Johannes Teigland

The teachers' strike in autumn 2022 ended when the Government intervened and imposed compulsory arbitration. In October 2023, the Union of Education Norway (UEN) (in Norwegian: Utdanningsforbundet) filed a complaint regarding this intervention with the International Labour Organization’s Committee on Freedom of Association (CFA). Our attorneys, Maria Mirijanyan, Johannes Teigland, and Christopher Hansteen, prepared the complaint on behalf of the Union of Education Norway and assisted the UEN throughout the complaint process. The Committee has now reviewed the complaint, and their report was published on June 14th after being adopted by the ILO’s Governing Body.

The Norwegian government has introduced a series of legislative proposals aimed at strengthening workers' rights in both the public and private sectors.

We are now entering the most common period for summer vacation and payment of holiday pay. Questions often arise about determining vacation and what payments the employer should take into account when calculating the basis for holiday pay.

Is your company prepared for the obligations imposed by the Transparency Act? The first deadline after the compliance requirements have been in place is June 30, 2023.

The Supreme Court issued its decision in the so-called “tips case”, where employees at Hotel Bristol and Oslo Plaza Hotel were granted the right to keep the tips they received from customers without the employer being able to deduct costs for mandatory employer's contributions and administration.

On April 17, 2023, a major strike was launched following a break in negotiations between the Norwegian Confederation of Trade Unions, YS and NHO. This is the first occurrence in modern times that interim settlement in the private sector has ended in conflict. The strike could have a major impact on the operations of many businesses. The following is a summary of the most important rules employers should be familiar with in the face of a strike.

In a ruling of 13 November 2020, the Supreme Court reversed the Court of Appeal's decision and ruled that a company was not obliged to offer employees early retirement in connection with a downsizing.

On 2 November 2020, the Supreme Court handed down a ruling (HR-2020-2109-A) with important clarifications on the concept of pay and the principle of equal treatment for agency workers.