Conservatives want sick pay cut / News in brief / The Foreigner

The Foreigner Conservatives want sick pay cut. Conservative Party MPs wish to reform Norway’s benefits system by reducing the amount employees receive by 30 percent. Torbjørn Sølsnæs, former political advisor for the Conservatives’ parliamentary group, suggests cutting benefits by a third from the first day people are absent. Oslo Conservative Party Leader Nikolai Astrup also believes there is room for cutbacks. The current system provides an employee with their full salary for up to a year they are off sick. MPs propose combining the benefits for sickness, rehabilitation and disability. This will give payouts equal to 70 percent of an employee’s wage.

norwaywelfaresystem, sickpaynorway, conservativepartycuts



The Foreigner Logo

The Foreigner is an online publication for English speakers living or who have an interest in Norway. Whether it’s a glimpse of news or entertainment you’re after, there’s no need to leave your linguistic armchair. You don’t need to cry over the demise of the English pages of Aftenposten.no, The Foreigner is here!

Norske nyheter på engelsk fra Norge. The Foreigner er en engelskspråklig internett avis for de som bor eller som er interessert i Norge.

Google+ Twitter Facebook RSS RSS

23:50:59 — Tuesday, 18th June, 2013

News in brief Article

LATEST:

Conservatives want sick pay cut

Published on Thursday, 24th May, 2012 at 09:42 under the news in brief category, by Lyndsey Smith   .

Conservative Party MPs wish to reform Norway’s benefits system by reducing the amount employees receive by 30 percent.


Torbjørn Sølsnæs, former political advisor for the Conservatives’ parliamentary group, suggests cutting benefits by a third from the first day people are absent. Oslo Conservative Party Leader Nikolai Astrup also believes there is room for cutbacks.

The current system provides an employee with their full salary for up to a year they are off sick. MPs propose combining the benefits for sickness, rehabilitation and disability. This will give payouts equal to 70 percent of an employee’s wage.

In a move reminiscent of former UK Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher’s “get up and work” motto, Astrup believes that it is always best to follow a principle of it being worthwhile to work.

“There is no doubt that economic incentives work”, he told Dagsavisen, saying his only objection, if any would be that “reducing pay from 100 percent to 70 may be abrupt.”

“Nevertheless, it’s an interesting suggestion and there is no doubt one will receive decent-sized payouts even if sick, because the level proposed by the committee is sufficiently high.”


Like this article? Show your appreciation.

Support the ForeignerMoney

If you enjoyed this article, please consider supporting the Foreigner by donating using Pay Pal or credit/debit card.

Donate icon





Published on Thursday, 24th May, 2012 at 09:42 under the news in brief category, by Lyndsey Smith   .

This post has the following tags: norwaywelfaresystem, sickpaynorway, conservativepartycuts.

Using a mobile to view this page? Click here to view our mobile optimised version.


Leave a Comment

Please refrain from link dropping, keywords, offensive words or spamming. Comments are moderated, we reserve the right not to publish your comment.

blog comments powered by Disqus