Labour market
Information about labour law and collective agreements in Iceland
- Icelandic labour law
- Labour Market and Trade Unions
- Contract of Employment and related rules
- Wages and working time
- Holidays and holiday allowance
- Sickness and accidents
- Rest and maximum working time
- Termination of employment
- Gender equality
- Maternity and paternal rights
- Pension funds
- Protection of personal data
- Health and safety
- Transfer of undertakings
- Foreign workers
- Icelandic Collective labour law (summary)
- Living and working in Iceland.
- Good Advice
Labour law
- Working Terms and Pension Rights Insurance Act, No. 55/1980
- Rights and obligations of foreign undertakings that post workers temporarily in Iceland and on their workers’ terms and condition of employment, No. 45/2007
- Act on temporary-work agencies, No. 139/2005
- Act on the equal status and equal rights of women and men, No. 10/2008
- Foreign Nationals’ Right to Work Act, No. 97/2002
- Holiday Allowance Act, No. 30/1987
- Prohibition on termination of employment due to family responsibilities Act, No. 27/2000
- Act on Trade Unions and Indurstrial Disputes, No. 80/1938
- Act on Working Environment, Health and Safety in the Workplace, No. 46/1980
- Act on Workplace ID Cards and Inspection, no. 42/2010
- The Industrial Act No 42/1978
Collective agreements
- Rights and employment terms of foreign workers on the Icelandic labour market (Kjarasamningur)
- Agreement between ASI & SA concerning Foreigners in the Icelandic Labour Market.
- Agreement on major development
Introduction to work and life in Iceland
- Volunteering in Iceland
- The labour unions work for your benefit
- Work in Iceland
- Living and working in Iceland
- Are you thinking about working as a volunteer in Iceland? Well, think twice!
- Sexual and gender based harassment and violence in the workplace
- What is Klukk?
European Employment Services- Iceland. Information for jobseekers and employers
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Public institutions
- Directorate of Labour (Vinnumálastofnun)
- The Icelandic Directorate of Immigration (Útlendingastofnun)
- The National Registry (Þjóðskrá)
- The Internal Revenue Directorate (RSK)
- The State Social Security Institute (Tryggingastofnun ríkisins)
- Administration of Occupational Safety and Health in Iceland (AOSH)
Other institutions