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Salary and employee rights
...you Contact our legal team on juridisk@tekna.no Rights at work We can help you with everything from employment ... guide you on everything from inheritance, purchase right, cohabitation contract to establishing your own...
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Restricting companies’ rights to hire temporary employees
...juridisk@tekna.no. Requirements for hiring temporary employees from staffing agencies will be tightened starting ... adopted new regulations for hiring temporary employees from staffing agencies. Starting on 1 April, the...
Article Aktuelt Mar. 13 2023 -
Sharing Economy Conference: Practical Standards for a Modern Economy
50278 Sharing Economy Conference: Practical Standards for a Modern Economy The Sharing ... discussions. Tentative topics include: Workshop 1: Employee rights Workshop 2: New concepts and start-ups Workshop
Course June 19 10:00–16:30 -
Dismissal: What are your legal rights if it happens to you?
Below you’ll find useful information about the rights, processes and contracts associated with dismissal ... An employment relationship usually ends when an employee either resigns their position or is dismissed...
Article Råd og tips Feb. 28 2021 -
Intellectual Property Rights in Employment
...often also referred to as intellectual property rights. And who owns these; you, the company or maybe ... certain conditions may be entitled to take over rights, in whole or in part. This applies even if the...
Article Apr. 21 2023 -
Your employer’s management rights
...management rights are often defined as the right an employer has to hire and dismiss employees as well as ... as manage, delegate and monitor their work. This right is often described as “residual knowledge” because...
Article Råd og tips Mar. 2 2021 -
Is my boss allowed to read my e-mail?
...reason for doing so, an employer can’t read an employee’s e-mail – or any other information that’s been ... states when and how an employer may monitor an employee’s electronic communication. It states several important...
Article Råd og tips Feb. 21 2021 -
Preferential right to a new position
An employee who has been terminated due to downsizing has a preferential right to be hired for a new ... Act § 14-2, an employee who has been terminated due to downsizing has a preferential right to be hired for...
Article Aug. 17 2023 -
Travel expenses
...employer’s management rights don’t include the right to force their employees to pay out of pocket for ... Borgarting Court of Appeal about the case involving employees at the Royal Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs...
Article Råd og tips Feb. 27 2021 -
You’re caught up in your company’s transfer – what should you do?
When this happens, it’s important to know your rights and obligations. Below you’ll find tips on what ... this happens, it’s important that you know your rights and obligations. This applies especially to the...
Article Råd og tips Aug. 15 2023 -
What you should know if you’ve been laid off
Legally speaking, the term «layoff» means that an employee has been temporarily released from their work ... Conditions for laying employees off Requirement of objective justification for laying employees off First, an...
Article Råd og tips May 11 2023 -
Thinking about a new job? Don’t forget to check out the pension benefits
...employer give an individual employee a better pension plan than other employees get? "Your employer has to ... to apply the same pension rules to all employees, and you can’t make any deal that gives you a larger...
Article Aktuelt Feb. 6 2025 -
Questions you should ask about getting a bonus at work
...bonus plan is explained in an employee contract. This might give you the right to negotiate your own contract ... bonus plan might apply to all employees – or to only a specific employee group. If you have an individual...
Article Råd og tips Feb. 6 2025 -
Termination of employment relationship in the private and municipal sectors
...ends when one of the parties resigns; or, if an employee breaches their contract, it can lead to dismissal ... involved. So it’s important for employees to be aware of their rights if they find themselves in this...
Article Råd og tips Feb. 15 2024 -
Intellectual property rights (IPR)
Almost all enterprises have intellectual property rights, whether in the form of business secrets, know-how ... or domain names. These rights are often established on the basis of the employees’ performance. In such...
Article Råd og tips Oct. 31 2022 -
Can you work somewhere else during a layoff?
...obligations and rights are ‘frozen’; at the same time, your own obligations and rights as an employee are also ... employer: Firstly: When laid off, you have the right to apply for unemployment benefits in accordance...
Article Råd og tips May 3 2021 -
Can my employer refuse to give me overtime pay?
...so-called “particularly independent position” with no right to receive overtime pay. Råd og tips «Thomas» sends ... department, asking if an employer has the right to deny their employees overtime pay. Tekna`s attorney Synne...
Article Råd og tips Sept. 15 2022 -
– Most employees aren’t entitled to negotiate their own salary
...salary. – From a legal perspective, while most employees aren’t entitled to negotiate their own salary ... bargaining agreement maintain a dialogue with their employees about salary levels. They do this even if they’re...
Article Råd og tips Feb. 4 2025 -
– Seeing people put their feet up on the desk in front of their boss was a huge culture shock
...surprised at how short a distance there is between employee and boss in Norway. – There’s a friendlier work ... they want, employees can put their legs up on the desk or chewing tobacco in their mouth right in front...
Article Tekna Magasinet June 20 2023 -
Must secure rights for working remotely
Tekna’s president is encouraging employees to secure their rights to work remotely. Aktuelt While Tekna ... that we insist on employees getting written contracts in place that secure their rights in connection with...
Article Aktuelt Oct. 6 2021 -
Written notice
...available to them if they wish to correct an employee’s unwanted/unregulated behavior. skriftlig advarsel ... employer that if the situation about which the employee is being informed doesn’t change or improve, he/she...
Article Råd og tips Mar. 1 2021 -
Social media and employers
For instance, some employers encourage their employees to stay in touch with clients via social media ... go? An employer has the right to organize, lead and monitor their employee’s work and activity within...
Article Råd og tips Feb. 24 2021 -
Probation
...the employer has the opportunity to test the employee’s adaptation to the work, professional competence ... there is a lower threshold for dismissing an employee than otherwise. And there is a shorter notice...
Article Råd og tips Feb. 23 2021 -
Joining a board for the first time? – Here are some tips to get you started
...increasing number of companies and corporations, employees are represented on the board of directors. Being ... system of electing employee board members was made into law early in the 1970s, and employees who have been...
Article Råd og tips Feb. 25 2021 -
Why join a trade union today?
Over 50 percent av Norwegian employees are members of a trade union. – Many people take several of the ... member-bases; at the same time, an individual employee has a stronger voice through being part of a union...
Article Råd og tips Apr. 19 2021
