Employment
Strong protection under the Working Environment Act
The Working Environment Act gives employees robust protection against dismissal, generous rights to permanent employment and strict rules on working time. Collective agreements supplement the statutory floor.
Key rules
- Dismissal must be objectively justified on grounds relating to the business or the employee.
- Temporary employment is restricted, with a general presumption of permanent contracts.
- There is no statutory minimum wage, but some sectors have generally applicable agreed minimums.
Governing law
- Working Environment Act (Arbeidsmiljøloven)
In practice
Selected sectors (construction, cleaning, shipbuilding) have collective-agreement minimum wages extended by law to all workers.