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Aker firm may cut another 800 jobs

Between 500 and 800 employees of the oil service company MHWirth in Kristiansand may lose their jobs, the head of the company's owner said...

More Norwegians can’t pay their bills

Growing numbers of retired Norwegians, along with many in high income brackets, now represent the fastest-growing segments of the population that have gotten into trouble for failing...

Law firm addresses rights of foreign workers

After years of economic growth, downsizing has become alarmingly common among Norwegian businesses reeling from the sharp decline in oil prices. A law firm in...

Telenor adds to ranks of unemployed

Telenor, Norway's state-controlled telecoms firm, was catching criticism on Thursday after cutting 170 jobs and 85 contracts with consultants, right when the country is...

Laid-off expats get some legal advice

STAVANGER: At least two members of the sombre seminar audience were holding hands, while others sought comfort in some gallows humour. All of them,...

The challenges in delivering bad news

Life is punctuated by bad news, notes clinical psychologist Nicola McCaffrey, and there's been a lot of it in Norway lately as the country's economic boom...

Coping with a ‘necessary crisis’

The steep decline in the price of oil has already cost thousands of jobs in Norway and triggered uncertainty in a once-gushing industry, yet even the...

Aker job cuts signal new wave of layoffs

Oil industry officials were fearing a new wave of layoffs on Tuesday after Norway's large oil service firm Aker Solutions announced that as many as...

Oil minister tries to stay optimistic

After another week of low oil prices and rising unemployment, Oil Minister Tord Lien was grasping for bright spots in the industry he oversees. He...

Conflict erupts over job lay-offs via email

At least 1,700 oil services workers in Norway were facing layoff this week, more than 200 of them in a company that's now being sued by...
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