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Wages up 0.7 per cent in manufacturing
Preliminary figures for average basic salaries for full-time employees in manufacturing show a 0.7 per cent increase between the 4th quarter of 2016 and the 1st quarter of 2017.
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Unemployment at 4.5 per cent
Adjusted for seasonal variations, there were 124 000 unemployed persons in March. This corresponded to 4.5 per cent of the labour force, up 0.1 percentage points from December.
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Increase in number of job vacancies
The number of job vacancies increased by 5 per cent from the 1st quarter of 2016 to the 1st quarter of 2017. There was an increase in domestic trade and accommodation and food service activities.
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Continued decline among immigrants
Registered unemployment among immigrants decreased from 7.8 per cent in February 2016 to 7.1 per cent in February 2017, while the unemployment rate decreased from 2.4 to 2.3 per cent within the rest of the population.
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166 000 working days lost
A total of 166 000 working days were lost as a result of fourteen labour disputes in 2016. By comparison, the main settlements in 2014 had ten stoppages and 148 000 working days were lost.
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Employment within the power supply industry and power related establishments in 2016
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Unemployment at 4.3 per cent
Adjusted for seasonal variations, there were 120 000 unemployed persons in February. This corresponded to 4.3 per cent of the labour force.
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Decreased labour force participation
Labour force participation decreased from the 1st quarter of 2016 to the 1st quarter of 2017. The decrease applied to both men and women, and was mainly among those aged 15-24.
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Refugees inside and outside the labour market 2015
Reports 2017/08
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Labour force participation among older persons after the Norwegian pension reform. 2016
Reports 2017/05
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Fewer Swedes, more Poles and Lithuanians
More than 79 000 wage-earners worked during short-term stays in Norway in the 4th quarter of 2016. A marked decrease in Swedes was offset by an increase in the number of Poles and Lithuanians.
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60 per cent of immigrants are employed
More than 390 000 immigrants were employed in the 4th quarter of 2016. This group constituted 60.2 per cent of immigrants settled in Norway aged 15-74 years. In the rest of the population, the employment rate was 66.7 per cent. These rates have on...
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More employed persons with a health care education
More than 400 000 employed persons had a health care education in the 4th quarter of 2016. This is an increase of 2.3 per cent from the same period in 2015.
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Fewer employed in Rogaland
Between the 4th quarter of 2015 and the 4th quarter of 2016 the number of employed persons in the county of Rogaland decreased by 2.2 per cent. Of all the counties, the change in employment was largest here. For the country as a whole, the number ...
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Half a million local authority employees
The number of employees in the municipal authorities has exceeded half a million, and consists of 507 000 in the 4th quarter of 2016. This is an increase of less than two per cent compared to the 4th quarter of 2015.
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