Better sick benefit scheme for self-employed
The sickness benefit scheme for self-employed people will be strengthened in the revised budget for 2019. Self-employed people who become ill today cannot claim more…
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70% of Oslo schools have employed too few teachers
94 out of 138 Oslo schools have not employed enough teachers to meet the Teaching Standards requirement. Last autumn, parliament introduced Teaching Standards,which means that…
Telenor plans to cut 6,000 jobs by 2020
Telenor delivered a result in line with expectations for the fourth quarter last year. The company plans to cut the number of full-time employees by…
4 out of ten disabled people employed
43 per cent of disabled people employed in Norway The employment rate among disabled people has remained stable over the last five years. In…
Half of the refugees in Norway are employed
Only half of refugees aged 25 to 54 in Norway are working. For the overall population in the same age group, eight out of ten…
60 per cent of immigrants are employed
More than 390 000 immigrants were employed in the 4th quarter of 2016. This group constituted 60.2 per cent of immigrants settled in Norway aged…
Employee at sheltered accommodation found dead – resident suspected
A 59 years old woman who was working at a sheltered accommodation for the mentally disabled in Kragerø was found dead onSaturday night was ….
44 per cent of disabled people employed
The employment rate among disabled people has remained stable over the last four years. In the second quarter of 2016 the rate was 44 per…
Fewer young people employed
From the second quarter of 2015 to the second quarter of 2016 there was a reduction of 22 000 people in employment in the age group…
8 of 10 health educated are employed
Nearly 82 per cent of all persons with a health care education were employed by 4th quarter 2015. The employment rate among physicians and nurses…
547 000 employed in local authorities
Preliminary figures show a total of 498 000 employees in local authorities and 49 000 in county authorities. A new data source has led to a break…
Road work will create more than 4000 jobs
Several billion NOK will be used to improve the Norwegian roads in 2016. That means the employment of over 4,000 people. On Thursday Minister of…