Chief Medical Officer Þórður Ingólfsson at the HVE health centre in Búðardalur is the new Chief Epidemiologist for the West Iceland quarantine district.

The Minister of Social Affairs and Labour has signed a regulation on the changes in the amount of payments in the mourning leave and payment of the mourning grant in 2024.

In light of the uncertainty that exists due to the circumstances in Grindavík, the Directorate of Labour would like to make the following statement.

Iceland Health is currently working on tenders for domestic ambulance flights, and an advertisement has been published on the bidding website in the EEA area.

This week, Salvör Norðdal, the Ombudsman for Children, and Herdís Gunnarsdóttir, the director of the Welfare Quality and Inspection Authority, met with experts from both institutions.

The employees of the Communication Centre meet to discuss the well-being in the workplace.

The goal of this project was to translate all material on Ísland.is into English as efficiently as possible.

Individuals in Iceland have certain rights and obligations in society.

In recent days, media coverage has shown that the Directorate of Labour has oversaw rental apartments in Reykjanesbær in order to use them as a residence for applicants for international protection.

Guðmundur Ingi Guðbrandsson, Minister of Social Affairs and Labour, will present major changes to the disability pension system on Monday 22 April at 11:00.