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Person i gul refleksjakke med teksten «STREIKEVAKT», omgitt av andre vakter utenfor en bygning.

This is what you need to know about strikes: 16 questions and answers

Ung person rydder stoler i en lys kafé med planter og hvite bord.

Can your manager send you home from work because it’s raining?

How much do you earn compared with other people? See the salary distribution here.

This a typical salary in Norway

You cannot exchange your meal break for a shorter working day.

Am I entitled to paid breaks?

Have you been dismissed? These are the rules your boss must follow.

Can my boss dismiss me? These are the rules

Time off or working at Christmas? This is what you are entitled to from your employer.

Should you be paid extra for working at Christmas? These are the rules

The minimum wage in Norway applies in nine industries.

This is the new minimum wage in Norway

The duty roster must be ready at least 14 days before it starts to apply.

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.

Is your manager allowed to film you at work?

Everyone will receive at least 5 kroner more per hour.

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.

Joséphine’s employer refused to pay her sick pay: – I cried for two days

This is what you must do if your sick note is rejected.

Is your boss refusing to accept your sick note? This is what you must do

The minimum wage in Norway applies in nine industries.

This is the new minimum wage in Norway

The employer is responsible for ensuring that you have a contract of employment.

This is what your contract of employment must include

Workers risking their lives.

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.

Are you not being paid what you are entitled to? Here are six steps you can take

How to read your payslip

These are the rules that apply to overtime pay in Norway.

When do I have the right to overtime pay?

Wage rates were raised in a variety of industries in the run-up to the summer holidays.

The minimum wage rate in nine industries has been increased

Find out more about how much Norwegian salaries will rise.

This is how much salaries in Norway will increase this year

These are the rules that apply to lay-offs.

These are your rights if you are temporarily laid off from your job

Here are the new minimum wage rates for nine industries.

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.

Have you experienced sexual harassment at work? This is what you can do

Check out what a normal monthly wage is in Norway.

This is the most commonly-occurring monthly wage in Norway

Find out what your holiday entitlements are.

When will I receive my holiday pay? Here are 10 questions and answers

How much will my pension be?

If I move away from Norway, will I be able to take my pension with me?

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.

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.

This is how your new pay will be decided – if you have a collective agreement

The attitudes of Norwegians towards immigrants have become increasingly more positive over the last two decades.

These seven graphs show that Norwegians are becoming more and more positive towards immigrants

If inspections (photograph) reveal that employees are not being paid what they are entitled to, their employer risks imprisonment for up to six years.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Foreign workers are more prone to workplace injuries: Here's what you need to remember if you are in a work accident

Whilst a waiter would on average make 29.850 kroner per month, a financial broker on average has monthly earnings of 96.150 kroner.

What is a regular salary in Norway? This is what the statistics tell us

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)

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.

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.

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.

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.

Foreign drivers who drive cabotage in Norway are entitled to Norwegian wages. Many of them do not know this

You can now read articles from FriFagbevegelse in Lithuanian, Polish and English.

You can now read news about Norwegian working life in English

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

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.

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.

These are the current minimum wages within nine industries in Norway

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