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1. Working in Norway

   ...targeting foreign workers seeking information about the Norwegian employment law and practical introduction to ... academia and business. We actively work to create the best possible conditions for research and innovation...

   Article Working in Norway Mar. 21 2025 Streaming

2. Porttrait: Working in Norway – without speaking Norwegian?

   ...what’s it really like being a non-Norwegian speaker at a Norwegian workplace? We turned to three of our members ... that exact experience. Connection vs. exclusion The pros are simple: there are none. It’s just a matter...

   Article Working in Norway Jan. 31 2025

3. Things I wish I knew before I started working in Norway

   ...feel daunting at the best of times. Do I have the right skills? Will they like me? Is the coffee any good ... Starting a professional career in a new country, on the other hand, comes with another level of challenges...

   Article Working in Norway Feb. 4 2025

4. Get started with your membership in Tekna

   Entrepreneurs T Tekna groups (workplace groups) Tekna Magasinet Tekna Ung Teknisk Ukeblad The salary calculator U ... you receive from us on My Profile. You log in with the email address you have registered with us as your...

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5. Work-Life balance in Norway: Three things you should know

   ...expectations, this is what you need to know about the Norwegian work culture. Working in Norway There are a ... outside the workplace. “In my experience, Norwegian employers endeavour to create a workplace where employees...

   Article Working in Norway Dec. 20 2022

6. Working in Norway: Don’t Say “Hello” in the Morning

   ...asked the following question: What is the most important unwritten rule in Norwegian workplace, which ... is based on? Readers were invited to guess the answer. The more serious suggestions: Don’t intrude on...

   Article Working in Norway Dec. 6 2017

7. Salary in Norway: 6 things you need to know

   What’s the average salary in Norway? Is there such a thing as a minimum wage? Here’s what to know about ... about Norwegian wages. Working in Norway When it comes to the labour market, Norway is famous for their...

   Article Working in Norway May 18 2022

8. Being a union representative is very exciting

   ...representative, you have the opportunity to learn a lot. You learn more about the industry, the profession and ... representatives working to provide members with the best possible working conditions, a good working...

   Article Råd og tips Oct. 13 2023

9. Salary settlement

   ...agreements that give us the right to negotiate salaries for our members. In the government and municipal ... municipal sectors, Tekna bargains through The Federation of Norwegian Professional Associations (Akademikerne)...

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10. What is the Norwegian Model?

    ...piece of the puzzle often called "The Norwegian Model" - a cooperative model that is unique to the Nordic ... Nordic countries. Aktuelt The Norwegian Model gives us the rules of the game for working life, showing us...

    Article Aktuelt May 11 2020

11. Social media and employers

    ...media can give the impression that users are operating in their own private sphere – while the exact opposite ... searchable. And in cases where you can be identified as the content source, your employer can see what you’ve...

    Article Råd og tips Feb. 24 2021

12. Mobbing in the Workplace

    Workplace bullying can be defined as a situation in which an employee is repeatedly and over time subjected ... actions by others in the workplace. Råd og tips Bullying is prohibited. In the Working Environment Act...

    Article Råd og tips Mar. 24 2025

13. Social welfare in Norway: The nuts and bolts

    Here is an overview of the Norwegian social democratic model and some of the main public services available ... are several different types of welfare states in the world. Some are based on how much insurance you have...

    Article Working in Norway Dec. 20 2022

14. Trade unions in Norway: Four things you need to know

    ...unions are an important part of the Norwegian labour market. Here are the basic facts. Working in Norway ... density rate. Here, around half of the workforce are organized members. The popularity stems from its mission...

    Article Working in Norway Dec. 9 2022

15. – Seeing people put their feet up on the desk in front of their boss was a huge culture shock

    ...where she deals with vessels that sail all over the world. When she started this job, she was surprised ... their legs up on the desk or chewing tobacco in their mouth right in front of their boss. The employee doesn’t...

    Article Tekna Magasinet June 20 2023

16. Remote Work

    The term ‘home office’ refers to an arrangement where an employee works from their own home. The practice ... but it has become more common during and after the pandemic. Most people who work from home usually...

    Article Råd og tips Jan. 11 2024

17. Changes to home office laws finally passed

    The government has recently passed changes to laws regulating home office use. – Tekna’s pleased that ... Aktuelt The new changes are effective starting on July 1st, and Grøvik is satisfied that the new law...

    Article Aktuelt Apr. 6 2022

18. First Impressions and Foreigners: Which Language Should You Speak?

    ...say at the front of the classroom. At my most recent course – Intercultural Communication in the Workplace ... week in Stavanger, Norway, a comment that generated the session’s most lively … integration in Norway,intercultural...

    Article Working in Norway Sept. 17 2017

19. Why join a trade union today?

    ...av Norwegian employees are members of a trade union. – Many people take several of the Norwegian welfare ... welfare benefits – which have all been negotiated by the union movement – for granted, declares Katrine Olsson...

    Article Råd og tips Apr. 19 2021

20. Where to find laws on working hours

    The purpose of this particular set of labor laws is to ensure that the time employees spend at work doesn’t ... can find laws on working hours in Chapter 10 of the Working Environment Act. arbeidstid,arbeidstidsbestemmelser...

    Article Råd og tips Aug. 18 2023

21. Podcast: Working in Norway - A Beginner's Guide

    ...a kind of cultural shock at the beginning when I moved to Norway, that the employee can, if he wants to ... to put his legs on the table or put a "snus" in front of the manager, that he can do it and he doesn't...

    Article Working in Norway May 25 2023 Podcast

22. New membership record: Tekna passes 90,000

    Tekna passed 90,000 members. Since the start of the new millennium, the organization has added 55,000 members ... members. Aktuelt - There’s been incredible growth in the number of technologists belonging to a trade union...

    Article Aktuelt Oct. 6 2021

23. How Not to Get Burned in the Interview Hot Seat

    ...morning. I know no one at this workplace and know only a bit about the workplace itself. What I do know is ... is something about the job itself, as I’ve held onto the job description (more about this below). What...

    Article Working in Norway Feb. 27 2020

24. Employee Wellness in the Norwegian Work Culture

    Have you heard the one about the Norwegian husband who loved his wife so much, he almost told her? Working ... faces, Norwegians and non-Norwegians alike. Why is this so? Perhaps because as silly as it is on the surface...

    Article Working in Norway Apr. 15 2021

25. Whistleblowing in the Workplace

    ...you have the right to reveal information about unethical or illegal conditions at your workplace. Hired ... Hired workers also have the right to report these conditions to their hiring company. varsling,rett til å...

    Article Råd og tips June 13 2023