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Advice for uncertain expats facing change

As Norway's economy shifts from the robust days of the oil boom to a new reality with lower oil prices and industry slowdown, both Norwegian...

Subsea 7 layoffs came despite new contract

Last Friday the Norwegian division of the offshore firm Subsea 7 won a contract worth NOK 2.2 billion (USD 300 million) for work on...

Economic slowdown hits immigrants

Fewer labour migrants from Europe are arriving in Norway, and immigrants already in the country are among the first to be losing their jobs as the country's...

Unemployment jumps on oil job losses

Norway's unemployment rate has been low for years, but it's now rising and not least because of the jobs that are disappearing in the...

Welfare recipients to be put to work

Norway's new government minister in charge of labour and welfare issues is poised to put some new demands on those collecting welfare benefits. Robert Eriksson...

Fewer jobs to hit young, unskilled

Job vacancies in Norway have dropped significantly, with a 17 percent decline in the year to June according to new figures released on Wednesday....

New NAV study shatters welfare myths

At least 25 percent of people who are long-term unemployed in Norway receive no welfare support whatsoever, and instead get by on their own...

‘Slavery’ found in car care business

Norwegian police and labour officials have raided more than 100 car-washing halls around the country and found that none of them complied with labour...

Alarming numbers of youth on welfare

Nearly 10 percent of Norwegian youth, many of them from relatively affluent middle-class families, have registered themselves in the state welfare system known as...

Unemployment to rise as wages fall

An expected slowdown in oil investments over the next few years will lead to a sharp rise in unemployment in Norway, predict both analysts...
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