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Hi! We just launched a job board for Ukrainian tech workers that might be looking for jobs in Norway. The Norwegian government recently passed laws giving speci

Hi! We just launched a job board for Ukrainian tech workers that might be looking for jobs in Norway. The Norwegian government recently passed laws giving special rights to Ukrainian refugees. kode24.no is Norways only news site for developers, and we already run a job board. We surveyed everyone on the board if they will accept applications from Ukrainian workers. So far there are 9 jobs available, hopefully more will come!

retrojorgen 5y ago
Oh and so far the job listings are done via google translate. Hopefully we will get translated versions soon, but I think translate works for now.
tuukkah 5y ago
Would it be legal to not accept job applications from Ukrainian refugees? That is, if they have the right to work in Norway, how's the discrimination acceptable?
- krageon 5y ago
  You might have linguistic requirements, which while discriminatory are also completely understandable.
  - tuukkah 5y ago
    Sure, you can have linguistic requirements ("You must speak Norwegian like a native") or affordances ("We're setting up a team of Ukrainian speakers"), but perhaps it would be fairer to market these jobs as "suitable for Ukrainian speakers" rather than "you must / must not be a Ukrainian refugee".
    - krageon 5y ago
      I think it is okay to treat refugees with an acute need different from folks who have already settled down and emigrated under different circumstances.
      - tuukkah 5y ago
        Yes, this is a case of positive discrimination that I can fully support. I made my original comment because the situation was described in the opposite: "[whether] they will accept applications from Ukrainian workers". Also, I thought it makes sense to ask these questions and potentially learn from how they did it in Norway and for instance, whether the workplace discrimination laws there are different from what I'm familiar with.
olavgg 5y ago
Salary for developers, even foreign ones in Norway is also pretty good! And at the moment there is a huge demand for software developers here.

retrojorgen 5y ago

Oh and so far the job listings are done via google translate. Hopefully we will get translated versions soon, but I think translate works for now.

tuukkah 5y ago

Would it be legal to not accept job applications from Ukrainian refugees? That is, if they have the right to work in Norway, how's the discrimination acceptable?

krageon 5y ago
You might have linguistic requirements, which while discriminatory are also completely understandable.
- tuukkah 5y ago
  Sure, you can have linguistic requirements ("You must speak Norwegian like a native") or affordances ("We're setting up a team of Ukrainian speakers"), but perhaps it would be fairer to market these jobs as "suitable for Ukrainian speakers" rather than "you must / must not be a Ukrainian refugee".
  - krageon 5y ago
    I think it is okay to treat refugees with an acute need different from folks who have already settled down and emigrated under different circumstances.
    - tuukkah 5y ago
      Yes, this is a case of positive discrimination that I can fully support. I made my original comment because the situation was described in the opposite: "[whether] they will accept applications from Ukrainian workers". Also, I thought it makes sense to ask these questions and potentially learn from how they did it in Norway and for instance, whether the workplace discrimination laws there are different from what I'm familiar with.

olavgg 5y ago

Salary for developers, even foreign ones in Norway is also pretty good! And at the moment there is a huge demand for software developers here.