Nav calls for sick leave over the phone
A rule change means that Nav can now accept sick leave without personal attendance. Now they urge people to contact the doctor over the phone….
Sick leave
Women have taken far more sick leave than men
Women have 70 percent higher sick leave than men, and the difference between the sexes has increased in recent years, according to a study by…
People on paid sick leave can receive sick pay while abroad
The Ministry of Labor and Social Affairs removes the requirement that recipients of sick pay must be in Norway. The background is a new interpretation…
20 doctors deprived of the right to issue sick leave
Today, 20 doctors are deprived of the right to issue sick leave. Several types of errors and violations are the reason why Nav has put…
Raja on sick leave after scolding by Grande
Abid Q. Raja on sick leave after scolding by Grande Norwegian Member of Parliament for the Liberals (Venstre), Abid Q. Raja, is allegedly on sick…
Giske on sick leave for two more weeks
Giske on sick leave for two more weeks Labour’s former Deputy Leader, Trond Giske, is on a sick leave at least until the end of…
Digital applications for sick leave
Soon everyone can deliver sick leave applications digitally From Monday, workers throughout the country can send sick-notes, and make sick leave applications to employers digitally….
Slight decline in absence
Slight decline in absence due to sickness Sick leave in Norway fell to 6.3 per cent in the second quarter. Seasonal and influenza-adjusted figures from…
Sick leave stable in the first quarter
Sick leave stable in the first quarter of 2017 The self-certified sick leave is down by 5.9 percent from fourth quarter 2016 to first quarter…
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…
Early flu season sent self-certified sick leave through the roof last year
Self-certified sick leave increased by 10.3 % in the fourth quarter of last year. In Oslo, flu was to blame for the relatively large increase…
Sick leave in Nav is higher than the national average
A new review carried out by NRK news has shown that Nav, which among other duties, seeks to combat high absenteeism,has even more absences itself…
Sick leave stable despite oil decline
Absence from work due to sickness in Norway has been stable since the beginning of 2015, although during the period of decline in the oil…
Now parts of sick leave get digitized
From September 29th, a portion of workers on sick leave will receive and send sick leave electronically to their employer. Once the doctor has written…
Generous schemes blamed for high number of sick leaves and people receiving disability benefits
Norwegian measures to reduce absenteeism and reduce the number of people receivig disability benefits have little effect because we do not cut in benefits, social…
Small changes in sickness absence
The number of employees with doctor certified sickness absence as a percentage of all employees was 6.3 per cent both in the first and the…