Fewer to receive work assessment benefits
Throughout this year, those who are receiving the unemployment benefit – work assessment benefits (AAP) has been reduced by NOK 3,800. At the end…
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More funds to vulnerable groups to help them secure jobs
The government would like to create a long lasting NAV program that will help ease people with mental health issues get into employment. The…
Nav rule that needs to be changed
Nav rule that needs to be changed Comment: The Nav rule that punishes those who seek work – because they actually work – is counter…
NAV reports fewer new vacancies in September
The number of unemployed people in Norway remained unchanged from August to September, according to seasonally adjusted figures from Nav. Gross unemployment decreased by 600…
Fewer notifications to Nav about terminations and layoffs
Nav has received fewer notifications of terminations and layoffs during the first 8 months of 2017, compared to the same period last year. Between…
Number of complaints about Nav have doubled since 2015
This year so far there have been twice as many complaints regarding Nav’s service as it was back in 2015. “Have to do more,…
Equivalent of 687,000 full time jobs were lost in 2016 due to illness and unemployment
Calculations that Nav will present this week show that about every fifth full time job was lost due to sickness and unemployment last year. …
Fewer notifications of terminations
The number of notifications of terminations and layoffs to Nav fell sharply in the period January to July compared with the same period last year….
Unconditional jail term for man who defrauded Nav for NOK 172,000
A 30 year old man from Osterøy in Hordaland has been sentenced to 30 days of unconditional imprisonment for filing incorrect information to Nav and…
Fewer receive work benefit money
In the past year, the number of people receiving work benefit money has decreased by 3,000. Most of the decline has happened in the last…
Nav said nearly 50% of long-term unemployed people find work when there’s no unemployment benefit
According to Nav, nearly half of the long-term unemployed had a job six months after their unemployment benefits ended, and 20% were still job seekers….
Recipients of unemployment benefits will be working for voluntary organizations
Recipients of unemployment and rehabilitation benefit payments will be able to work in voluntary organizations in the future. Today they can only work for private…
Language requirements before support from NAV
Jensen will make language requirements before providing support from NAV Immigrants and refugees who have not learned Norwegian after five years in Norway should lose…
Man convicted of fraud against Nav for near 1 million kroner
A 60-year-old man has been sentenced to seven months in prison for having cheated Nav for almost 1 million kroner. The man received 997,541 NOK…
More people receive social assistance and benefits
More people receive social assistance and benefits For the first time since 2004, over 130,000 people received social assistance for shorter or longer periods last…
Wanted criminals receive financial support from Nav while evading punishment
According to the police, several thousand criminals receive Nav support while they are on the run from Norwegian authorities. In the past five years,…
Social security tour to escape the NAV trap
Hauglie on social security tour wants people out of the NAV trap Ballangen and Iveland are municipalities where the proportion of citizens receiving social security…
Nav paid 7.1 billion to abroad last year
Last year, more than 80,000 people living abroad received a total of NOK 7.1 billion from Nav. More than half of the money went to…
Doubling in sick leave for workers over the age of 67
Numbers from Nav indicate that sick leave among the 67 to 69 year old age group has doubled during the past eleven years. The increase…
1 out of 5 receive subsistance benefits from NAV
21 per cent of the Norwegian population aged 18-66 received a subsistance allowance at any one time in 2016. This is shown in new statistics…