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This is what the National Budget means for you

...the point at which this tax takes effect, raising it from NOK 750,000 to NOK 850,000. According to the ... increase is actually a competency tax that makes it more expensive to employ highly educated specialists...

Unpaid leave

and what consequences can it have for your employment, pay and benefits? Our legal experts explain what ... those provided by the Working Environment Act alone. It is therefore a good idea to check what your collective...

Salary settlement at the municipal level

The Norwegian Association of Local and Regional Authorities (KS) Tekna works toward ... confederations where Tekna is represented through its main organization, The Federation of Norwegian Professional...

Working in another country

Make sure you ... including occupational injury insurance, sickness benefits, access to healthcare, pension accrual, your ... to taxation, and what you should be aware of when it comes to your pension.

Travel expenses

Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs (UD) cannot force its employees to pay out of pocket for major travel expenses ... Royal Ministry of Foreign Affairs (UD) after it changed its travel policy. Until 1 March 2015, employees...

Inside the Compiler: Language design and compilation

Language design and compilation Ever wondered what it takes to create a programming language? The network ... language. You probably know more than one. But what does it take to create a language? We've lined up speakers...

Article Tema: Informasjonsteknologi Apr. 28 2025 Streaming

Tekna's history

...association becomes an engineering association, changing its name to The Norwegian Engineers Association (N.I ... General is hired. 1921 - The association determines its first set of ethical guidelines. 1935 - Tekna Young...

Gender gap between women and men

...years The gap is largest in the private sector, but it is also present among Tekna members in the government ... sound small, but over the course of a long career, it adds up to a substantial amount of money. Aabø points...

Things I wish I knew before I started working in Norway

...professional settings in unfamiliar languages has its challenges, such as missing subtle nuances in jokes ... less talkative compared to many other Europeans. It takes time – or alcohol – for them to warm up. They...

When do you receive a salary increase?

...work and Sunday work. As long as service needs allow it, employees should be given time off from 12:00 on ... Depending on a company’s financial capacity, how exposed it is to competition, and other factors, salary conditions...

Intellectual Property Rights in Employment

...experience is that the employment contract or additions to it often regulate such transfer in a way that is advantageous ... of whether the company demands rights to more than it strictly needs (“must take over” or “nice to take...

What is copyright? A simple guide

...work must meet the threshold of originality, meaning it must reflect individual creative effort. What does ... exclusive right to make copies of the work and to make it available to the public. This includes commercial...

International work

IndustriAll Global, Nordic IN, Nording and FEANI. At its 2017 conference (R-møtet), Tekna’s Supervisory Board ... participates in all IN committees with representatives from its General Secretariat. The main committees are: Industrial...

Monument to the Ofotbanen

...mines in Kiruna needed to be transported there so it could be shipped out to other parts of the world ... Norway’s national border located at Bjørnefjell. It was opened to the public in 1902, when the Swedish...

Christmas greeting from chairman of Tekna’s network for developers

Technology AS Tema: Informasjonsteknologi Dear network, It has been a good year. We have had many events, both ... growing market. Likewise with AI, it has been interesting to see how easy it is now to build AI tools. Both...

Wants to be Europe’s biggest battery recycling company

Achihai started collaborating with startup fund Antler. It was here he met business parter Jørgen Erdal, and ... usage in order to avoid putting major strains on its capacity. Looking for clarification in the National...

Social media and employers

...your employer can see what you’ve posted and use it to judge your employment relationship. How much can ... yourself on social media? The main rule is that it’s illegal to make defamatory or criminal statements...

How is blockchain being used today?

...demonstrating how the technology could be used now and its potential across industries. Organizations are now ... where this technology was used and the outcome of it. The program Please note that the presentations are...

Article Tema: IKT Nov. 3 2022 Streaming

Salary and equality

How to read the statistics The salary differences between women and men are still a reality – ... average salary for women and men separately, making it possible to compare the levels. Here we see that...

Stable salary growth in 2024 for Teknas members

...time, it’s important to keep an eye on how much the owners are taking out of the companies. It shouldn’t ... to 6.3 percent the previous year. Haugsbø believes it is crucial that municipalities can recruit and retain...

North Sea Decommissioning: Norway’s New Oil Adventure?

...ago about how oil-producing Norway was handling its recent economic downturn. Not being any math person ... ago about how oil-producing Norway was handling its recent economic downturn. Not being any math person...

Quick Tips for Cover Letter Writing

...something you’ve had for ages because it works as well for you now as it ever did? Say a stereo (you know ... first time around, without having to reread any of it). So about low-tech help: When I get this type of...

Porttrait: Working in Norway – without speaking Norwegian?

It’s perfectly possible, but it comes with a special set of challenges, according to our international ... there’s a language barrier to overcome. But what’s it really like being a non-Norwegian speaker at a Norwegian...

Employees are getting less and less from organizational value creation

...share of their organization’s value creation. – It’s important that the labor market functions well; ... that employee competency will always find its way to where it creates the most value, says Kvam. He points...