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During supervision, the Labour Inspection Authority will, for example, check if the scaffolding is built correctly and if the workers have the required personal protective equipment. (ILLUSTRASJONSFOTO)

During supervision, the Labour Inspection Authority will, for example, check if the scaffolding is built correctly and if the workers have the required personal protective equipment. (ILLUSTRASJONSFOTO)

Håvard Sæbø

During supervision, the Labour Inspection Authority will, for example, check if the scaffolding is built correctly and if the workers have the required personal protective equipment. (ILLUSTRASJONSFOTO)

During supervision, the Labour Inspection Authority will, for example, check if the scaffolding is built correctly and if the workers have the required personal protective equipment. (ILLUSTRASJONSFOTO)

Håvard Sæbø

Working in Norway: Wage theft, expensive and poor accommodation, double contracts, security in the workplace

These methods are used by rogue employers in Norway to exploit foreign workers

The waiter, the store employee, and the waste collector can all feel pain caused by repetitive strain on the body.

The waiter, the store employee, and the waste collector can all feel pain caused by repetitive strain on the body.

Martin Guttormsen Slørdal og Sissel M. Rasmussen

The waiter, the store employee, and the waste collector can all feel pain caused by repetitive strain on the body.

The waiter, the store employee, and the waste collector can all feel pain caused by repetitive strain on the body.

Martin Guttormsen Slørdal og Sissel M. Rasmussen

Working in Norway: Environment, health and safety (EHS / HMS), working environment, facilitation

Repetitive strain on the body: This is what your employer has to do to look after your health

Egle Rimdziute and Mindaugas Giedraitis work together in Northern Norway with window production.

Egle Rimdziute and Mindaugas Giedraitis work together in Northern Norway with window production.

Tormod Ytrehus

Egle Rimdziute and Mindaugas Giedraitis work together in Northern Norway with window production.

Egle Rimdziute and Mindaugas Giedraitis work together in Northern Norway with window production.

Tormod Ytrehus

Working in Norway: moving to Norway, wages, trade union

Migrant workers are drawn to Norway by wages. For Egle and Mindaugas, other things were more important

TEMPORARY WORKER: –  I would like Norway to be a good place to work, says scaffolder Isaac Maqbul.

TEMPORARY WORKER: – I would like Norway to be a good place to work, says scaffolder Isaac Maqbul.

Tormod Ytrehus

TEMPORARY WORKER: –  I would like Norway to be a good place to work, says scaffolder Isaac Maqbul.

TEMPORARY WORKER: – I would like Norway to be a good place to work, says scaffolder Isaac Maqbul.

Tormod Ytrehus

Working in Norway: Wage theft (lønnstyveri), hiring of labour (innleie), equal treatment (likebehandling), temp agency (bemanningsbyrå)

Temporary worker Isaac did not get the pay he was entitled to. This is how he earned 14 kroner more per hour

Collective agreements can secure workers more favourable rights than the statutory rights, such as better working hours, overtime pay, pension and paid holidays.

Collective agreements can secure workers more favourable rights than the statutory rights, such as better working hours, overtime pay, pension and paid holidays.

Tormod Ytrehus

Collective agreements can secure workers more favourable rights than the statutory rights, such as better working hours, overtime pay, pension and paid holidays.

Collective agreements can secure workers more favourable rights than the statutory rights, such as better working hours, overtime pay, pension and paid holidays.

Tormod Ytrehus

Working in Norway: collective agreement (tariffavtale)

What is a collective agreement?

MINIMUM WAGE: Norway has no statutory minimum wage for all workers. But in, among others, construction sites, cleaning, fish processing and agriculture the minimum wage of the collective agreement applies to everyone who works within these industries.

MINIMUM WAGE: Norway has no statutory minimum wage for all workers. But in, among others, construction sites, cleaning, fish processing and agriculture the minimum wage of the collective agreement applies to everyone who works within these industries.

Håvard Sæbø

MINIMUM WAGE: Norway has no statutory minimum wage for all workers. But in, among others, construction sites, cleaning, fish processing and agriculture the minimum wage of the collective agreement applies to everyone who works within these industries.

MINIMUM WAGE: Norway has no statutory minimum wage for all workers. But in, among others, construction sites, cleaning, fish processing and agriculture the minimum wage of the collective agreement applies to everyone who works within these industries.

Håvard Sæbø

Working in Norway: minimum wage (minstelønn), generalisation of collective agreements (allmenngjøring av tariffavtaler)

These are the current minimum wages within nine industries in Norway