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The Municipality of Hafnarfjörður has been participating in a pilot project on financial...and the Ministry of Welfare's pilot project on the implementation of the equal pay standard since 2013, the aim of which is to eliminate unexplained pay differences and fulfil the legal obligation of employers to pay women and men equal pay, ensuring they receive the same remuneration for the same or equally valued work. Initially, a project manager was appointed who was responsible for planning for […]

For several years, the City of Hafnarfjörður, in collaboration with third parties, has surveyed employee satisfaction and attitudes towards, for example, the working environment, communication and management practices, and the results have been used to make improvements and reforms across the 70 sites where the City of Hafnarfjörður's operations are spread. The results of the latest workplace analysis are generally pleasing for Hafnarfjörður Municipality, as all survey aspects have improved […]

Parents of children starting primary school this autumn received a letter home before the weekend, kindly asking them to confirm their registration for a specific primary school online via MY PAGES and to provide all relevant information about email addresses, telephone numbers and more. Registration must take place no later than 31 March. Home page […]

A town council meeting has been called for Wednesday, 29 March. The meeting will begin at 14:00 at Hafnarborg, Strandgata 34. The meeting is live-streamed on the website.  Here you can see the agenda for the meeting. Here you can watch the meeting live. The broadcast starts promptly at 14:00. Among the items on the agenda are service agreements with the sports clubs, a request for a zoning amendment, a building permit for Flugvelli 1, […]

Amendment to the detailed plan for Hamarsbraut 5, Hafnarfjörður. The Planning and Building Committee of Hafnarfjörður approved at its meeting on 7 February 2017 to advertise a proposal for an amended detailed plan for the plot at Hamarsbraut 5 in accordance with Section 1. subsection 43 of the Planning Act No. 123/2010 and simultaneously to carry out a neighbourhood consultation in accordance with subsection 44 of the Planning Act No. 123/2010. The amendment consists of the following: […]

Hafnarfjörður is looking for hardworking and energetic individuals for summer employment. Positions are available for squad leaders, instructors and assistant instructors at sports and play camps and in school gardens, as well as roles in environmental and gardening courses. The requirement for employment is that the applicant is a resident of Hafnarfjörður, and the salary is in accordance with the pay agreement between the City of Hafnarfjörður and the relevant trade union. The minimum age for applicants for the following positions is […]

Representatives of the City of Hafnarfjörður, the Road Administration and the contractor behind the construction of a new flyover junction for the Reykjanesbraut and Krýsuvíkurveg met today to formally perform the first sod-turning for the project. Construction will begin immediately, as the work must be completed in a short time and be finished by 1 November. This week, representatives of Loftorka, Suðurverk and the Road Administration signed a contract for the construction of […]

Around 250 Hafnfirðingar of all ages came together in play and fun at a health and wellbeing event held today at the FH athletics hall in Kaplakriki. The occasion was to launch, in a formal and unconventional manner, health-promoting initiatives and the town's health promotion efforts, as a health strategy for Hafnarfjörður was recently approved, and the coming days, weeks and months will […]

From 1 January 2017, the processing of housing benefits was transferred to the Employment Service. The Employment Service processes housing benefits electronically, so there is no longer any need to submit the original tenancy agreement as was previously required. Hafnarfjörður advises tenants to collect the original tenancy agreements from the Hafnarfjörður Service Centre at Strandgata 6 for their own safekeeping.

Proposal for an amendment to the detailed plan for the northern part of Selhraun, concerning the plot Selhellar 1, Hafnarfjörður.  The Planning and Building Committee of Hafnarfjörður approved at its meeting on 06.09.2016 to advertise the proposal for an amended detailed plan for the plot at Selhellu 1, in accordance with section 1 of Article 43 of the Planning Act no. 123/2010. This concerns an amendment to the detailed plan for the northern part of Selhraun, due to the misaligned junction of Krýsuvíkurvegur and Reykjanesbraut. […]