Norway: agreement reached in logistics

On May 15, the NHO Logistikk og Transport employers’ organization (logistics and transportation) and the NTF (Norsk Transportarbeiderforbund) union signed an agreement for the logistics and transportation industry (Speditøroverenskomsten).  A special agreement was signed for employees working at Schenker.
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The agreement provides for a general NOK 0.75 (€0.09) increase on April 1, 2014 as well as a NOK 1.25 (€0.15) adjustment. The meal allowance in case of overtime is NOK 76.50 (€9.4). “We’ve put a guarantee in the agreement that implies that, on February 1, 2017, minimum wage will amount to 90 percent of the average salary of all of NHO’s workers, with a first adjustment on April 1, 2014,” explained Lars R. Johnson. Consequently, on February 1, 2014, minimum hourly wage amounted to NOK 166.14

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