Bill will make it easier to receive medical care for temps
Minister of Health, Bent Høie of Høyre (H) wants to make changes to reimbursement regulations following criticism that the new regulations have made it difficult…
Workers
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…
Thinks that FrP is a Trojan horse
Believes that FrP is a Trojan horse – FrP destroys Norwegian working life from the inside, says Arild Grande, spokesperson for Social Policy in Labour (Ap)….
Municipal cleaners in Oslo have work status increased from 0.58% to 50%
Three workers who were offered employment positions by Oslo Municipality as low as 0.58% have now received 50% positions. The increase came after Dagsavisen…
Asians in the North Sea are paid 29 kroner per hour
Statoil has hired a lifting vessel from Dutch Heerema, accused of operating with wages all the way down to NOK 29 for Asian workers in…
Bosnian Statnett workers are laid off
The 22 Bosnian fitters who work for Statnett Norway on double contracts have been laid off, said their employer in Bosnia. Director of the…
North Atlantic Drilling needs 160 workers
North Atlantic Drilling needs 160 workers After winning the contract on the British shelf earlier in the summer, the rig company North Atlantic Drilling will…
Child welfare workers are the most exposed to threats and harassment
A new survey reveals that employees in municipal child welfare services are those who are most exposed to threats, harassment, and hate speech online in…
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…
Hauglie wants workers for children with disabilities to be able to work more hours continuously
People working with disabled children should be able to work 88 hours the week they have the children, suggested the Minister of Labour, Anniken Hauglie….
Poles won wage war in Bergen
Six Polish workers in Bergen won on all points after suing their employer for lack of salary payments. The six are employed by the staffing…
Safeguarding vulnerable workers
695 businesses have received funding to provide training for their staff in reading, writing, arithmetic, Computer use and Norwegian. One in three receives support to…
Several foreign workers lost lives while at work
While the number of occupational fatalities are at their lowest in over 40 years, there is an increase in the proportion of foreign workers who…
Many lack HMS Safety cards in the construction industry
35 percent of workers in the construction industry also lack so-called HMS cards. Safety cards are identification cards that provide information about who the workers…
25,000 more temporary workers
Over the past year there have been 25,000 more temporary employees in Norway. This is an increase of 12 percent. The increase appears in the…
The Tax Directorate are checking commuter addresses
The Tax Directorate are checking workers’ residential addresses in order to find foreign contractors who do not pay a commuter tax to their employees and…