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  • The Working Environment Act

    23/12/2024 Article Ministry of Labour and Social Inclusion

    The purpose of the Working Environment Act is to ensure safe employment conditions and equal treatment in the workplace. The Act also aims to secure a working environment that provides the basis for a health-promoting and meaningful work situation,

  • Responsibilities and Tasks in the Ministry of Labour and Social Inclusion

    20/12/2024 Article Ministry of Labour and Social Inclusion

    The Ministry of Labour and Social Inclusion (AID) is responsible for policies related to the labor market, work environment, inclusion, pensions, and welfare.

  • Indexation of the National Insurance Scheme’s Basic Amount and Pensions

    20/12/2024 Article Ministry of Labour and Social Inclusion

    The basic amount in the National Insurance Scheme as of 1 May 2025, is NOK 130,160. The basic amount is used in the calculation and indexation of pensions. It is annually adjusted.

  • Area focus

    20/12/2024 Article Ministry of Labour and Social Inclusion

    In some areas with major and complex social challenges, the state and municipalities have joined together to make an extra effort.

  • Volunteering and dialogue

    20/12/2024 Article Ministry of Labour and Social Inclusion

    Voluntary organisations play an important role in the Integration and inclusion of immigrants in local communities.

  • Job Opportunity

    20/12/2024 Article Ministry of Labour and Social Inclusion

    Immigrants who require basic qualifications, who have no links with working life and who are not covered by existing schemes are in the target group for this measure.

  • Occupational Injury

    19/12/2024 Article Ministry of Labour and Social Inclusion

    Occupational injury is defined personal injury, illness or death as a result of an occupational accident. Illness may be approved as occupational illness if it was caused by harmful exposure at work.

  • Disability Benefits

    19/12/2024 Article Ministry of Labour and Social Inclusion

    Disability benefits from the National Insurance Scheme are intended to secure income for individuals whose earning capacity has been permanently reduced due to illness, injury, or defect.

  • Work Environment and Safety in Norway

    19/12/2024 Article Ministry of Labour and Social Inclusion

    Most people work under good and safe conditions in Norway. Trends in Norwegian working life generally indicate a positive development, but there are still significant differences in working environment conditions between various occupational and

  • Interpreting in the public sector

    17/12/2024 Article Ministry of Labour and Social Inclusion

    The Ministry innenfof Labour and Social Inclusion has the main responsibility for arranging for interpreting to and from Norwegian and other spoken languages in the public sector.

  • Labour Immigration

    17/12/2024 Article Ministry of Labour and Social Inclusion

    Labour immigrants bring essential skills to the Norwegian labour market and help meet the demand for labour in many sectors in Norway. They are a diverse group working within various professions. Many labour immigrants settle in Norway, while others

  • The Norwegian Technical Calculation Committee for Wage Settlements

    17/12/2024 Article Ministry of Labour and Social Inclusion

    The Norwegian Technical Calculation Committee for Wage Settlements (TBU) is responsible for laying the foundation for the best possible shared understanding of the situation in the Norwegian economy between the social partners.

  • Unemployment Benefits

    17/12/2024 Article Ministry of Labour and Social Inclusion

    Unemployment benefits provide partial coverage of lost income during periods of unemployment.

  • Labour Market Policy

    16/12/2024 Article Ministry of Labour and Social Inclusion

    Labour market policy is intended to provide a good supply of labour, reduce and prevent unemployment, prevent people from leaving the labour market and from being permanently excluded. Income security for people who are temporarily without earned

  • Settlement of refugees

    14/12/2024 Article Ministry of Labour and Social Inclusion, Ministry of Children and Families

    Settlement with public assistance is a voluntary service offered by the Norwegian government. The Norwegian Directorate of Integration and Diversity (IMDi) and municipalitices decides where refugees are setteled.

  • Assistive aids

    11/12/2024 Article Ministry of Labour and Social Inclusion

    Assistive aids are intended to compensate for practical problems that individuals with disabilities may encounter in everyday life, society and in the workplace.

  • Work Assessment Allowance (AAP)

    11/12/2024 Article Ministry of Labour and Social Inclusion

    Work Assessment Allowance (AAP) is a benefit from Nav (the Norwegian Labour and Welfare Administration) for individuals with reduced work capacity due to illness,injury or defect. AAP secures income for individuals who needs work-related measures,

  • Social dumping

    11/12/2024 Article Ministry of Labour and Social Inclusion

    Increased labour immigration has led to problems with social dumping in some industries. Social dumping is deemed to be present both if foreign employees are subject to breaches of health, safety and working environment regulations and if they are

  • Medical Evacuation from Gaza: Six Patients to Norway

    09/12/2024 Press release Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Ministry of Health and Care Services, Ministry of Labour and Social Inclusion, Office of the Prime Minister

    Six patients from Gaza were evacuated from Egypt to Norway on 9 December, in order to receive medical treatment in Norway. The patients are children aged 1-16, travelling with family members. These are the first patients from Gaza to arrive in

  • The Government is changing the rules: Norway will grant collective protection to fewer Ukrainians

    27/09/2024 Press release Ministry of Justice and Public Security, Ministry of Labour and Social Inclusion

    For two and a half years, the vast majority of people arriving from Ukraine have received temporary collective protection in Norway without individual consideration of each application by the authorities. Starting from today, applications from

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