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The Nordic countries share a number of common features in the labour market compared with other European countries, among others a preference for collective agreements stipulating wages and working conditions. In recent years, the Nordic model has faced different challenges in interaction with regulation and case-law from the European Union. One of the major challenges is low-wage competition resulting from EU rules on free movement of services and posting of workers. Furthermore, employment legislation has become more common and the courts have gained a more prominent position vis-á-vis the social partners’ due to implementation and enforcement of EU obligations.
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This chapter is based on Kristiansen (2015). See also The International Encyclopaedia for Labour Law and Industrial Relations http://www.kluwerlawonline.com/toc.php?pubcode=IELL.
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In Hasselbalch (2002), p. 12 referred to as the Nordic model.
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The author wishes to thank Prof. Ulla Liukkunen, University of Helsinki.
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Udstationeringsloven 2017 no 366.
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Työsopimuslaki/Arbetsavtalslag 55/2001.
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Icelandic Posting of Workers Act, Lög um vinnumarkaðsaðgerðir 13/1997.
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Kristiansen J (ed) (2015). Europe and the Nordic collective-bargaining model—the complex interaction between Nordic and European Labour Law. Nordic Council of Ministers. TemaNord 2015: 541. Available at http://norden.diva-portal.org/smash/get/diva2:816030/FULLTEXT02.pdf. Accessed 13 July 2018
The International Encyclopaedia for Labour Law and Industrial Relations. http://www.kluwerlawonline.com/toc.php?pubcode=IELL. Accessed 13 July 2018
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Kristiansen, J. (2019). Labour Market and Collective Agreements. In: Letto-Vanamo, P., Tamm, D., Gram Mortensen, B.O. (eds) Nordic Law in European Context. Ius Gentium: Comparative Perspectives on Law and Justice, vol 73. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-03006-3_9
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