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‘Look to Iceland’ to achieve equal pay

As Norway's royals and top government officials hosted the first state visit from the President of Iceland in 20 years this week, equality experts were urging...

DNB’s troubles cut into CEO’s bonus

Rune Bjerke, chief executive of Norway’s largest bank DNB, has had his annual bonus trimmed by more than 10 percent after a year of...

Outgoing museum director gets golden handshake

Norwegian state officials normally frown on lucrative executive pay deals and severance packages but now find themselves as party to one: Audun Eckhoff, the...

Many defy call for pay ‘moderation’

The most powerful officials in Norway's labour market gathered this week and agreed that "moderation" will continue to be the buzzword in wage and salary talks this...

Lowest wage growth in 16 years

Average monthly wages grew by just 1.6 percent in September, the last month for which data was collected and analyzed by state statistics bureau SSB...

State also guilty of gender pay gaps

Wide pay gaps have been found between male and female CEOs at Norway's wholly state-owned companies in charge of everything from the railroad to airports and...

DNB aims to narrow women’s pay gap

DNB, Norway's biggest bank, has set aside NOK 17 million to boost the salaries of female employees who are earning less than male colleagues...

Hydro boss is state’s best-paid

Svein Richard Brandtzæg, chief executive of Norsk Hydro, earned the most last year of all the bosses of large Norwegian companies in which the state...

Government ministers, MPs get 2.4% pay raises

Prime Minister Erna Solberg will be getting a pay raise of NOK 37,000 (USD 4,500) this year, bringing her new salary up to NOK...

Unions agree to forego wage hikes

This year's first phase of annual wage negotiations between Norwegian trade union federations and employer organizations ended with an historically low settlement for key...
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