KS has entered into a central agreement with the employee organizations which at least doubles the payment for extra work during the corona pandemic.
According to KS, the agreement allows for more overtime and overtime to be used, so that the municipalities can mobilize labor. The agreement also means that the employer can impose more overtime on employees.
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– Employees and managers in the municipalities and county municipalities have made, and are making, a formidable effort during the corona pandemic. Unfortunately, there seems to be a need for extraordinary efforts in the time to come. KS is happy that the parties have succeeded in agreeing on a very good agreement, says KS ‘working life director Tor Arne Gangsø.
The agreement has been entered into between KS and the unions in LO, Unio, YS and Akademikerne.
The Norwegian Nurses’ Association was initially the only ones who had not joined the agreement, but in an email at 2.30 pm, KS states that they also joined in overtime. The agreement applies from 20 December 2021 until the end of April 2022.
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Leader of the Trade Union, Mette Nord, says the background for the new agreement is the new round of closure.
– Nobody wanted this. People have already stood for a long time and given a lot over a long period of time. I can not say anything other than that here it is a matter of biting your teeth together and standing through another difficult turn, she says in a press release.
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