Have you been posted to Norway?

If your employer sends you to Norway on a work assignment, you mostly have the same rights as Norwegian workers. This also applies if you are employed by a staffing enterprise or a corporate group and posted to a division in Norway.

What you are entitled to

As a worker posted to Norway, you are entitled to the following from your employer:

It is your employer who has the main responsibility for your occupational health and safety, and who must ensure that you use protective equipment. If there are several undertakings at the same workplace, it is the Norwegian principal enterprise that is responsible for coordinating work regarding health, safety, and the environment (HSE).

You are required to have an HSE card in certain sectors

Your employer is responsible for providing you with an HSE card if you

  • carry out work on building and construction sites
  • carry out cleaning work for enterprises that offer cleaning services
  • offer manual car servicing, wheel changes and wheel storage

The HSE card shows who you are and which company you work for. The HSE card must be worn so that it is clearly visible when at the workplace.

For posted workers, there are specific rules for HSE cards for goods transport by light vehicle (passenger car or van):

  • From 1 January 2026 until 1 July 2026, HSE cards will be required for posted drivers and assistants who transport the goods of others by car with a maximum permissible total weight of 3,500 kg.
  • From 1 July 2026, an HSE card will be required for drivers and assistants who transport the goods of others by car with a maximum permissible weight of 2,500 kg.
  • There is no lower weight limit for the car.

Read more about the HSE card

Documentation requirements

During the posting period, your employer must ensure that you have your employment contract, your timesheets, and payslips available at your workplace in Norway.

Your employer must also be able to provide documentation showing

  • the expected duration of the posting
  • the planned start and end date of the posting period
  • the expected number of posted workers
  • the identities of the posted workers

The documentation must be available in writing, in hard copy or in electronic format, in Norwegian, Swedish, Danish, or English.

Pay, expenses and payslip

You may at the outset have a wage level that applies in the country from which you have been posted. However, if you have a residence permit pursuant to the Norwegian Immigration Act, the wage you are entitled to will be stated in the permit.

Minimum wage and special working conditions in ten industries

In Norway, you are entitled to a minimum wage («minstelønn») if you work in one of the following sectors:

  • automotive industry
  • construction
  • cleaning
  • hospitality
  • maritime construction
  • agriculture and horticulture
  • fish processing enterprises
  • electricians
  • freight transport by road
  • passenger transport by tour bus

You may also be entitled to reimbursement of expenses, such as food, accommodation, journeys home and workwear.

In some sectors, employers are required to provide board and lodging.

A fixed per diem rate, payment by invoice and the like can be agreed between you and the employer.

Check which minimum wage rates and working conditions apply to the various sectors

If you work for a staffing enterprise (temp agency), you are entitled to the same pay and expenses as direct employees of the hiring enterprise. This is called equal treatment («likebehandling»).

Read more about staffing enterprises and equal treatment (in Norwegian)

Your employer shall provide you with a payslip

In connection with your wage payments, your employer must provide you with a payslip ("lønnsslipp") showing

  • the method used for calculating the wage
  • the basis for the calculation of holiday pay
  • the deductions that have been made.

Benefits that are reimbursements for expenses in connection with the posting, such as travel, board, and lodging, should not be included in your wage calculation. Other benefits may be included in the wage calculation.

If your employment contract does not specify which parts of the benefit are included in your wages and which parts are reimbursements, the entire benefit is considered reimbursement of expenses.

Special rules for posted drivers engaged in goods and passenger transport

Special rules apply to posted drivers engaged in

  • goods transport by road, using a vehicle with a maximum authorized mass exceeding 3,500 kg
  • passenger transport by road, scheduled or not, using a vehicle intended for transport of more than 9 persons including the driver

Read more about the special rules that apply to posted workers engaged in goods and passenger transport

Postings from Norway with employees hired from staffing enterprises

If you are hired through a staffing enterprise (temp agency) and deployed from Norway on a temporary work assignment, the staffing enterprise must ensure that you, as a minimum, receive working and employment conditions in accordance with the regulations of the host country. This is independent of whether the staffing enterprise is established in Norway or another country.

The enterprise that hires you must inform the staffing enterprise about the posting within a reasonable period of time before the posting commences.

All staffing enterprises engaged in hiring out labour in Norway must be registered with the Norwegian Labour Inspection Authority

Submitting claims

If you do not receive the pay or holiday pay you are entitled to, you must submit a claim to your employer in your home country.

What to do when your employer does not pay salary or holiday pay

If you are injured or fall ill while on assignment in Norway, see the information provided by the Norwegian Labour and Welfare Administration (NAV) (nav.no).

Notify the Norwegian Labor Inspection Authority

Notify the Norwegian Labor Inspection Authority if you do not receive what you are entitled to. You can do this anonymously.

The Norwegian Labour Inspection Authority can order your employer to pay you the correct wage in future payments if you work in a sector with a generally applicable collective agreement.

Do you have any questions? Contact the Norwegian Labor Inspection Authority’s helpline or visit the Service Centre for Foreign Workers (sua.no).

More information

Posting employees to Norway?

Posted drivers in Norway engaged in goods and passenger transport

Legislative framework

Regulations relating to posted employees (lovdata.no)