Norway - Private sector deal targets low paid - April 6, 2011

Negotiations between unions and the NHO private sector employers’ organisation have delivered a NOK 6,000 (€ 768) per year increase for lower paid workers – those workers who are paid less than 90% of the average wage in the manufacturing sector. The average yearly wage in manufacturing is currently NOK 378,573 (€ 48,430) and so the 90% threshold is NOK 340,715 (€ 43,600). The deal also includes improvements to severance pay for older workers and an agreement that unions, employers and the government will work together on a seven-point plan on gender equality. The private sector deal includes companies involved in the utilities and health and social care (See also this Collective Bargaining Newsletter Year 4 March 2011).

English: http://www.epsu.org/cob/415

Norwegian: http://www.fagforbundet.no/forsida/?article_id=62509

 

This article was published in the Collective Bargaining Newsletter. It aims to facilitate information exchange between trade unions and to support the work of ETUC's collective bargaining committee. For more information, please contact the editor Maarten van Klaveren, Amsterdam Institute for Advanced Labour Studies (AIAS) M.vanKlaveren@uva.nl. You may find further information on the ETUI at www.etui.org, and on the AIAS at www.uva-aias.net. © ETUI aisbl, Brussels 2011.

 

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