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Your employer’s management rights

...employment contract places limits on management rights It follows from this that an employment contract is ... is central to ensuring employee rights as it’s normally the only written document that defines the contractual...

Article Råd og tips Mar. 2 2021

Working Overtime While Living Abroad

...where the Working Environment Act doesn’t apply, it’s important for employees to remember that they’re ... protection” is often applied here. However, when it comes to work hours, there’s reason to take notice...

Article Råd og tips Feb. 21 2021

Photonics enabled by Artificial intelligence, or vice versa?

...movement, and balance Abstract: The human brain: what is it good for? One can argue that movement and balance ... (fNIRS) is an exciting brain cerebral cortex modality. It reflects the activities of glial cells in terms of...

Article IKT-bloggen Dec. 10 2021 Streaming

Will this year’s julebord be the best ever?

...behave now that the pandemic is apparently over? Is it okay to hug one another? Can you shake your boss’ ... social animals who need to be around others, so it’s super important to have in-person social events...

Article Råd og tips Nov. 30 2021

Free training courses for Tekna members

...that include NITO, Norsk Olje og Gass and EL- og IT-forbundet, Tekna has been involved in developing ... Individuals who are getting unemployment benefits won’t lose these benefits, and active employees can combine...

Article Råd og tips Jan. 27 2022

What you should know if you’ve been laid off

...connected to the organization (and not the employee). It's a pre-requisite that layoffs happen only when there’s ... starting any layoff process. The company must inform its employees why layoffs are necessary and which employees...

Article Råd og tips Dec. 5 2025

Are you making these interview mistakes?

BE PRESENT IN THE MOMENT: Jon Fredrik Alfsen says it’s important to be present during your interview. Photo: ... think through your responses before speaking You owe it to yourself and the employer to give as good and...

Article Råd og tips Sept. 21 2021

11 things you need to check before signing an employment contract

...your employment contract carefully before signing it. Råd og tips According to Working Environment Act ... possible. For example, if the stated workplace is Asker, it’ll be more difficult for your employer to decide...

Article Råd og tips June 17 2024

Future of work in the age of AI with Utkarsh Amitabh

LIVE on the 6th of September at 4:30 PM Tekna Big Data Video: Future of work in the age of AI with ... Utkarsh Amitabh The future of work is here, and it's changing everything. Join us to discover how to...

Article Tema: IKT Sept. 6 2024 Streaming

Highly educated adults are the new trade unionists

According to numbers from Statistics Norway, highly educated adults have the highest rate of ... immigrants than for non-immigrants in this group. It’s also lower for managers and ICT consultants than...

Article Tekna Magasinet Oct. 8 2021

Egenmelding: What to do if you can’t work because you’re sick/injured

English – a definition that doesn’t make any sense on its own. A better definition that makes more sense is ... up to 3 days of absence from work when you’re ill. It is, but there are some rules to go along with this...

Article Working in Norway Nov. 3 2021

What you should know about severance agreements

Entering into a severance agreement is voluntary; it’s also not unusual for a severance agreement to contain ... certain conditions in order to be considered valid: It must be objectively justified, respect an agreed...

Article Råd og tips Dec. 5 2025

Cross-Cultural Confusion: What’s Not to Love at an Interview?

Rather, it was what followed in the article that made me stop and think about how challenging it can be ... when trying to get a new job. And how challenging it is to teach, for example, English-based interview...

Article Working in Norway Aug. 10 2016

Techie Talk: Do technical presentations need to live up to their reputation?

...message was often so unclear and unenthusiastic that it seemed as if they had given up before even starting ... rather sheepishly and say something like, “Well, it’s very technical, so prepared to be bored…” or “Now...

Article Working in Norway May 15 2016

Salary in Norway: 6 things you need to know

...know about Norwegian wages. Working in Norway When it comes to the labour market, Norway is famous for ... wages that tend to confuse new arrivals. “For some, it might take a little bit adjusting to get used to...

Article Working in Norway May 18 2022

CV Writing: Don’t Just Be Responsible, Be Active

It happened once again – the course takers (mine) taught the course instructor (me) something new. At ... been retired, never to be put to work again. Putting it bluntly, who cares what you was responsible for at...

Article Working in Norway Apr. 10 2021

Mars and Venus: (Not) Talking to Strangers in Norway

...on a crowded train next to another woman her age. It was a beautiful day outside, a rare thing in November ... comment on this weather. Maybe it would lead to a conversation, and maybe it wouldn’t. But at least we’d...

Article Working in Norway Dec. 29 2017

Things you need to know when renting a home

...account that is set up in the renter’s name; so it’s illegal for your landlord to require that you make ... A rental relationship can in theory last forever; it can also be terminated by having a three-month notice...

Article Aktuelt June 7 2023

A lot of employees want to work from home – changes must be made before people start getting sick

...revealed by a recent survey undertaken by Tekna among its members. - We see that this will be a long-lasting ... -This is serious, and something must be done about it. The employer has a lot of responsibility in this...

Article Aktuelt Mar. 3 2021

Five steps to landing your first dream job

...a new student or have been studying for awhile, it’s never a bad idea to start thinking about your future ... helping members find their career path. She says that it’s a smart idea to start thinking about where you’d...

Article Råd og tips Mar. 17 2022

LinkedIn Learning: Summarizing Yourself in Five (Easy*) Steps

...hasn’t taken off in Norway as it has in countries like the US and UK. Could it be that the stereotype of ... don’t want to overdo it and appear full of myself. And that makes me insecure, so it’s easier not to do anything...

Article Working in Norway Nov. 1 2016

Employment in the public sector

...to the qualification principle described below. It’s important that the most qualified candidate is offered ... 7) include the law’s first paragraph stating that it’s possible to make an exception for, among other things...

Article Råd og tips Feb. 22 2021

Living Abroad and Leaving Your Own Behind (in Your New Country)

It’s interesting to observe how, when living in a foreign country, certain foreigners behave towards ... residents … assimilation,integration, Working in Norway It’s interesting to observe how, when living in a foreign...

Article Working in Norway Jan. 12 2016

Sickness and Sick Leave

NAV eller din tillitsvalgt. Forløpet ved sykdom Anyone can be struck down by illness. If it happens to you ... over the course of a 12-month period, during which it makes no difference if the absence is 1, 2 or 3 days...

Article Råd og tips Sept. 15 2021

Advent of Code: Exploring Programming Languages and Techniques

...released, and participants have 24 hours to solve it. The problems are designed to be solvable in any ... of Code calendar that they found exciting to solve it in their programming language. You will get an opportunity...

Article Tema: IKT Mar. 23 2023 Streaming