Directorate of Labour

Directorate of Labour consists of 8 regional employment offices throughout the country. Among tasks of the regional employment offices are to ensure to find suitable job for jobseekers and to assist employers to find the relevant employee. Unemployment registration is also the task of the regional employment offices. Each regional employment office has a regional employment council which is composed of representatives from the labour market organisations, the local authorities and the secondary schools.

The activities of the Unemployment Insurance Fund as well as the activities of the Wage Guarantee Fund are located in the headoffice of the Directorate of Labour.

The total number of staff at the Directorate of Labour is about 75 there of 20 in the headoffice in Reykjavik and the rest in the regional employment offices.

Directorate of Labour