Salary settlement
Tekna has agreements that give us the right to negotiate salaries for our members. In the government and municipal sectors, Tekna bargains through The Federation of Norwegian Professional Associations (Akademikerne). Tekna’s top negotiators in the private, government and municipal sectors are clear on the following point: Salaries should be locally and collectively negotiated in order to ensure effective negotiations and the best salary growth possible.
Salary negotiations in the different sectors:
Salary negotiations for members
Tekna’s company union representatives negotiate salaries on behalf of members belonging to the local Tekna group in your organization. You’re automatically registered in the group with the employer that you’ve reported to Tekna (that’s why it’s important for you to let Tekna know if you change employers).
Negotiations usually take place during June-August in the private sector, while the public sector’s local negotiations start up in September-October. Your representative will give you information about when your local negotiations are set to start.
In some organizations there’s neither a Tekna group nor representative. If this is the case where you work, you can contact Tekna’s head office to get advice before salary negotiations start at your workplace. And if you want to help start up a group in your organization, we’ll gladly help you do that, too.
Tekna’s annual collective bargaining conferences give our representatives important information before salary negotiations start. These conferences take place all over the country during April-June. Find information for Tekna representatives (in Norwegian).
Important dates for public sector employees
Dates for 2026 coming soon.
The annual settlement is a main settlement where both salary and employment conditions are negotiated. Please read below to find important dates for this settlement in the public sector.
Healthcare
Negotiations start. Negotiation deadline 23 May.
Central government
Start of negotiations
Negotiation deadline
Mediation deadline
KS
Start of negotiations
Negotiation deadline
Mediation deadline
Oslo municipality
Start of negotiations
Negotiation deadline
Mediation deadline
Social enterprises
Start of negotiations
SAN
Start of negotiations
