Recent news
Latest items of recent news relevant to Norway as reported in our fortnightly newswire ‘Dernières nouvelles’.
Norway: Further review of upper age limits on employment protection
A committee has just been set up by Norway’s Ministry of Labour and Social affairs to consider further increasing — or entirely removing — the upper age limit for employment protection in the country …
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Norway: Changes to occupational safety regulations
A number of small changes to Norway’s occupational safety regulations were recently adopted by the Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs …
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Norway: Regulation to allow derogation from equal treatment rules
Today a new regulation comes into force in Norway allowing derogation from the rules of equal treatment in relation to agency workers …
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Norway: Increase in trade union membership
According to the latest report by Statistics Norway, trade unions had 1,780,000 members on December 31st 2014 …
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Norway: Proposed amendments to laws on restrictive covenants
The government of Norway is currently considering a number of changes to the law on restrictive covenants …
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Norway: Changes to occupational safety regulations
A number of minor changes have been made to Norway’s occupational safety regulations …
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Norway: Average wage statistics by sector
Statistics Norway has produced a series of statistical reports regarding average monthly earnings, excluding overtime pay, for a number of sectors …
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Norway: Plans to amend temporary work rules
Changes to the rules on temporary employment have been proposed by the Norwegian Labour Ministry …
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Norway: Sickness absence (Q1-Q2 2014)
Statistics Norway — an independent institution under the Ministry of Finance — has released a report regarding sickness absences …
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Norway: Statistics on the transition from work to retirement
The European Union’s statistical office, Eurostat, has recently published data on the transition from work to retirement in the EU during 2012 …
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Norway: Wage deal reached
The oil industry in Norway has reached a pay deal with the trade union SAFE, removing the threat of strike action …
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Norway: Amendments to sickness monitoring
Amendments to the Work Environment Act that simplify sickness monitoring in Norway have now come into force …
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Norway: Proposal to amend labour immigration rules
Norway’s Directorate of Immigration has begun a consultation process to amend the country’s immigration laws after becoming aware of certain problems with the current regulations …
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Norway: Amendments to the Holidays Act now in force
Changes to the Norwegian Holidays Act came into force on July 1st 2014 …
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Norway: Proposed changes to the Work Environment Act
The government of Norway has released further details on its proposed changes to the Work Environment Act …
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