20th December 2024

Transfer of tasks to the National Administration of Occupational Safety and Health

From 1 January 2025, the National Labour Inspectorate will assume the role that the Directorate of Labour has had on the basis of the Law on Foreign Service Employees and duties, the Law on Temporary Workers and the Law on Workplace Certificates and Workplace Surveillance.

10th December 2024

Unemployment rate in November was 3.7%

Unemployment rate in November was 3.7%

9th December 2024

Violation of the Act on Payments to the Unemployment Insurance Fund for the fish processing workers

At the end of the year, the Act on the unemployment insurance fund for fish processing workers will expire.

2nd December 2024

collective dismissal in november 2024

Collective dismissal Reported to the Directorate of Labor in November

26th November 2024

The Directorate of Labour will pay the December allowance to job seekers by 15 December.

The Directorate of Labour pays the December allowance to job seekers no later than 15 December. The unpaid December allowance is ISK 104,955. Those who confirm their job search between 20 November and 3 December 2024 and have been fully insured in the unemployment insurance scheme for a total of ten months or more in 2024 are entitled to a full December allowance.

11th October 2024

Unemployment rate in September was 3.3%

The registered unemployment rate in September was 3.3%, up from 3.2% in August.

3rd September 2024

Group redundancies in August 2024

Three notices of collective dismissal were received by the Directorate of Labor in August.

10th May 2024

Unemployment rate in April was 3.6%

The unemployment rate in April was 3.6%, down from 3.8% in March.

29th February 2024

The Supreme Court’s judgment on non-domestic employment income in the reference period

On 28 February, a court ruling was made in case 24/2023 in which the question was whether the law on parental leave violated a obligation under the EEA Agreement.

3rd January 2024

Regulatory amendment concerning changes in amounts during maternity leave

The Minister of Social Affairs and Labour has signed a regulation on changes to the amount of payments from the Maternity/Paternity Leave Fund.