Social security

Below are explanations of some of the terms used in the main text:

Other remuneration for the performance of work

For example, contract settlement, commission or overtime pay. Claims to cover expenses for use of private car, per diem, etc. are not covered by the guarantee scheme. 

Employer’s National Insurance contribution (payroll tax)

Employers must pay employer’s National Insurance contribution (payroll tax) on pay and other remuneration for work performed in Norway, regardless of your or your employer’s connection to Norway. If you have performed work in another EEA member state and your employer can only be declared bankrupt in Norway, the claim can be covered by the Norwegian wage guarantee scheme even if payroll tax was not paid here, on the condition that you will not receive compensation under the wage guarantee scheme of the country whose social security system you are a member of or where you performed work.

Due for payment

The date on which you normally receive your pay

Deadline 

Usually the day the bankruptcy court received the petition for bankruptcy that resulted in institution of bankruptcy proceedings. 

Collection costs

Costs that you or your union have incurred in connection with trying to collect your pay claim, such as expenses linked to submitting the claim, complaints or summons.

Statutory period of notice

A mutual period of notice of one month, unless otherwise agreed in writing or ensues from a collective agreement . If you have been continuously employed for at least five years or ten years in the same enterprise, the mutual period of notice is at least two or three months. If you are dismissed after ten years’ continuous employment in the same enterprise and you are 50, 55 or 60 years old, you are entitled to a period of notice of four, five and six months respectively. 

The period of notice usually runs from the first day of the month after you were dismissed. 

Costs linked to filing a petition for bankruptcy

Reasonable costs that you or your union have incurred in connection with filing the petition for bankruptcy. These are primarily costs linked to the actual process of filing the petition for bankruptcy, but costs linked to the bankruptcy notice may also be covered under this item.  

Collective agreement

An agreement between a union and an employer or employers’ association concerning terms and conditions of employment and pay etc.