The aim of the fund is to increase the capacity of youth organisations and associations to offer a wider range of activities for their members.

An individual may be entitled to unemployment benefits if he/she has worked in Iceland and becomes unemployed.

Employers who wish to hire a person from a country outside the EEA, EFTA or the Faroe Islands must apply for and obtain a temporary work permit for that person.

Parents may be entitled to parental leave when their child is born, adopted or becomes a permanent foster child.

An individual may be entitled to unemployment benefits if he/she has worked in Iceland and becomes unemployed.

An individual may be entitled to unemployment benefits if he/she has worked in Iceland and becomes unemployed.

Bereavement leave is leave from paid employment following the loss of a child.