Norway: The Government acts to mitigate effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on the economy
regjeringen.no (13.03.2020)
regjeringen.no (13.03.2020)
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nav.no (23.03.2020)
regjeringen.no ( 13.03.2020) the government has prioritized immediate measures to avoid unnecessary layoffs and bankruptcies in viable companies that face an abrupt fall in income. To that end, the government has today announced the following measures:
16.03.2020
Sick leave does not require personal attendance NAV accepts sick leave without personal examination when it comes to infectious disease that is of importance to public health. NAV encourages patients to use the telephone. E-consultation can also be a suitable form of consultation. The person who reports the patient must, based on a professional judgment, consider how the examination should be conducted. This is an exception to the main rule that sick leave requires personal examination.
In this first phase, the government has prioritized the following measures:
World Economic Forum t15.03.2019) Other nations often look to Scandinavia for inspiration on family policies. The region’s childcare arrangements are among the most generous in the world, supporting parents from the early days of pregnancy to school and beyond.
francetvinfo (20.06.2017) Repousser l'âge de départ à la retraite, c'est ce qu'a fait la Norvège il y a quelques années. Le pays a totalement repensé son système pour inciter les retraités à travailler plus longtemps pour bonifier leurs pensions.
newsinenglish.no (03.04.2017) Few countries are as financially fit to secure social welfare systems as Norway, which has spent the past 20 years stashing away its oil wealth for future generations. Most of that money, though, is meant to preserve pensions, so the government now needs to keep its social welfare state intact as well, amidst debate over how that can best be done.