Brief information concerning maritime employment

If you have employees who work for you for a salary or other remuneration and the work is maritime in nature, then you must declare this as maritime employment. "Maritime in nature" means that the work is performed at sea or on a vessel or mobile facility.

In the case of maritime employment, the party for whom you submit an a-melding must be registered in the Register of Legal Entities before you submit an a-melding. You must report according to the same structure as in the Register of Legal Entities. See also organisation number for the main entity and sub-entities. 

It is important that you report the appropriate employment type. For more information, see select the appropriate employment type.

 

The information you must provide

Employment ID	Always
Employment start date	Always
Employment end date	Always in the month in which the employee leaves
Cause of end date	Always in the month in which the employee leaves
Occupation code	Always
No. of hours per week to which a full-time position equates	Always
Percentage employment (FTE percentage)	Always
Most recent date of change in percentage employment	Always
Remuneration type	Voluntary in 2018. Cancelled in 2019.
Working hours arrangement	Always
Most recent salary change date	Always
Type of appointment	Always
Wage seniority	Always for employees of enterprises which follow the Main Tariff Agreement for central government, the municipality (including the City of Oslo) and most enterprises in the finance sector.
Pay grade	Always for employees of enterprises which follow the Main Tariff Agreement for central government, the municipality (including the City of Oslo) and most enterprises in the finance sector.
Vessel information (see below)	Always

 

Leave

To be completed when the income recipient is on leave.

 

Layoffs

To be completed when an employee is laid off.

 

In the case of maritime employment, you must also provide vessel information:

• Ship register
  State the ship register in which the vessel or installation on which the work is performed is registered. A ship may be registered in:
• Norwegian Ship Register (NOR)
• Norwegian International Ship Register (NIS)
• Foreign ship register (UTL)
  
  
• Vessel type
  State the type of vessel that the ship or mobile installation is.
• A cruise ship (tourist)
• A drilling platform (drilling platform)
• Other type of vessel (other)
  
  
• Shipping area
  Provide information on the shipping area for which the vessel is certified
  • Domestic shipping (domestic)
  • International shipping (international)

 

 

Is it mandatory

Yes, you must state the employment type, and provide employment information every month for an employee in maritime employment, up to and including the month in which the end date falls.

Maritime employment must be reported to the Aa Register. The information you provide in the a-melding will be automatically forwarded to the Aa Register. 

Information on the employment is obligatory. You need only provide certain information if it is relevant, e.g. in the case of leave.

 

When you must submit reports

• How often?
  You must specify the employment every month up to and including the month in which the end date falls, even if you do not make any payments. In the month after the end date, you should not specify the employment any longer.
  
  
• How early?
  You can specify the employment as soon as you know the start date, and preferably before the start date is reached. 
  
  
• How late?
  You must specify the employment before the reporting deadline for the month in which the start date falls.

 

Examples of when you must select this

Select maritime (or ordinary) employment:

They can be maritime if they are carried out at sea

 

Select maritime employment for:

 

Note!
In the case of offshore workers who work on fixed installations, e.g. drilling platforms which are secured in position, you must select ordinary employment.

In the case of fishermen and hunters who are recorded in a census (fishermen's census), you must select pension or other non-employment benefits, or not specify the employment type at all.

 

 

Amending or correcting vessel information

Changing vessel information

If the employee is in the same employment relationship, but has switched type of vessel and/or traffic area, you must state the correct vessel type and/or traffic area in the report period the change occurs. In the case of a new employment contract, you must first terminate the employment relationship with an end date and cause of end date, and the new employment relationship has to be reported with a new employment ID and new start date, in addition to other mandatory information.

 

Changing incorrect vessel information

If you registered incorrect vessel information on an employee, you can correct this in the next a-melding.

 

Correcting errors

 

 

 

What do we use the information for

NAV uses information concerning employment type to distinguish between ordinary and maritime employment. We also use the information to assess membership of the Norwegian National Insurance scheme and to calculate and retrospectively audit benefits. This applies for example to sickness benefit, unemployment benefit and parental benefits.

Statistics Norway (SSB) uses the information to prepare statistics concerning trends in salaries, employment and sickness absence.

Information on maritime employment 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.