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Table of content

Guidance cover page
  • Error messages (MAGNET/EDAG) and feedback List of error messages, feedback and how to make corrections
    • Overview of error messages (MAGNET/EDAG) Severity and how to correct mistakes
    • Feedback What is feedback
    • Replacement a-melding or new a-melding Two ways of submitting an a-melding when you have to make corrections
  • Organisation number Employer, pension company or others you're submitting the a-melding for
    • Organisation number for the main entity and sub-entities Which number should you use when submitting the a-melding
    • Organisation number in public sector Applies to public sector
  • Pension scheme arrangement (mandatory occupational pension scheme) Private arbeidsgiver skal oppgi pensjonsselskap eller pensjonskasse det er inngått avtale om sparing med
  • National identity number, D number or international ID (income recipient) Identifies employees, pensioners and others who receive salary and benefits
  • Employment Type of employment, start and end date, leave, change of payroll system, etc.
    • Type of employment Whether the employment is ordinary, maritime or other, and how to change in the event of an error
      • Ordinary employment Employee who receive salary (applies to the vast majority)
      • Maritime employment Employee who works at sea, on a vessel or a mobile installation
      • Exceptions for ordinary and maritime employment Examples of when you do not need to provide information about ordinary or maritime working conditions.
      • Pensions or other benefits Person who receives a pension and other benefits without being employed or on assignment
      • Freelancers, contractors and fee recipients Person who works on an assignment without being employed
      • Select the correct employment type When you're uncertain which employment type you should select
      • Change the employment type Examples of how to switch from one employment type to another.
    • Information on employment Start and end date, FTE percentage, leave and other information
      • Employment start date
      • Employment end date
      • Cause of end date
      • Percentage employment (FTE percentage)
      • Date of change in FTE percentage
      • Hours per week for a full-time position
      • Working hours arrangement
      • Date for change of salary
      • Type of appointment (permanent or temporary)
      • Wage seniority
      • Pay grade
      • Occupation code
      • Employment ID
      • Leave
      • Layoffs
      • Remuneration type
    • Special circumstances Changing payroll system, merger, acquisition etc.
      • Employment in the case of salary to employee who has left
      • Change of payroll system
      • Change jobs with the same employer
      • Demerger
      • Mergers
      • Acquisition, change of owner or transfer of enterprise
      • Municipality and county mergers
  • Salary and benefits Cash benefit, expense allowances, payments in kind, national insurance contributions, pension, etc.
    • Overview of salary and other benefits Descriptions of salary and other benefits you can use
    • Correcting errors in salary and benefits Incorrect amount or description, paid too much or too little
  • Deductions Trade union fees , premiums for pension schemes and other deductions
    • Trade union fees
    • Premium for pension schemes
    • Premiums for foreign pension schemes
    • National Insurance premiums and education and development fund premiums
    • Portacabin rent
  • Withholding tax How to state obligation to deduct withholding tax, calculate and pay advance tax deduction
  • Attachment of earnings How to state obligation to attachement of earnings, calculate and pay attachment of earnings
  • Employer’s national insurance contributions and financial activity tax How to calculate, what you have to specify and pay
    • Employer’s National Insurance contributions Calculation codes, rates, zones and payment
    • Employer’s Additional National Insurance contributions Calculation codes, rates, zones and payment
    • Financial activity tax on salary Applies to the finance and insurance sector
  • Special groups International, seafarers, tax-free organisation, withholding tax on pensions, net salary, Jan Mayen and Svalbard
    • Abroad Foreign employers with assignments in Norway
    • Foreign relations Norwegian employers with employees abroad or with foreign employees in Norway
    • Special allowance for seafarers For seafarers who require a special allowance
    • Tax-free organisation How to specify salary and benefits for employees in tax-free organisations
    • Withholding tax on pensions Tax on pension payments for persons who are not tax resident in Norway
    • Net salary For employers who have employees with net salary
    • Jan Mayen and the Norwegian dependencies For persons who are covered by the Jan Mayen Tax Act
    • Svalbard For persons who are covered by the Svalbard Tax Act
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Working hours arrangement

  • Updated: 17 December 2020

The period of time during the day that work is performed (working time arrangement) must be stated in the employment contract and must correspond to what you state in the a-melding.

    Brief information on working time arrangement

    A working time arrangement is an agreement concerning when in the day the work will be performed and any variations in this arrangement over a period of time.

    Shift and rota work is normally understood as an agreed working hours scheme, where the working hours are added to different times for certain specified periods. Occasional variations in working hours as a result of absence due to illness, holidays, leave, overtime, irregular extended hours, etc. are not to be considered to constitute shift or rota work.

    If an employee works at the same time every week, e.g. always in the evenings or on Saturdays only, this is not considered to be shift or rota work.

    If it is agreed that working hours will vary over a period of time, e.g. between ordinary daytime and weekends, this will be considered to be shift or rota work.

    State the working time arrangement which is given in the employee’s employment contract.

    You can choose between the following working time arrangements:

    • Offshore work - 33.6 hours per week (offshore336).
    • 24-hour continuous shift work and rota work - 35.5 hours per week (24-hourcontinuousShiftAndRotation355)
    • Continuous shift work and other schemes at 33.6 hours per week (fullycontinuousShiftAndOtherSchemes)
    • Shift work 36.5 hours/week (shift365)
    • Shift/rota arrangements other than those referred to above (other shift arrangements)
    • Not shift (not shift work)

    If the employee works shifts or on a rota and none of the four options at the top is stated in the employment contract, select the option “other shift arrangements”. If the employee does not work shifts or on a rota, select "not shift work”.   

     

    Examples

    Julie works for an industrial company with an employment contract which stipulates continuous shift work amounting to 33.6 hours per week. Specify “fullycontinuousShiftAndOtherSchemes”.

    Noah works in a grocery store with an employment contract which states that he must work Wednesday evenings and every other Saturday. Specify "other shift arrangements".

    Knut works in a shop with an employment contract which states that he must work alternate weeks from 8am - 4pm and 12pm - 8pm. Specify "other shift arrangements".

    Nils works at a petrol station with an employment contract which states that he must work every evening Monday to Friday on a permanent basis. Specify “not shift work”.

    Anne works at a pub with an employment contract which states that she must work Saturday evenings on a permanent basis. Specify “not shift work”.

    Christian works in an art society. He has an employment contract with work hours from 08:00-16:00 every day. In addition, he has two fixed evenings per month when he holds lectures. If Christian can take leave for a few hours on a weekday for the hours he has worked in the evening, you must choose other shift arrangements. If shorter daytime work has not been agreed, you must choose not shift work.

     

    Note!
    The working hours scheme and what you state as the number of hours per work to which a full-time position equates must match. With the exception of "other shift work” and “not shift work".

    The number of hours per week to which a full-time position equates varies for the various working hours schemes.

     

    Is it mandatory

    Yes, you must state the working time arrangement for all ordinary and maritime employment.

    It is voluntary for freelancers, contractors and fee recipients.

    You should not specify the working time arrangement for pensions or other non-employment benefits.

     

    When you must submit reports

    State the working time arrangement the first time you report the employment and repeat this every month up to and including the month in which you terminate the employment.

     

    Change in working time arrangement 

    If an employee's working time arrangement has changed, you must specify the new working time arrangement in the month in which the change takes effect. 

     

    Correcting errors

    MAGNET_EDAG-114B
    Invalid value for this calendar month
    MAGNET_EDAG-114
    Invalid value
    MAGNET_EDAG-187-4
    Employment information is incorrect
    MAGNET_EDAG-187-7
    Employment information is missing
    MAGNET_EDAG-235
    For the working hours scheme “offshore336”, the number of hours per week for a full-time position must be between 28 and 33.6
    MAGNET_EDAG-235-2
    For the working hours scheme “fullycontinuousShiftAndOtherSchemes336”, the number of hours per week for a full-time position must be between 28 and 33.6
    MAGNET_EDAG-235-3
    For the working hours scheme “24-hourcontinuousShiftAndRotation355”, the number of hours per week for a full-time position must be 35.5
    MAGNET_EDAG-235-4
    For the working hours scheme “shift365”, the number of hours per week for a full-time position must be 36.5
    MAGNET_EDAG-235-5
    Number of hours per week for a full-time position is higher than permitted
    MAGNET_EDAG-235-6
    Number of hours per week for a full-time position is higher than permitted
    MAGNET_EDAG-273
    Employment information is missing
    MAGNET_EDAG-275
    Employment information is incorrect

    See the overview of all error messages

    If you have forgotten to specify the working time arrangement or you have specified the wrong working time arrangement but have not received an error message concerning this in the feedback (A 03), you can correct the error in the next a-melding. You do not need to correct previously submitted a-meldings.

     

    Important information

    If you use a payroll system, please contact your system supplier if you are unsure how to correct reporting in your system.

     

    What do we use the information for

    Statistics Norway (SSB) uses the information in statistics for pay negotiations in order to elucidate pay trends for people with specific working time arrangements.

    Information on working time arrangements is transferred to the Aa Register. NAV distributes information concerning employment from the Aa Register to private and public sector companies and organisations that are permitted to receive it.  Examples of such organisations are the Norwegian Tax Administration and the Norwegian Labour Inspection Authority.

     

    Applicable regulations

    These regulations are only available in Norwegian.

    • A-opplysningsloven

    • A-opplysningsforskriften

    • Folketrygdloven § 21-4

    • Forskrift om AA-registeret § 6

    • Statistikkloven § 10

    • Forskrift om opplysningsplikt til lønnsstatistikken

     

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