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LÍV and SGS together in collective bargaining negotiations

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26.10.2022

The largest national associations of workers in the labour market, Landssamband Íslenzkra verzlunarmanna (LÍV) and Starfsgreinasamband Íslands (SGS), decided to join forces in negotiations with Samtök atvinnulífsins (SA) on a new collective wage agreement. The collaboration covers close to 90,000 individuals working in the public labour market within twenty unions.

Statement from the board of VR

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18.10.2022

Recently collage students have been prominent in their demands towards administrators in terms of response to reports of sexual abuse. It is clear that processes and guidelines have been lacking in this issue, both within educational institutions and on the labour market.

Online lunch lecture - The Digital skills cluster - what is it?

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13.10.2022

Remember the lunch lecture today, Thursday, October 13 from 12:00-12:45. Eva Karen Þórðardóttir, executive director of The Digital skills cluster, talks about the skills cluster and

Career development advice

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23.09.2022

Career development is intended to prevent job stagnation so that individuals will rather grow performing the tasks that come with their jobs.

The VR camping site closes

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08.09.2022

VR's great camping site at Miðhúsaskógur will close from Thursday 15. September, so now is your last chance to enjoy staying there this year.

VR introduces their demands to the Confederation of Icelandic Employers

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24.08.2022

VR has introduced their and LÍV’s demands for the next wage agreement to the Confederation of Icelandic Employers (SA), but the wage agreement between VR / LÍV and SA expires on 1. November 2022.

My Pages closed

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22.08.2022

My Pages on vr.is will be closed today, Monday 22nd August, from 4PM to 10PM due to service maintenance.

The VR camping site is now open

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01.06.2022

The VR camping site in Miðhúsaskógur is now open. Members book a camping space on VR´s Holiday website (Orlofsvefur VR), where you can also see a map of the area. Each camping space is numbered, look for Tjaldstæði in the list. Please note that camping spaces no. 6 - 14 will be closed for the time being.

Company of the Year 2022

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19.05.2022

VR presented the Company of the Year 2022 at a well attended reception yesterday, Thursday 19 May 2022. This year a total of sixteen companies will receive this title and almost another fifty the title Model Company of the Year 2022. The President of VR, Ragnar Þór Ingólfsson and Katrín Jakobsdóttir, Prime Minister of Iceland, presented the awards.

Don’t forget your holiday bonus

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11.05.2022

In 2022 the holiday bonus for VR members is ISK 53,000 for those working a full-time job, and is to be paid out on June 1st. A full-time job is 45 weeks worked in 100% work excluding holiday time during the holiday reference year from 1 May 2020 to 30 April 2021.

Wage increase and economic growth wage increase 2022

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29.04.2022

During our last wage agreements it was agreed for the first time to have annexes that would take into account the state of the economy. In this way, workers would receive a fixed ISK figure as a special wage increase on their monthly wages if a certain increase in economic growth is achieved.

May 1, 2022

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28.04.2022

VR encourages all members to participate in the rally and outdoor meetings that will be held on the International Workers´ Day on 1 May.