In light of discussions on the employment rights of Venezuelan citizens who have applied for international protection following the ruling of the Immigration Appeals Board, the Directorate of Labour would like to make the following statement.

Icelandic Health Insurance has announced plans to enter into agreements on public health-related actions with private health companies.

The Icelandic Medical Association has called strikes, which will begin on Monday, November 25th, if no agreement is reached by that date and will cover doctors who work under the collective agreements of the Icelandic Medical Association.

The ban is valid until 23:59 on 15 February 2024.

Now the application for Tachograph cards has become digital on Iceland.is. Professional drivers can therefore apply for and renew their cards with electronic identification where information on driving rights, photographs, and signatures is retrieved from the district commissioner's database.

The production of tachograph cards occurs abroad and will be transferred between countries on 19 September. Therefore, the output of the cards will be suspended for 4-6 weeks.

According to regulation, the Directorate of Fisheries will increase the number of days for vessels that are fishing for lumpfish or have yet to go lumpfish fishing.

This morning, employees of the port State control detained the container shipping vessel Vera D (IMO 9290177) flying the flag of Portugal, following an incident that occurred yesterday in Akureyri.

The Directorate of Health wishes to hire a Chief Physician to work in the field of communicable disease control.

Coastal fishing starts tomorrow, May 2nd, and the Directorate of Fisheries would like to draw attention to the rules applicable for fishing days and the catch counting for regional quotas in coastal fishing.