Today’s front pages – Friday, March 22

The Copenhagen Post’s daily digest of what the Danish dailies are reporting on their front pages

Thousands of unemployed now in school

More than half of the people who have lost the right to receive unemployment benefits (dagpenge) have started studying, according to new figures. The stats, from labour market authority Arbejdsmarkedsstyrelsen, show that of the 9,649 people that have lost the right to dagpenge through mid-February, 5,430 have chosen to pursue a course of study. The unemployed are taking advantage of a special education scheme at job centres established by the government earlier this year. – Politiken

Wages for leaders on the rise

The wages for the CEOs and heads of the largest Danish companies increased by 18 percent in 2012 to 11.1 million kroner on average, according to a new report. The wage increases are ten times those of regular employees. The report, from revision and consultancy company Price Waterhouse Cooper (PwC), showed that it is particularly bonus payments that have contributed to pushing up the wages, something that the nation’s leading investor, ATP, has warned Danish companies not to continue. – Børsen

More young people turn to cosmetic help

In an attempt to create more beautiful versions of themselves, more and more people in their twenties make cosmetic changes to their faces. In Denmark it is legal to get cosmetic injections at the age of 18, something that more and more young people are taking advantage of. Aleris-Hamlet Private Hospitals, which has five departments around the country, said that the number of Botox and Restylane treatments has risen by 34 percent to about 4,000 treatments a year. – Kristeligt Dagblad

Danish scientist in historic squid find

The first ever global studies of giant squid showed that the mysterious creatures are very similar genetically, even though they live very far apart. University of Copenhagen professor Thomas Gilbert and his colleagues from Statens Naturhistoriske Museum, the state's  museum of natural history, have sequestered genomes from 43 giant squid from samples collected all over the world. They found that out of 20,331 genetic pointers, the squid only differed in 181 genetic base pairs, something never before seen in the animal kingdom. – Videnskab

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    Describing herself as a “DEI poster child,” being queer, neurodivergent and an international in Denmark didn’t stop Laurence Paquette from climbing the infamous corporate ladder to become Marketing Vice President (VP) at Vestas. Arrived in 2006 from Quebec, Laurence Paquette unpacks the implications of exposing your true self at work, in a country that lets little leeway for individuality

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    Agreement between unions and employers allows more foreign workers in Denmark under lower salary requirements, with new ID card rules and oversight to prevent social dumping and ensure fair conditions.

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    Kadre Darman was founded this year to support foreign-trained healthcare professionals facing challenges with difficult authorisation processes, visa procedures, and language barriers, aiming to help them find jobs and contribute to Denmark’s healthcare system

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