Salary and employee rights

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Tekna’s annual salary statistics are your best tool for evaluating your own salary.

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Everything you need to know about salary

Salaries are negotiated in collective bargaining sessions, after which employers determine the individual employee’s salary based on the agreed criteria. Tekna offers members legal advice on questions concerning salary and salary development.

Pregnancy and employment

Even though pregnancy and maternity leave are topics that are to be left off the table during a job interview, many people experience having them brought up anyway. What is an employer allowed to ask, and what are your rights at work during your pregnancy and maternity leave?

Leading and particulary independent positions

Many employers use the concepts of ‘leading’ and ‘particularly independent’ regarding specific jobs or employees. In the following article we’ll explain what the formal requirements are for this position and what they mean for your rights:

All you need to know about vacation rights

Who is entitled to a vacation, how many vacation days are allowed, and how is vacation pay earned? How much vacation can I transfer? What happens to my vacation pay when I leave a job?

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