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Is your company participating in Company of the Year?

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17.01.2023

The Company of the Year survey is conducted annually among all members of VR. Companies can offer participation to employees who are not members of VR and thus ensure that all employees, regardless of union membership, have the opportunity to participate and express their views on management and the working environment

The Third Shift selected word of the year 2022

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16.01.2023

Recently, RÚV chose the third shift as the word of the year 2022 at RÚV´s cultural awards. The word of the year is elected by RÚV´s readers. The results were quite decisive, but the third shift received a third of the votes in an online election, or twice as many votes as the words that followed.

FAQ‘s on important issues of the new Collective Wage agreement

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12.01.2023

VR has published a frequently asked questions section on VR's webpage on the three main issues of the new Collective Wage Agreement; vacation rights, sickness rights and termination of employment.

Do you want to contribute to our work at VR?

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10.01.2023

VR's List Composition Committee is seeking candidates for VR's Consultative Council. Those who are interested can apply by sending a message to the email address upstillinganefnd@vr.is before 12:00 noon on 20 January 2023.

VR builds rental apartments for members

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10.01.2023

VR and Icelandic building company ÍAV have signed a cooperation agreement for the development and construction of rental apartments on VR's constuction site in Úlfarsárdalur. A total of 36 apartments will be built in two apartment buildings for rent by VR members.

Slower web due to holiday cottage bookings

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09.01.2023

VR members please note that we expect a slower web and telephone service from 7pm to 8pm today, 9 January when we open for holiday cottage bookings for the summer 2023.

Booking VR holiday cottages for 2023

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06.01.2023

We want to remind VR members that in order to book our holiday cottages you must first log into My pages, either with Íslykill or other digital certificates. VR holiday cottage bookings for the year 2023 and until mid-year 2024 will commence on these dates:

Labour Court win for VR

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04.01.2023

The termination of VR´s shop steward at Efling union in April of last year was illegal according to the Icelandic Labour Court, which handed down its judgement yesterday, 3 January, 2023. VR welcomes the court‘s judgement which better clarifies the position of shop stewards.

VR holiday cottage bookings will start 9 January

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28.12.2022

VR holiday cottage bookings for the year 2023 and until mid-year 2024 will commence on these dates:

Season‘s greetings from VR

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22.12.2022

We thank all members of VR for being with us during the year that is now passing. We wish you, and those close to you, Happy Holidays!

Voting on collective agreements completed

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21.12.2022

Voting among VR members on the newly concluded collective agreements with the Confederation of Icelandic Employers (SA) and The Icelandic Federation of Trade (FA) has has ended. The results of the voting will be made public after a meeting of the VR Election Committee.

VR´s collective agreements approved

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21.12.2022

The results of the voting among members of VR on the newly concluded collective agreements with the Confederation of Icelandic Employers (SA) and The Icelandic Federation of Trade (FA) are now available.