Handling Collective Dismissals In Norway

Norway is known in general as a country where the employees have substantial rights covered by national law, and where dismissals and redundancies are specially challenging for employers. In many ways, this is correct. However, if the employer work out the correct procedures established by law, handling dismissals in Norway is not more challenging than in most other European countries.

All employment relationships in the Norwegian private and municipal sector are covered by the Norwegian 1977 Workers Protection Act (WPA). This article will give an outline on how to handle collective dismissals and redundancies in Norway.