– I would like to congratulate the Trade Union and the 22 care workers who went to court to be recognized as employees in Stendi, says LO leader Peggy Hessen Følsvik.
On Tuesday, the verdict came from the Borgarting Court of Appeal in the so-called Stendi case, where 22 care workers demanded to be recognized as employees instead of hired consultants or self-employed. The Court of Appeal upheld the plaintiffs, and Stendi must pay around NOK 24 million to the care workers.
– This is most of all an important victory for the plaintiffs, who have been in a hard fight to get their rights recognized. But it is also a very important victory for the Trade Union and for the entire Norwegian trade union movement, says Følsvik about the verdict.
The Norwegian Confederation of Trade Unions The trade union has supported the plaintiffs in the lawsuit.
The Labor Party and the Socialist Left Party are also pleased that the Court of Appeal ruled in favor of the care workers.
Labor deputy leader Hadia Tajik demands that ordinary people should have safe and clarified working conditions after the verdict against Stendi in the Court of Appeal. Photo: Ole Berg-resting / NTB
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– For far too long, ordinary people have experienced that large companies have organized themselves away from their employer responsibility. The Labor Party demands that ordinary people have safe and clear working conditions. If the election gives a new Labor-led government, we will make the necessary changes in the Working Environment Act to ensure that everyone has it, says deputy leader of the Labor Party Hadia Tajik.
– The legislation has too many gray areas and is difficult to understand. Commercial welfare groups show that they are willing to take advantage of this. Therefore, we will not fundamentally solve this problem until we have a ban on profit and commercial operation in welfare and a well-regulated working life where whole and permanent positions are the norm. Now it is time for a full clean-up, says SV deputy leader Kirsti Bergstø.
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