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27th of August 2009 – Norwegian should learn work ethic form the Poles. |
Former minister of work from the Høyre party, Kristin Clemet, says in an interview with VG, that the Norwegian nowadays have low work ethic – they overuse sick leaves, and the national insurance system as a whole. As a result the system is now on the verge of collapse, and needs a serious reform, which nobody is really ready to perform.
Kritin Clemet gives also some examples of high work ethics: Norwegian form the fifties, who virtually rebuild the country after the second world war, and... work immigrants from Poland.
You can read the whole article here (in norwegian), or here (in Polish).
Source: VG
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05 III 2009 - Szukamy osób do wywiadów! |
Firma Polish Connection, we współpracy z norweską organizacją badawczą Fafo, poszukuje osób, które wróciły na stałe do Polski po dłuższym pobycie w Norwegii (minimum rok pobytu w Norwegii), i które chciałyby opowiedzieć o swoich przeżyciach w Norwegii, motywach powrotu do kraju itp.
Jeśli jesteś zainteresowany/a wzięciem udziału w takim projekcie i udzieleniem wywiadu, przeczytaj informacje tutaj.
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23rd og February 2009 – Careful Yes to the general application of wage agreements for cleaning secto |
The general application is related to social dumping among the work immigrants. So far, the challenges in the industry have been linked to social dumping in Norway, but after the EU enlargement more and more challenges occur in relation to companies and people from abroad.
The general application is however not the most important tool to secure a cleaner, and more fair industry, and must not be seen in isolation.
There are four instruments that must be seen in context: Regional safety representatives, the ID card, a public system of acceptance of cleaning companies, and the general application itself.
The Tariff Board (Tariffnemnda) is open to the idea of making the tariff agreement for cleaning public, but before anything is done, documentation showing that there is social dumping in the industry must be provided. Since there are few representatives of the workers (Trade unions) in this industry, it is also difficult to obtain the necessary documentation. Norsk Arbeidsmandsforbundet however (one of the trade unions) has employed a person to deal with, among other things, this issue.
Read more about this: here.
Source: Arbeidsmanden
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10th of February 2009 - Registration obligation for the employment agencies |
Regulations on new mandatory registration system for the work agencies that hire workers in Norway came into force on 1. January 2009. Registration duty should help to eliminate non-serious companies, and ensure the foreign workers decent work and payment conditions. Requirements set by the new law concern, among others, the company's organization form, economy, and whether it is legally registered with the Tax Administration.
There are approximately 1,800 companies registered in Brønnøysund registry now (registry over companies and other market units) whose main activity is the hiring of workers, but the Work Inspection (Arbeidstilsynet) has so far received only about 250 applications.
The deadline for submission of applications is 1. March.
After this date, unregistered businesses – both norwegian and foreign - will operate illegally. From the same date it will be also forbidden to use staffing companies that are not registered.
The list of legal, registered employment agencies is available on the Work Inspections web site: www.arbeidstilsynet.no
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Source: Arbeidstilsynet
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16th of December 2008 – Social dumping from May 2009? |
Journalists from the Norwegian newspaper Dagsavisen, Heidi Taksdal Skjeseth and Jo Moen Bredeveien, threaten in their article, which You can read here, that after the transition rules for the citizens of the new EEA-countries has expired in May 2009, work immigrants in Norway may be subject to social dumping. The authors write that the immigrants are going to be left without a guaranteed right to minimum wage, regulated working hours, paid overtime and holiday pay.
Fortunately it's not as bad as they describe it. First and foremost, the transition rules have nothing to do with working hours, overtime or holiday pay – those subjects are regulated by ordinary Norwegian laws. Minimum wages are going to continue to apply to these sectors, for which collective agreements were done right (f.ex. in the building and construction sector).
Problems with social dumping may occur in those sectors, to which the agreements don't apply. In order to prevent this, trade unions have already started lobbying for wider application of collective agreements in, among other things, agricultural and cleaning industry.
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