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Achieve success - Lunch lecture

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20.01.2021

VR offers a motivating lunch lecture from Ásdís Hjálmsdóttir, former javelin thrower, Thursday January 21st from 12:00 to 13:00.

Slower web due to holiday cottage bookings today

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06.01.2021

VR members please note that we expect a slower web and telephone service from 7pm today, 6. January when we open for holiday cottage bookings for the summer 2021.

Booking VR holiday cottages for 2021

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04.01.2021

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 will start 6. January

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29.12.2020

VR holiday cottage bookings for the year 2021 and until mid-year 2022 will commence on these dates:

Remember the wage increase

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17.12.2020

On 1. January 2021 pay scales will increase by 24.000 ISK and a general wage increase will be 15.750 ISK.

Season‘s greetings from VR

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17.12.2020

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!

Did you get your December wage bonus?

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16.12.2020

A special December wage bonus shall be paid no later than 15. December, each year, according to VR's collective wage agreement. The December wage bonus amount for 2020, for a full-time job, is ISK 94,000.

Lectures and courses for VR members

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16.12.2020

VR offers its members interesting courses and lectures and next year there will be an increase in this service. During the spring semester we will cover many exciting topics and all members should be able to find something of interest.

VR supports charity organizations during the holidays

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15.12.2020

As we have done in recent years, VR supports the work of various charity organizations during the holidays.

Booking VR holiday cottages for summer 2021

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14.12.2020

VR holiday cottage bookings for the year 2021 and until mid-year 2022 will commence on these dates:

Know your rights in December

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14.12.2020

For you who work in shops and retail the busiest time of the year is coming. We would therefore like to remind all employees of their rights and obligations:

Special support loans for Icelandic households

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27.11.2020

As we have written here on the VR web, Icelandic households have lagged behind in the government's help efforts in the wake of the Covid epidemic. The households have largely paid for their own aid themselves by tapping into their personal pension savings. VR has p