This report offers new insight into the programme of working time reduction that has taken place in Iceland, following successful public sector trials in the country. The report analyses the results of an employment market survey conducted by the Social Science Research Institute (an institute at the University of Iceland) for the Ministry of Social…
Read MoreAlda’s Annual General Meeting was held on 19th of May 2024 at Tryggvagata 17, Reykjavík. A new board was elected, consisting of the following people: Jón T Unnarson Sveinsson, MA student in Cultural Management Þorvarður B. Kjartansson, BSc Computer Science Sævar Finnbogason, PhD student in Philosophy and Democracy Studies Guðmundur D. Haraldsson, MSc in Cognitive…
Read MoreFor the last two years Alda has been involved in an interesting multinational collaborative project called Lighthouse Keepers, Business and Human Rights In CCE and Central Asia. The project concluded this summer. Alda’s involvement in the project was diverse. Alda organized the workshop ‘Transparency, ethics and the relationship of NGO’s and Business, in Iceland June…
Read MoreA recent survey conducted amongst public sector workers in Iceland reveals that a large majority of workers are satisfied with the shorter hours introduced last year. On the whole, 71% are satisfied with the shorter hours. The survey also reveals that over 63% of workers reported that shorter hours impacted their work positively. The results…
Read MoreAlda and the UK based think-tank Autonomy today publish the first comprehensive report on the Icelandic trials of shorter hours that were conducted in 2015-2019. The trials were run by both Reykjavik City and the Icelandic government. The main results of the report are: From 2015-2019, Iceland ran two large-scale trials of a reduced working…
Read MoreAlda’s Annual General Meeting was held on 19th of October 2020, via Zoom due to ongoing coronavirus pandemic. A new board was elected, consisting of the following people: * Þorvarður B. Kjartansson, BSc Computer Science * Sævar Finnbogason, PhD student in Philosophy and Democracy Studies * Kristján Gunnarsson, Molecular Biologist and Computer Scientist * Guðmundur…
Read MoreAlda’s Annual General Meeting was held on 12th of October 2019, at Barónsstígur 3, Reykjavík. A new board was elected, consisting of the following people: * Þorvarður B. Kjartansson, BSc Computer Science * Sævar Finnbogason, PhD student in Philosophy and Democracy Studies * Kristján Gunnarsson, Molecular Biologist and Computer Scientist * Guðmundur D. Haraldsson, MSc…
Read MoreIn January 2019, Alda held a conference on the feasibility and benefits of shortening working hours in Iceland. The conference was held at Harpa, Reykjavík’s largest conference centre, and was well attended by members of the public. The aim was to broaden and deepen the discussion on the benefits of working less amid the upcoming…
Read MoreIn January 2019, Alda held a conference on the feasibility and benefits of shortening working hours in Iceland. The talks were recorded and one of the talks is now available online, with English subtitles. This is the talk by Sonja Ýr, leader of BSRB. The talk is available to view below. More information on the…
Read MoreRecently major collective contracts on pay and benefits were signed in Iceland. These agreements impact most workers in Iceland in one way or another, with almost every working person in the country benefiting at least from increase in pay. Significantly to Alda’s mission, these contracts have provisions in them about working-hours. Some of the contracts…
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