Recruitment practices

Working hours: 40 hours per week

Free time. You can choose when your work starts and ends. It’s a very free schedule. The company will ensure that everyone meets the 40-hour total.

Salary scale: $5,000 per month before tax

Iceland’s legal minimum full-time salary is $2,600 a month before taxes and the national average is $3,200. For a skilled worker visa holder, applying for union approval requires a salary of about $5,000 before taxes. On top of that, business companies give bonuses and raises from time to time, and unions give bonuses at Christmas.

Paid vacation: 24 days per year

In addition to weekends, Iceland provides 13 days of vacation per year and 24 days of paid vacation. Leave needs to be requested in advance as well as documented.

No overtime:

Working hours are recorded on a computer system, so 40 hours are clearly counted and strictly controlled.

Uncertified sick leave: 24 days of paid sick leave per year

2 days of paid sick leave per month, no need to provide a medical certificate, usually in the morning to inform the leader. If paid sick leave is not used, it can accumulate over a year and be used in the event of serious illness.

Benefits package: social benefits and company benefits

Paid wages, usually around 60% before tax, are used to pay benefits. Even for employees with foreign passports, local pension, health insurance, union and other living benefits are included in the tax. The company itself will also give employees additional benefits, organize a trip once a year, reimburse fitness card swimming card sports equipment; Organize foreign employees to learn Icelandic native language; Reimbursement for phone CARDS and broadband Internet access at home; Free Icelandic Tours, music festival tickets, etc.

Rights protection: The union has absolute protection for the rights and interests of employees

1) The trade union shall ensure that employees do not work involuntarily beyond the working hours;

2) Ensure that employees are paid legally;

3) Employees will not be fired randomly, and even if they are fired, they will be cushioned accordingly;

4) No sexual harassment or uncomfortable bullying occurs;

5) Part of the money paid by the union each month is accumulated, such as Icelandic lessons, glasses, gym membership, driving test, which can be reimbursed and returned to the bank account;

6) Christmas bonus, feel the sky sprinkle money when receiving;

7) In disputes with the company, the union provides lawyers for employees;

8) Two paid sick days per month will not be fired by the company, etc.