The minimum wage in Norway applies in nine industries.
Jonas Sandboe
The minimum wage in Norway applies in nine industries.
Jonas Sandboe
This is the new minimum wage in Norway
The duty roster must be ready at least 14 days before it starts to apply.
Eirik Dahl Viggen
The duty roster must be ready at least 14 days before it starts to apply.
Eirik Dahl Viggen
This is what a work schedule must look like in order to be legal
According to the Norwegian Data Protection Authority (DPA), not all employers know enough about the rules governing camera surveillance at work.
Adobe Stock
According to the Norwegian Data Protection Authority (DPA), not all employers know enough about the rules governing camera surveillance at work.
Adobe Stock
Is your manager allowed to film you at work?
Everyone will receive at least 5 kroner more per hour.
Gorm Kallestad
Everyone will receive at least 5 kroner more per hour.
Gorm Kallestad
Do you work in Norway? This is how much your wage will increase this year
WAS REFUSED SICK PAY: Joséphine Morel was signed off sick on 10 January this year. She didn’t receive sick pay until 20 April.
Sissel M. Rasmussen
WAS REFUSED SICK PAY: Joséphine Morel was signed off sick on 10 January this year. She didn’t receive sick pay until 20 April.
Sissel M. Rasmussen
Joséphine’s employer refused to pay her sick pay: – I cried for two days
The minimum wage in Norway applies in nine industries.
Gorm Kallestad / NTB
The minimum wage in Norway applies in nine industries.
Gorm Kallestad / NTB
Pay, minimum wage, new minimum wage in Norway
This is the new minimum wage in Norway
The employer is responsible for ensuring that you have a contract of employment.
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The employer is responsible for ensuring that you have a contract of employment.
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Contract, contract of employment, employment contract, job
This is what your contract of employment must include
Workers risking their lives.
Arbeidstilsynet
Workers risking their lives.
Arbeidstilsynet
Accidents at work, the construction industry, building and construction
Alarming photographs from Norwegian building sites: These workers are risking their lives
You discover that your wages are not being paid as agreed upon. Some useful suggestions for what you can do.
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You discover that your wages are not being paid as agreed upon. Some useful suggestions for what you can do.
Colourbox.com
Wage theft, underpayment, wages, holiday pay
Are you not being paid what you are entitled to? Here are six steps you can take
Ole Palmstrøm
Ole Palmstrøm
How to read your payslip
Wage rates were raised in a variety of industries in the run-up to the summer holidays.
Brian Cliff Olguin
Wage rates were raised in a variety of industries in the run-up to the summer holidays.
Brian Cliff Olguin
Pay, minimum wage, new minimum wage rate
The minimum wage rate in nine industries has been increased
Find out more about how much Norwegian salaries will rise.
Brian Cliff Olguin
Find out more about how much Norwegian salaries will rise.
Brian Cliff Olguin
Strike, pay bargaining (lønnsforhandlinger), salary negotiations, wage
This is how much salaries in Norway will increase this year
These are the rules that apply to lay-offs.
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These are the rules that apply to lay-offs.
Colourbox
Lay-offs, notice of a lay-off, pay
These are your rights if you are temporarily laid off from your job
Here are the new minimum wage rates for nine industries.
Brian Cliff Olguin
Here are the new minimum wage rates for nine industries.
Brian Cliff Olguin
Pay, minimum wage
This is the new minimum wage in Norway
A female mechanic was successful in her sexual harassment lawsuit against two customers. Her lawsuit was pivotal in defining sexual harassment in the workplace.
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A female mechanic was successful in her sexual harassment lawsuit against two customers. Her lawsuit was pivotal in defining sexual harassment in the workplace.
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Sexual harassment:
Have you experienced sexual harassment at work? This is what you can do
Find out what your holiday entitlements are.
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Find out what your holiday entitlements are.
Colourbox
Holiday leave and your rights:
When will I receive my holiday pay? Here are 10 questions and answers
How much will my pension be?
Anna Granqvist
How much will my pension be?
Anna Granqvist
Pension
If I move away from Norway, will I be able to take my pension with me?
Redink Fartein Rudjord/Ruter, Sissel M. Rasmussen, Erlend Angelo
Redink Fartein Rudjord/Ruter, Sissel M. Rasmussen, Erlend Angelo
Working in Norway:
For Ukrainians: 13 things you should know about working in Norway
No, the aim of the ban on labour hire in the Oslo area is not to get rid of foreign workers in Norway. Find out more here.
Erlend Angelo
No, the aim of the ban on labour hire in the Oslo area is not to get rid of foreign workers in Norway. Find out more here.
Erlend Angelo
Working in Norway: staffing agency (bemanningsbyrå), labour hire (innleie)
Labour hire could be made illegal on construction sites: 13 answers for employees of staffing agencies
Most employees in Norway will soon have their wages increased. Here you can read a brief explanation of the collective bargaining process.
Emmie Olivia Kristiansen
Most employees in Norway will soon have their wages increased. Here you can read a brief explanation of the collective bargaining process.
Emmie Olivia Kristiansen
Working in Norway: Collective bargaining (tariffoppgjør), salary negotiations, pay bargaining (lønnsforhandlinger), trade union organisation (fagorganisering), collective agreement (tariffavtale)
This is how your new pay will be decided – if you have a collective agreement
If inspections (photograph) reveal that employees are not being paid what they are entitled to, their employer risks imprisonment for up to six years.
Håvard Sæbø
If inspections (photograph) reveal that employees are not being paid what they are entitled to, their employer risks imprisonment for up to six years.
Håvard Sæbø
Working in Norway: work-related crime, wage theft
New Norwegian law on wage theft: Stealing pay from employees can now be punished by a six-year prison sentence
In order to qualify for sickness benefit, you must submit a self-certification notification or a sick note.
Tri Nguyen Dinh
In order to qualify for sickness benefit, you must submit a self-certification notification or a sick note.
Tri Nguyen Dinh
Working in Norway: Self-certification (egenmelding), sick note (sykemelding), sick pay (sykelønn)
As an employee in Norway, how do I claim sickness benefit?
Four years ago, Viktorija and her husband Remigijus moved from Lithuania to Senja in Northern Norway.
Privat
Four years ago, Viktorija and her husband Remigijus moved from Lithuania to Senja in Northern Norway.
Privat
Working in Norway: trade union, unionised, organised
Viktorija from Lithuania is in a union: – If I have a problem at work, I now have someone to ask for help
Norway does not have a common minimum wage for all workers. Yet, the law ensures minimum wages within nine industries. This is especially important for foreign workers.
Roy Solstad/Martin Slørdal/Håvard Sæbø
Norway does not have a common minimum wage for all workers. Yet, the law ensures minimum wages within nine industries. This is especially important for foreign workers.
Roy Solstad/Martin Slørdal/Håvard Sæbø
Working in Norway: Minimum wages, generalisation of collective agreements, wages, trade unions
Norway does not have a common minimum wage for all workers. Here we explain why
The most common type of injury is from falling, with about 5000 cases a year.
Colourbox
The most common type of injury is from falling, with about 5000 cases a year.
Colourbox
Working in Norway: workplace injuries, accidents at work, occupational injury compensation
Foreign workers are more prone to workplace injuries: Here's what you need to remember if you are in a work accident
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)
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.
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.
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.
Tormod Ytrehus
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
Even though they were awarded compensation by the District Court, the 52 former employees now must wait even longer for a possible payment from Vlantana Norway.
Stein Inge Stølen
Even though they were awarded compensation by the District Court, the 52 former employees now must wait even longer for a possible payment from Vlantana Norway.
Stein Inge Stølen
Truck drivers in a civil lawsuit against a former employer: wage theft (lønnstyveri), compensation, working in Norway
52 drivers sued and were awarded compensation. Vlantana Norway has appealed the ruling
– I do not get supplemental pay when I drive domestically in Norway. It is the first I’ve ever heard of this, says a Filipino freight driver, who has many domestic assignments in Norway.
Stein Inge Stølen
– I do not get supplemental pay when I drive domestically in Norway. It is the first I’ve ever heard of this, says a Filipino freight driver, who has many domestic assignments in Norway.
Stein Inge Stølen
Working in Norway: Cabotage (kabotasje), minimum wage (minstelønn), wage theft (lønnstyveri)
Foreign drivers who drive cabotage in Norway are entitled to Norwegian wages. Many of them do not know this
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.
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.
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.
Tormod Ytrehus