From January 2022, most of the Norwegian Working Environment Act will apply if a foreign company sends one of its employees to work in Norway for more than 12 months. These changes implement EU rules. Here is an overview.

The Supreme Court has clarified that substitute teachers who are employed temporarily due to a lack of qualified personnel are not entitled to a permanent position after three years. The judgment is important for employers in the training sector who are struggling to recruit qualified teaching staff.

In June, the government proposed strong restrictions on the right to hire workers from staffing agencies. It is expected that the proposal will be adopted within a short time. It is now planned that access to hire should not be so narrow for healthcare personnel and certain types of advisers and consultants.

The government's proposal for the National Budget for 2023 – Prop. 1 S (2022–2023) was presented on 6 October 2022. One of the focus areas is measures to promote a serious and well-organized working life.

Atypical working conditions is a topic that receives a lot of attention in EU law. How can it be ensured that this group gets the necessary rights, and who is actually an atypical employee?

When an employee is dismissed, it is not uncommon for the case to end up in the courts. The decisive factor for who wins the case then is the court's assessment of the grounds for dismissal. In the past year, the Supreme Court has handed down several judgments that clarify the requirements for the grounds for dismissal.

Just before the summer kicked in, the Supreme Court handed down a judgment on so-called administrative appointments - i.e., appointments in the state where you can make exceptions to the strict rules in the State Employee Act. What happens when the employer and employee do not agree on how extensive the exemption from the law should be?

What is the situation really like for freedom of speech in Norwegian workplaces? And what should be done so that employees dare to express themselves freely? These are among the questions that the Freedom of Expression Commission is dealing with in the report that was presented during the Arendal Week 2022.

Sometimes you have to stand upright even if you want to lie down and cry. Today we in the Littler family woke up together with the whole of Norway to the news of mass shooting in Oslo with two people killed and 21 people injured. The incident is being investigated as an act of terrorism. The police work on the basis of hypotheses that it may be a case of hate crime and / or psychiatry.

The government has proposed amendments to the Working Environment Act to tighten access to hiring from staffing companies and strengthen the right to full-time employment. The bills have been submitted to the Parliament (Stortinget) and will in all probability be passed in the autumn of 2022. 

In 2020, the Solberg government appointed a committee with a mandate to evaluate whether the long-term goals of the pension reform can be achieved and to propose possible adjustments to the current rules to ensure the pension system's economic and social sustainability. The committee is led by Kristin Skogen Lund, has 12 members, and is composed of politicians, leaders, union representatives and economic experts.

In 2018 Norwegian artists initiated and gathered around a world-unique movement in the fight against plastic pollution. Performing surprise pop-up concerts for volunteers after cleanups, the artists have been engaging, honoring, and inspiring their fans to act. The movement is called #cleansoundsmovement.

The government wants to protect the crew of foreign ships by ensuring them a Norwegian wage level when they work in Norway. As expected, the proposal receives support from the unions. The support from Hurtigruten however, is probably somewhat surprising. Here is a brief summary of the most important points in the proposal.

Employers often experience that employees for various reasons cannot work as normal. Does the employer have to make arrangements for them? What and how much must the employer do?

Summer is coming soon, and many have already begun to look forward to the holidays. Here is an overview of the most important rules in the Holiday Act that employers should be aware of in order for this summer's holiday planning to go smoothly.