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The VEFF Board, from left: Nina Ivarsen, Camilla Wiik, Lin Beate Karsten, Eirik Edland Pedersen, Pia Fagernes, Hilde Sofie Hustad, Marit Cruickshanks.
VEFF was established more than 35 years ago. We are an employee organization only for employees in DNV GL, with almost 1,200 members in Norway. • VEFF offers membership to workers in all groups in DNV GL – also management. We work for a non-discriminatory workplace. • VEFF organizes some 50% of the civil engineers and engineers in DNV GL in Norway. • VEFF members are ensured participation and influence in their own work. • VEFF is headquartered at Høvik, with representatives in all the 19 DNV GL offices in Norway. • VEFF is a knowledgeable and learning organization that is adapted to future challenges in the workplace. • VEFF sees all its members as knowledge workers, and aims to protect each member locally. • VEFF will in the coming period be a clear voice for members’ interests, enabling all members to experience a sense of belonging in a common culture.
• The chairperson in VEFF is a member of EWC (European Works Council) and GEF (Global Employee Forum). • The chairperson in GEF is also a member of the CR (Social Responsibility) Board. • VEFF organizes some 200 employees in DNV GL in Denmark.
Insurance benefits Death insurance – new this year and give payments until you’re 75.
Did you know that the conditions from the insurance company Gjensidige have improved as of 1 January this year? As a VEFF member you can save a lot on our benefits. Have you checked out what’s relevant for you? You can call Gjensidige on phone 03100 or visit gjensidige.no/ys. Please contact the VEFF office if you want a brochure.
Did you know? The Norwegian Working Environment Act (AML) § 12-11: The right to education leave also applies to education that is not only relevant for your employer, but to employment in general. There are several examples of this. Certain criteria in the legislation can give a right to education leave of up to three years without pay.
WANTED: AN UPPER AGE LIMIT OF 72
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An upper age limit is currently being discussed with DNV GL. All the unions in DNV GL want an age limit of 72 years and no restrictions. Employment protection in the Norwegian Working Environment Act (AML) has given employers the opportunity to terminate employees at 67 years. For companies that have not agreed otherwise, this has meant that workers could work until they are 70. This is now lifted to 72 years. Despite this age limit in the Act, many enterprises have a lower-house limit, usually 67 years as in DNV GL, but this has not been consistently practised. Such internal
company age limits have long been controversial. In the legislation now passed by Parliament, a lower limit for access to corporate limits is 70 years. With the new legislation, the vast majority of employers could require employees to stop until they are 70. There is an exception, though, where the company’s internal age limit is well justified in the health or safety in the workplace. In such cases there is no lower limit for what
can be agreed. The exception is supposed to be a clean safety valve. While a lower age limit of 70 is now being statutory, three criteria that until now have been non-statutory are also included in the Working Environment Act. There will now be a requirement in the Act that: • the company’s internal border is known • it is consistently practiced • the company has a satisfactory occupational ”tjenestepensjonsordning”.
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