Living and Working in Norway - Paikalliset TE

Living and Working in Norway
Erik Jørgensen/Innovation Norway
Nils-Erik Bjørholt/Innovation Norway
Johan Wildhagen/Innovation Norway
Hallgeir Jenssen
NAV EURES Norway
NAV EURES
• Labour and Welfare Administration
- Job Centre
- National Insurance
- Welfare office
• EURopean Employment Services
(EURES)
• www.nav.no
• www.nav.no/eures
Cultural Matters
• Flat structure in the workplace
– Who is the boss?
• Conformity/Equality/No special
treatment
• Enjoying space, keeping
distance, privacy
• Not the most impulsive ones –
need time
• Cold lunches
• ”Rude”?
• Dress code
Dress code
Labour Market Statistics
• Unemployment in Norway: 3 %
• Companies and institutions need:
– Pre-school educators
– Teachers
– Medical doctors, nurses
– Engineers
– IT
• There are 13.600 jobs advertised (www.nav.no)
• Another 25.000 jobs not advertised
The labour market
• Unemployment rate Norway
1. February 2014:
3%
3,3 % for men - 2,6 % for women
Higest in construction
5,9 %
Lowest unemployement amongst.
- Teaching/education
0,8 %
- Health
1,4 %
- Engineering and IT
1,4 %
Lowest unemployment rate
11. Rogaland
2,2 %
14. Sogn & Fjordane 2,3 %
15. Møre & Romsdal 2,4 %
19. Troms
2,5 %
12. Hordaland
2,5 %
Highest
Tromsø 2,2 %
1. Østfold
9. Aust-Agder
3. Oslo
20. Finnmark
4,1 %
4,0 %
3,9 %
3,9 %
The petroleum sector
• About 80.000 employees in this
sector. 35 % offshore
• Norway is no 5 in oil/3 in gas
• Safety course and medical
certificate needed
• Large competition for the jobs
• Highly skilled personnel with long
experience
• Shortages: Petroleum engineers
and specially skilled operators
• Main source of recruitment from
the Mechaqnical industry
Building and construction
• Up till sept 2008: Boom!
• But cooled down
considerably during 20082009. Almost normal now
• Import of workers from
abroad, particularly from
Poland and Lithuania
Building and construction,
minimum wages per hour
Skilled worker with diploma
174 NOK = 21 EURO
Unskilled 157 NOK = 19 EURO
1 EURO = 8,3 NOK
Mechanical Industry
• The industry is
experiencing
increased
employment
– Need for
• Industrial Plumbers
• Industrial mechanics
• Machine Operator
(CNC)
IT
• 2002/2003: bankruptcy
and dismissals
• 2006: demand began to
increase
• 2011: still some demand,
mainly urban areas
! Highly skilled personnel
– Programmers
– System consultants
Health
• A lack of 4000 people
within the health sector:
• Doctor specialists
• Doctors - rural areas
• Dentists - public sector
• Nurses – specialized,
especially midwifes
• Assistant nurses – future
need
• Personal assistants
• Language!!!
“Seasonal work”
• FISHING INDUSTRY
•
Stagnation, but optimism: research within farming of new species.
Low demand for labour.
•
All along the west coast, many small companies; most recruitment in
the northern counties.
•
•
Most work on land: Fish processing.
Hard working conditions.
•
Fish sent to China for processing
• TOURISM
Cooks, waiters, cleaners, guides
Hotel and restaurant
• A need for chefs and
cooks
• Also waiters, headwaiters
and barkeepers.
• Biggest need in and
around Oslo
• Increasing demand year
round and particularly
during summer season.
• Lot of Swedish workers
because of the language
Hotel and restaurant,
wages pr hour
Cook:
– Skilled (diploma)
Beginner
157 NOK
After 10 year 173 NOK
Unskilled
149 NOK
163 NOK
Other (waiter, reception):
Beginner
153 NOK
After 10 year 173 NOK
144 NOK
163 NOK
Transport
• Strong demand for
taxidrivers
• Bus drivers
• Lorry drivers
• Many of the
unemployed last year
were able to fill some
of these vacancies.
Farming/ Agriculture
• Unskilled: Harvesting
– Strawberries, cabbage, potatoes
– Seasonal work from May to
September
– Hiring done in January-March
• Skilled: Farm workers
– Milking (machine operated)
– Tractor (with equipment)
– Year round
Where to find jobs
• www.nav.no (Norwegian)
• www.nav.no/english (jobs posted in English)
• www.finn.no/jobb
• www.stillinger.no
• NAV Service Centre Phone: +47 800 33 166
– (Mon-Fri 08:00-18:00)
• Contact the EURES Adviser in your area
Feriejobb
Jobseeking
• 60-70% of jobs are not advertised
• Make a Curriculum Vitae (CV) in English
• Europass CV increasingly common
• Use www.gulesider.no and company web sites
• Contact employers directly
• Use your personal network
• Three reference persons
Work/Residence permits
• Norway is an EEA (not EU) member
• EU/EEA citizens have the right to work in Norway (Not Croatia)
• EU citizens can start to work the day they arrive in Norway
• Job holders must register if staying longer than 3 months:
– https://selfservice.udi.no (Register as a new user)
– Visit police or service centre for Registration Certificate
– Can stay as job seeker for 6 months
Working Conditions
• Written contract!
• 6 months probationary period
• Salary paid once a month
• Employer draws tax from your monthly pay
• 37,5 working hours per week
• Shift workers have 35,5 hours working week.
• Maximum 40 hours per week.
Working Conditions
• Holiday: 25 working days per year
• 30 days for employees over the age of 60
• Holiday pay normally paid out in the month of June
• Holiday pay 12% of gross pay for trade union members
• 10,2% for non trade union members.
• You have to earn your paid holliday by working the previous
calendar year.
• The Working Environment Act: www.arbeidstilsynet.no
TAXES
- Everybody who works in Norway for a Norwegian employer
most pay income tax in Norway.
- Normal tax 33 % per month
 June is tax-free
 December is half tax
= ca 25 % tax each year
• 10 % off income tax is free for foreigners the 2 first years
- e.g: earn 300.000, = 30.000 is tax-free, pay tax of only 270.000
= ca 22 % tax each year
- Tax return form. Must be delivered before the end of April. If leaving
Norway; give the tax-office your home address.
National Insurance I
• What is covered through the National Insurance?
• Sickness Benefit
• 100% pay first year
• 66% second year if still in active treatment
• Unemployment Benefit
• About 63% of pay for a maximum of 2 years
• Child birth benefit
• 59 weeks with 80% pay (or 49 weeks 100% pay)
• Paternity leave 14 weeks
National Insurance II
• What is covered through the National Insurance?
• Old-age pension
• Retirement age in Norway is 67 years
• Disability benefit
• Free hospital treatment
• Free dental treatment for under 18 years of age
New in Norway
www.nyinorge.no
Bring your car along?
To drive a foreign car in Norway is allowed if:
1)
Commuter
Your family can’t live in Norway. You must go home
each month, and stay home all in all 185 days each
year.
2)
Timelimited employment contract (max 2 years)
If your stay is more than 1 year, you must contact the
Norwegian Costums (Tollvesenet) to get a permit for 1
more year
or
Allways keep the timelimited employment contract in your
car!!!!!!!!!!!!
Important custom rules
• Max 1,5 liter wine (up to 22%) and 1liter
spirits (up to 60%)
• and 2 liter beer
• 200 cigarettes
• 10 kg meat and cheese
• 10 kg fruit, berries and vegetables
• NO POTATOES!!
• Goods valued at max 6000.- NOK
• www.toll.no
Jobfair in Tromsø
18th March 2014
• From 12:00 to 16:00
• Exhibitors:
- ASKO NORD
- Proffice
- Manpower
- Sector Alarm
- Mystore.no
- Torghatten Nord
- NAV
- Tromsø kommune
- Nobina
- The Edge Hotel
- Nordea
- Concentrix
Welcome to Norway!
Erik Jørgensen/Innovation Norway