market). Dagens Næringsliv refers to Fafo's report on occupational pensions (in Norwegian), May 20

Spår kutt i AFP-ordningen (Predict cuts in Contractual Early Retirement Scheme). Dagens Næringsliv interviews, among others, Fafo researcher Tove Midtsundstad, May 20

Venter kamp om pensjonspenger (Expects fight over pension funds). Separate interview with Fafo Director Jon Hippe, in Norwegian broadcasting NRK, May 20

Selvstendige blir tapere (The self-employed are the losers in the new pensions reform), NRK says today. But the system will be simpler, the national insurance stronger, and the low-paid will get a relative improvement, says Fafo Director Jon Hippe in an interview with NRK, May 20

Hvem lurer hvem? (Who's cheating whom?) Comment by Fafo director Jon M. Hippe and Fafo researcher Tove Midtsundstad in Dagsavisen, May 19

Feil om barnevernsevaluering (Incorrect quotation on child welfare). Fafo researchers Arne Grønningsæter and Marit Skivenes clarify in Dagsavisen (see below, 6th of May; Barnevernet sliter, må kutte i tilbudet), May 19

Velutdannede taper på offentlig pensjon (The well-educated lose out with public pensions.) Interview wtih Fafo researcher Geir Veland in Dagsavisen, about his new report Tjenestepensjonenes lønnsmessige betydning (The effects of occupational pensions on wages). Also in Nationen, Dagens Næringsliv and NRK.no. May 12

Lovfestet minstelønn ikke veien å gå (National statutory minium wage is not an appropriate mechanism by which to protect norwegian wages and collective agreements), Fafo researchers Håvard Lismoen tells LO-Nytt. See also his new Fafo-paper, Lovfestet minstelønn i Norge?, May 11

Folk frykter det verste (Fear the worst), head of Dagbladet's union tells their magazine Journalisten. Fafo has assisted in Dagbladet's ongoing reorganisation. The NTB (Norwegian News Agency) article, 100 vurderer å slutte i Dagbladet (100 consider to quit), is repeated in Adressa and various newspapers. See also the paper VG, who presents some of the findings from the Fafo-survey, May 10-11

Innvandring til Norge fra øst (Immigration from Eastern Europe). Comment by Fafo directors/researchers Jon Erik Dølvik, Jon M. Hippe and Anne Mette Ødegård in Aftenposten, May 10

Pakistanske jenter deltar minst (Pakistani girls participate the least). Fafo researcher Jon Horgen Friberg has found big differences among young people when it comes to participation in organised leisure activities (paper is to be published, in Norwegian), NRK.no. Repeated in Nationen and Vårt Land, see also editorial in Drammens Tidende, May 9-10

"Farlig" å snakke med pressen ("Dangerous" to speak with the press). Fafo researchers Sissel Trygstad and Marit Skivenes comment on Kulturnytt (Norwegian Broadcasting). Repeated in Propaganda. May 9

Møtes med respekt (Met with respect). Fafo research director Tone Fløtten has, together with Fafo researchers Heidi Gautun and Jon Anders Drøpping, surveyed voluntary organisations' help to the poor in Oslo, Bergen, Trondheim and Stavanger. Dagsavisen, May 9

Tapte historisk mulighet da storforbund brøt sammen (Lost historic opportunity when negotiations for one trade confederation broke down), Fafo researcher Espen Løken tells Dagsavisen, May 9

Vil stoppe kamp om medlemmer (Will stop fighting for members). Leader of Norwegian union NTL wants to do a survey about a possible Norwegian confederation without separate unions, Magasinet Aktuell, May 9

Får full lønn for 80 prosent jobb (100 percent pay for 80 percent job). Fafo researchers Dag Olberg and Heidi Nicolaisen have evaluated experiments with new working hours, done by Bærum county. Aftenposten, and Ukeavisen Ledelse, May 8

Foss og Valla i ordkrig om sekstimersdagen. (Foss and Valla "at war" about six hour days), writes Dagsavisen. Foss refers to a study done by Fafo in 1997. See Fafo-report 232 (in Norwegian). Same article in LO-Aktuelt. May 8-9

Fire nye år med Valla (Four more years with Valla). This year's LO Congress will be more political, says Fafo research director Torgeir Aarvaag Stokke to Adressa, May 7

Vanlig å jobbe dobbelt (Quite common to work double). Fafo researcher Anne Britt Djuve tells Aftenposten that many immigrants must work more than Norwegians to earn sufficient pay, May 6

Barnevernet sliter, må kutte i tilbudet (Child welfare struggles, must make cuts). Dagsavisen has interviewed Fafo researcher Marit Skivenes, May 6

Retten til å si fra (The right to tell). LO-Aktuelt writes about whistleblowers and refers to the study by the Fafo researchers Marit Skivenes and Sissel Trygstad. See their paper Når arbeidstakere ytrer seg kritisk (in Norwegian only), May 4

NOPEF og Kjemisk slås sammen (Norwegian oil and petroleum union and chemical union will merge). Stavangeravisen and Nopef-Aktuelt, (NOPEF News) refers to the pamphlet prepared by Fafo researchers Anne Mette Ødegård and Espen Løken, "Kjemisk forbindelse – eller olje som merkevare? The pamphlet is distributed among all the members of the two unions. May 3-4

Fiskeolje fra okkupert vann (Fish oil from occupied waters), Fafo's Christian Ruge on nrk.no (Norwegian broadcasting), Forer okkupasjonmakten med info (Feeds the occupational power with info), nrk.no, Ambassadør i Marokko hjemsendes (The ambassador to Morocco is sent back to Norway), demokraten.no, May 3

LO gransker laksestriden. (The Norwegian Confederation of Trade Unions investigates the "salmon wars"). Fafo and SINTEF have been asked by LO to survey the jobs and financial activity related to EU imports of Norwegian salmon. Dagens Næringsliv. See also LO-Nytt, May 3

Overgangsreglene har null effekt (Transitional arrangement with no effect at all), says Nopef-Aktuelt, and also refers to NTB's interview with fafo Director Jon Erik Dølvik, May 2