On 14 March, a salary agreement was reached by the two Norwegian confederations – the LO (the Confederation of Trade Unions) and the NHO (Confederation of Norwegian Enterprise). The agreement sets a framework for a 2.4% wage increase and provisions to boost low salaries. However, this feature risks complicating local negotiations in sectors with the lowest-paid jobs.
Quick negotiations. Having kicked off on 6 March, the negotiations have been conducted relatively quickly. The LO’s aim was to avoid another year in which real wages go down, prioritising a focus on the lowest-paid workers and equality between men and women. For its part, the NHO was targeting an increase of between 2 and 2.5%, in line with the average salary increases in other industrialised countries, which it places at around 2.5%. In the knowledge that Norwegian salaries are among the highe
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