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Employer reps log high incomes

As employer representatives and labour leaders sat down this week to negotiate annual wage settlements for workers, their own incomes were under scrutiny as...

LO leader earns more than Erna

Gerd Kristiansen, leader of Norway's largest trade union federation LO, earns more than Prime Minister Erna Solberg, according to a new survey of labour leaders'...

Union’s own staff goes on strike

In an unusual turn of events, around 150 employees of Norway's largest trade union confederation, LO, have voted to go on strike themselves from...

Critics blast bank bosses’ bonus

The bosses of Norway's biggest bank, DNB, were being accused of virtually thumbing their noses at their own employees, their customers and hundreds of...

Sweden lures nurses back

A Swedish employment agency generated huge interest with its full page advertisements in some Scandinavian newspapers, offering nurses Norwegian wages in Sweden. The move...

New talks resume in local strikes

There was a new glimmer of hope on Tuesday that municipal employers and their striking employees might start resolving their differences. All parts in...

Bosses get big raises

As public sector workers in Norway carry on a strike to win pay raises of more than 4 percent comes word that bosses of...

Labour clamps down on executive pay

Norway's Labour-led government and the head of the country's trade union federation LO are both warning the management and boards of large Norwegian companies...

Ambassadors’ pay sparks complaints

Several of Norway's ambassadors have received double-digit pay raises that defy state demands for moderation. Newspaper Aftenposten reports that six ambassadors now even earn...

Bureaucrats earn more than Jens

Some of Norway's top bureaucrats, including those leading state departments subject to heavy criticism, have emerged with salaries higher than that of Prime Minister...
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