NAV: The omicron wave led to a sharp increase in sickness absence in Norway
The total sickness absence in the first quarter of this year was 7.1%, seasonally adjusted figures show. This is an increase of 6.5% from the…
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NAV gets 5 million kroner fine for breach of privacy rules
The Norwegian Data Protection Authority has announced that they would fine the NAV NOK 5 million for breaching the privacy rules associated with a previous…
NAV: Unemployment in Norway at its lowest level since 2008
A total of 53,800 people were registered as completely unemployed at the end of April. That accounts for 1.9% of the workforce in Norway and…
Survey: Every eighth NAV employee exposed to violence
13% of Fagforbundet members in the NAV state that they have been exposed to violence in connection with their position. According to the newspaper VG,…
New NAV scandal? More than 500 people have been paid too little in disability benefits since 2015
The NAV has discovered a new error – 505 people have been paid too little in disability benefits since 2015. “We apologize to everyone who…
NAV: We have registered a sharp increase in flu-related sick leave in Norway last week
Last week, 39,200 people had their sick leave certified by a doctor in Norway. The number of corona-related cases is declining, while the number of…
Only 3.2% of the Norwegian labor force was unemployed in January
Since June last year, unemployment in Norway has fallen rapidly. From October last year to January this year, there were 13,000 fewer unemployed workers. In…
REVIEW: Pørni shows all of Norway that the struggle may be real but can also be hilarious
The hit Norwegian television series, Pørni, is much more than just a simple “dramedy.” It shows the (hilarious) trials and tribulations associated with parenthood, responsibility,…
NAV: There have never been more jobs to choose from in Norway than now
Never before have there been more jobs advertised in Norway than last year. According to the NAV, nearly half a million jobs became vacant last…
NAV: 1,000 people in Norway were notified of redundancy after the turn of the year
A total of 1,000 people were notified of redundancies in the first week after the turn of the year, the NAV reports. A total of…
NAV: The number of job seekers in Norway increased by 900 in the last two weeks
The number of job seekers in Norway increased by 900 since December 21, preliminary figures from the NAV show. A total of 124,500 people are…
Former Økokrim chief Trond Eirik Schea hired as new NAV legal director
Former Økokrim chief Trond Eirik Schea has been hired as legal director of the NAV, a position created in the wake of the so-called NAV…
NAV: The number of job seekers in Norway decreased by 3,000 in December
In mid-December, 115,100 people were registered as unemployed at the NAV. That constitutes 4.1% of the Norwegian labor force and is 3,300 fewer than in…
NAV: Unemployment in Norway fell to 4% in November
According to the NAV, unemployment fell by 8,800 job seekers to a total of 4% in November. At the end of November, 114,500 fully or…
NAV director fears increased unemployment benefits make it less attractive for laid-off people to look for jobs
Increased unemployment benefit rates during the pandemic have led to laid-off people not working hard enough to get a new job, Innlandet NAV director Bjørn…
Norway’s labor market is recovering at a record speed; NAV chief: The crisis is over
The labor market is approaching pre-pandemic levels. The NAV’s forecasts indicate that unemployment next year will be lower than before the corona crisis. “The improvement…
Social security fraud: In recent years, seven out of ten reported NAV users got unconditional prison sentences
Figures from the NAV show that almost 69% of reported cases between 2017 and 2021 ended with the reported person getting an unconditional prison sentence….
NAV still doesn’t have an overview of the number of victims of Norway’s biggest social security scandal
Two years after the NAV scandal broke out, the NAV still doesn’t have an overview of the number of illegal decisions it made between 1994…
NAV: There were 9,500 fewer job seekers in October compared to September
At the end of October, 121,200 completely unemployed workers, partially unemployed workers, and job seekers were registered at the NAV. That constitutes 4.3% of the…
NAV is ending a number of corona measures on Friday
From Friday, applications for unemployment benefits will be processed according to the usual rules from before the pandemic. The NAV is set to discontinue multiple…
