Global Employment Solutions & PEO in Norway

Omnipresent provides global employment solutions and professional employment organisation (PEO) services for companies looking to grow and build out a global team in Norway. Traditional methods of establishing global employment and subsidiaries in Norway typically take months and can incur heavy costs. Omnipresent’s global employment solutions and PEO services is helping hundreds of organisations onboard new employees in Norway in a matter of days with full compliance of local labour laws. We use a tech-forward approach to streamline the process. 

• Your company conducts the hiring and candidate selection process in Norway.
• Omnipresent hires the selected candidate through our local professional employment organisation in Norway.
• We take care of ensuring your new employee is hired in compliance with local labour laws, payroll regulations, benefits and more -- all without needing to set up a subsidiary in Norway.
• The individual is legally contracted by Omnipresent but assigned to work for your company and reports to a manager or team in your organisation as your full-time employee.

Employer costs include Social Security. Use the OmniCalculator to estimate costs, or contact us for further information.

The income tax rate is at 22% (national and municipal income tax). For employees earning more than a certain amount, a progressive bracket tax is levied on top of this base income tax.

Employee contributions include Social Security.

Employees in Norway work 9 hours per day - or 40 hours per week over 7 days. Overtime is capped and compensated. Employees in some positions are exempt from these provisions.

In Norway, employers are responsible for payment of sick leave for the first 16 days of an employee’s absence provided the employee has been employed for a minimum of 4 weeks. National Insurance Scheme pays thereafter.

Norway has very generous parental leave rights that are quite complex. Maternity, parental, and paternity leave - and benefits - are split between both mother and father.

Annual leave is 25 days including Saturdays, i.e. 4 weeks and 1 day. Employees over 60 are entitled to an additional 6 days of annual leave. Employees are also entitled to holiday pay equal to 10.2% of their salary per annum or 12% if the employee is entitled to 5 weeks' holiday in an individual or collective agreement.

There is no statutory right to severance pay. It is usually stipulated in Collective Bargaining Agreements (CBAs) or in the employment contract.

Employees in Norway have significant employment protections. Dismissal for poor performance is allowed, but will normally require warnings, training, monitoring, and follow up. There are mandatory procedural requirements required by law.