I didn't know I had to debate this article too much but seems one person took offense (see below)

@Lukian I could not read all - made my head want to burst.

@silverotter11 sorry about that. Can't get a decent debate sometimes.

True for hiring but after months and years of service then the company inherits the burden.

If the story is true, it only means they played according to the local rules. Why blame them?

@Lukian "If the story is true..." Why do you doubt what I say? Why such a rude suggestion (that I am lying)? "Why blame them?" Such a statement is born of ignorance. If you had studied scientific management techniques (I suggest McGregor and Deming) you would not ask such an ignorant question. Read the management styles as put fourth by McGregor and Deming and you will see that such a negative style and practices (McGregor's "Theory X" ) actually are counter productive. By the way, it was "Ossur" in Albion, Michigan (they had a branch in Tennessee and California also), and they made prosthetics for amputees. You can look them up on the internet. I believe the main company in Iceland was something like "Ickercross".

@dahermit Why doubt what you say?
1- Oh I don't know, let me think, this is the fckn internet, where ppl like Alex Jones reside. Everything is doubtful.
2. This is the first time I see you so I'm skeptical of new know-it participants.
3. you had a very convenient answer to a very particular question.
4. I'm wondering how you would know the salary gap in a company you worked for because it's either BS or you worked for HR or accounting which raised many ethical issues.
5. If you get annoyed for being challenged in the manner I did, your interaction in this site will be quite miserable I can guarantee you that.

As for trying to insult your way into getting an answer, I see nothing to debate here. I'm implying that you have a chip on your shoulder somehow. And lastly, why would singling out one company with business outside Iceland add to the conversation of the article?

Take a chill pill buddy.

@Lukian 1- Oh I don't know, let me think, this is the fckn internet, where ppl like Alex Jones reside. Everything is doubtful.

"This is the first time I see you so I'm skeptical of new know-it participants."
I have not seen you here either...so what? By the way, I have a master's in Training in Business and Industry...that is where I get my knowledge of management practices, but of course you are not going to believe that are you?
"you had a very convenient answer to a very particular question." What question was that?

"I'm wondering how you would know the salary gap in a company you worked for because it's either BS or you worked for HR or accounting which raised many ethical issues." I knew what I was getting...I asked them what they were being paid and they told me. In the instance of the woman who trained me, I was getting the same as her despite her having been there for several years.
"If you get annoyed for being challenged in the manner I did, your interaction in this site will be quite miserable I can guarantee you that." My apologies...you just struck me as an ass-wipe with no particular credentials as to management and your posts have not shown otherwise.
The reason I choose to comment on Ousser was that it was the last company I worked for (retired) and was familiar with its practices. Now STFU and get some credentials before you post...you do not know what you are talking about.

@dahermit I still don't understand how your comments, your expertise, your attitude, your experience and now your insults are contributing any relevant insight or new knowledge to this post. I did ask a question with an accompanied article that you so conveniently ignored but instead making anything I say a personal matter. You should revise your debating skills.

@Lukian Go away little boy...you bore me.

@dahermit ah too bad, you're not boring you're just wrong.

small country small government... I don't see that as a problem for a larger country, everything should be relative.

@Lukian In UK they have cut back on the number of tax inspectors, customs and border officials, police officers and public health inspectors. I can’t see them hiring enough inspectors or new civil servants to police this.

@Marionville this does not require <policing>, it just needs to become an accounting metric added to the company financials at the year end declaration. That would become a paper trail that can be audited later in times of conflict. Easy.

@Lukian Wish you could come and run things in UK! ?

@Marionville Ha!