On 10 April, Norway’s government presented a draft law that aims to do away with so-called ‘zero hours’ contracts as well as to restrict recourse to temporary employment and the growing influence of agencies within industry and the construction sector. Consultation over these issues commenced during the summer 2017 and the government’s proposals have been keenly anticipated. Government is seeking to strike a balance between what is seen as a too heavy reliance on temporary work in certain sectors on one hand and the flexibility over hiring decisions that businesses can sometimes need on the other.
On 29 June 2017 the Labor and Social Affairs minister proposed certain amendments to the law on the working environment to fight against abusive practices such as recourse to the so-called’ zero hours’ employment contract. This contract does not stipulate any working time duration and by extension means that employees with temporary employment agencies working on this type of contract end up not being paid during the barren periods between ‘jobs’ and since they do not know when they will be cal
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