Collective agreements and legal regulations
Wages and working conditions may be regulated by statutory law and collective agreements and employment contracts. Collective agreements are agreements between a trade union and an employer organisation or an individual employer. In a Norwegian context, such agreements usually consist of two parts: A basic agreement that governs the relationship between organisations and predominant rules, and a national agreement regulating wages and working conditions for a certain industry or a sector.
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A collective agreement is applicable within a limited part of the labour market, such as within an industry, a profession or a sector. Agreements are valid only within companies where they have been applied. However, many companies who are not bound by a collective agreement practice parts of collective agreements on a voluntary basis. The collective agreements can also be made generally applicable, and thus be given effect for companies other than those who are bound by them.
The Work Environment Act and the collective agreements play together in different ways. Firstly, legislation may have regulations that can be waived by a collective agreement. Secondly, collective agreements may provide superior rights for employees than the law stipulates. Finally, collective agreements regulate topics that are not regulated by the Work Environment Act, such as payment for unsociable working hours.
The relationship between the Working Environment Act and collective agreements, the scope and development of collective agreements, and industrial disputes and conflict resolution, constitute key research areas at Fafo.
Paul Marginson and Jon Erik Dølvik
Northern European Collective Wage Bargaining in the Face of Major Political-Economic Challenges: Common and Differing Trajectories Transfer: European Review of Labour and ResearchInger Marie Hagen & Ragnhild Steen Jensen
Trade union representatives from ethnic minorities. Representation revisitedJon Erik Dølvik & Paul Marginson
European Journal of Industrial RelationsJon Erik Dølvik & Paul Marginson
Cross-sectoral coordination and regulation of wage determination in northern EuropeTorsten Müller, Jon Erik Dølvik, Christian Ibsen, Thorsten Schulten
The manufacturing sector: Still an anchor for pattern bargaining within and across countries?Jens Arnholtz, Guglielmo Meardi, Johannes Oldervoll
Collective wage bargaining under strain in northern European constructionDølvik, J. E., Marginson, P., Alsos, K., Arnholtz, J., Meardi, G., Müller, T. & Trygstad, S.
Collective wage regulation in northern Europe under strainHansen, Nana Wesley and Åsmund Arup Seip
Government employers in Sweden, Denmark and Norway European Journal of Industrial RelationsÅsmund Arup Seip, Kristin Alsos & Pål Nygaard
I arbeidsfredens tjeneste. Arbeidsretten gjennom 100 årKristine Nergaard, E. Barth & H. Dale-Olsen
Organisasjonsgraden på arbeidstakersiden – hvordan påvirkes denne av endringene i arbeidslivet?Line Eldring
Lovbasert minstelønnsregulering: Løsning eller forbannelse? Europarättslig tidsskriftLine Eldring and Kristin Alsos
The Nordic CountriesKristine Nergaard og C. Hansteen
Tvister om valg av tariffavtale og om organisasjonsgrenserJens Arnholtz & Line Eldring
Varying perceptions of social dumping in similar countriesKristine Nergaard, Erling Barth og Harald Dale-Olsen
Lavere organisasjonsgrad, et spørsmål om nykommere?Jon Erik Dølvik, Line Eldring and Jelle Visser
Setting Wage Floors in Open MarketsKristin Alsos og Line Eldring
Lovfestet minstelønn i Norge? Søkelys på arbeidslivetSvalund, J.
Adjusting labour through crisis: A three industry comparison Economic and Industrial DemocracySvalund, J., G. B. Casinowsky, Dølvik, J. E. Håkansson, K,Jarvensivu, A., Kervinen, H., Møberg, R. J., Piirainen, T.
Stress testing the Nordic models: Manufacturing labour adjustments during crisis European Journal of Industrial RelationsSvalund, J. and H. Kervinen
Trade union power during labour adjustments – comparison of company-level cases Transfer: European Review of Labour and ResearchLine Eldring & Thorsten Schulten
Migrant workers and wage-setting institutions: Experiences from Germany, Norway, Switzerland and the UKKristin Alsos
Tvungen lønnsnemnd – finnes det alternativer? Arbeidsrett og arbeidslivKristin Alsos og Line Eldring
Labour mobility and wage dumping: The case of Norway European Journal of Industrial RelationsMona Bråten og Jon Erik Dølvik
Norge: Nasjonal krise og internasjonal vekst - utfordringer for fagorganisasjoneneInger Marie Hagen
Fagforeningsstrategier ved oppsigelser i offentlig sektorJ. Arrowsmith, Heidi Nicolaisen, B. Bechter and R. Nonell
The Management of Variable Pay in Banking: Forms and Rationales in Four European Countries Bullentin of Comparative Labour RelationsElin Svarstad
Lønn og lønnsforskjeller blant siviløkonomer og sivilingeniører i privat sektorArild H. Steen, Kristine Nergaard & Ida Drange
Organisering av uorganiserteAnne Mette Ødegård
Debatthefte for NNNLine Eldring
Allmenngjøring av tariffavtalerKristine Nergaard
Trade Unions in NorwayT. Schulten, T. Müller & L. Eldring
Prospects and obstacles of a European minimum wage policyLine Eldring and Kristin Alsos
Statutory minimum wage regulation in Europe. A necessary evil?Kristine Nergaard
Fagorganisering i norsk arbeidslivKristin Alsos og Line Eldring
Virker allmenngjøring?T. Midtsundstad
Hvor mange har rett til å gå av med AFP? Trygd & Pensjon (tidl. Skattebetaleren)T. Midtsundstad
Yrke, utdanning og fagorganiseringEngelstad, F., J. Svalund, I. M. Hagen og A. E. Storvik
Makt og demokrati i arbeidslivet