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Trade unions

Roles and responsibilities

Trade unions safeguard their members’ interests and ensure employee participation at the workplace. They have to roles: a collective role where they participate in meetings with the management and are included in the decision-making processes, and a role where they represent the union members in individual cases.

Trade unions responsibilities are to:

1. Collectively
   • participate in meetings with the employer and be included in decision-making processes
   • prepare demands for new agreements
2. For their members
   • take care of their members’ interests in main and local salary settlements
   • offer help during work conflicts and similar situations
   • represent their members in connection with employment
   • keep their members informed about current salary and work issues

Membership fee

• The membership fee amount is determined by the trade union of which you are a member.
• Some trade unions bill their members for the fee, others have an agreement with the employer that the quota is automatically deducted from the employee's salary every month.
• The trade union fee is tax deductible according to the Norwegian Tax Authorities' rate for trade union fee and will be listed as a deduction in the pre-filled tax return you receive from the Norwegian Tax Authorities in the following year.

Trade unions ̽»¨¾«Ñ¡

•  - is a central organisation consisting of 13 trade unions and several cooperation partners,
• - represents all of Unio's trade unions ̽»¨¾«Ñ¡,
• - represents all of LO Stat's trade unions ̽»¨¾«Ñ¡,
•  - represents all of YS Stat's trade unions ̽»¨¾«Ñ¡,

Common contact address for all trade unions ̽»¨¾«Ñ¡: hovedtillitsvalgte@uio.no

Safety representatives

shall be engaged in cases of importance for the working environment. Their role is described in the . Examples:

• Ensure that the safety, health and welfare of all members of staff are properly taken care of; see for example the procedure in cases of harassment
• Ensure that all members of staff receive necessary instruction and training
• Report work accidents
• Be represented in the and the

Interest organisations

Interest organisations work to promote the interests of their members but are not vested with formal negotiation and decision-making powers.

Currently, there is only one interest organisation ̽»¨¾«Ñ¡:

• , a forum for employees on fixed-term contracts