Refugees get pension equal to 40 years
Refugees get equal to pension rights for 40 years Refugees residing in Norway are entitled to rights that otherwise require 40 years of membership in…
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Nav stops payouts to Islamist on the run
Nav stops payouts to Islamist on the run Nav stops payments to Mohyeldeen Mohammad. The Islamist is probably on the run in Morocco after he…
Fewer receive work assessments allowance
At the end of the third quarter, 128,800 people received work assessment allowances (AAP). This is a decline of 7,700 people from the end of…
Falls the most common of occupational accidents
Of almost 22,000 occupational accidents reported to Nav last year, there were five casualties. Roughly 1 in 5 were accidents from falling. This is…
Nav forgot to deduct tax – users must repay
Nav forgot to deduct tax – 4,000 users must repay 4,000 users have been deducted to little tax due to an error at Nav in…
Labour market information in English
The current labour market situation in Norway. READ MORE about Labour market information in English Source: NAV / Norway Today
Fewer unemployed in August
Seasonally adjusted numbers from Nav show that the number of registered unemployed decreased by 1,300 people from July to August. ‘’Fresh Nav numbers show…
Nav leader accused of looking into acquaintances’ records
A department head in Nav is accused of having performed hundreds of searches in Nav’s electronic records on neighbors, coworkers and family members. During…
The authorities will reassess gluten subsidy
The authorities will reassess gluten intolerance subsidy The Norwegian authorities will review the financial support for people with celiac disease and reassess the subsidy for…
Nav boss believes welfare state is threatened
Nav Director, Sigrun Vågeng, is concerned and believes that the welfare state is threatened. “It’s up to politicians and not Nav, where it has…
Nav investigates increase among immigrant “reduced working capacity’’ workforce
The number of employed immigrants registered with”reduced working capacity’’ at Nav has increased by 10,000 since 2010. NP evaluated the measurement. “Many in this…
Couple asked Nav for housing assistance – got a tent
Stine Kristiansen and Henrik Vridve from Drammen went to Nav to get a roof over their heads when they became homeless. Nav gave them a…
Nav forecasts lower unemployment
Nav expects the fall in unemployment to continue throughout the year,and through next year, but at a calmer rate than during the recently past period…
Almost one in ten in Norway receive disability benefit, with Nav saying increase will continue
At the turn of the year there were 325,900 recipients of disability insurance in this country.This is an increase of 7,600 people or 2.4% since…
Looking for a job in Norway?
NAV is part of EURES, a European jobs network designed to facilitate the free movement of workers within 32 EU/EEA countries and Switzerland Information…
Half Norway’s population received money from NAV in 2017
Every second resident of Norway received a benefit from NAV at least once in 2017, and one in three received a benefit as a substitute…
Nav paid NOK 7.1 billion to people abroad last year
Nearly 80,000 people living abroad received 7.1 billion kroner from Nav in 2017. More than half of the money went to pensioners. In total, Norwegian…
Unemployment drops among immigrants
6.1 percent of immigrants in Norway were registered as unemployed in the first quarter of the year. It is 1 percentage point lower than a…
Nav discovered fraud after payments to taxi driver
After Nav discovered that a taxi driver had received hundreds of thousands of kroner in support, even though he worked, the payments continued for several…
HELP WANTED: 50k Workers needed in Norway
The Norwegian Labor Welfare Administration’s (NAV) latest labor survey reveals Norwegian companies offering almost 50,000 job positions; and that there’s not enough applicants seeking work…