Select the applicable employment type
Find the applicable employment type. The choice will affect the rights and obligations of the income recipient and the information that you must provide in the a-melding.
Four types of employment in the a-melding
In the a-melding there are four types of employment.
It is important that you specify the correct employment type because this will affect:
- the information that you must provide
- the rights and obligations of both the employer and the employee with respect to the Norwegian Tax Administration, NAV and other parties who use the information
Select from amongst the following types:
- Ordinary employment (covers most employees)
- Maritime employment
- Freelancers, contractors and fee recipients, etc.
- Pension or other benefits
1. Ordinary employment
Select this employment type if you have an employee who works for you (your business) and receives a salary or other remuneration; see Section 1-8 of the National Insurance Act.
This applies to:
- most employees who receive a salary from a business or organisation
- persons on labour market schemes with a salary
This does not apply:
- if the work is performed at sea, on vessels or on mobile installations such as a drilling rig
The employment is registered in the Aa Register.
Read more about ordinary employment
Examples of when you should select ordinary (or maritime) employment
| Employee representative on a board of directors |
| Employee who receives temporary or permanentwage subsidy When the employer/initiative organiser pays the employee a salary and NAV pays all or some of the amount as wage subsidy to the enterprise. |
| Employee and pensioner Employee who receives remuneration both as an employee and as a pensioner from the same enterprise. You must specify this as combined employment. |
| Casual assistant, seasonal worker, etc. |
Examples of when you should select ordinary employment
| Offshore worker on fixed installation Offshore worker who works on a fixed installation such as a drilling platform which is secured in position. |
| Support contacts and relief staff |
2. Maritime employment
Select this employment type when you have an employee who works for you (your enterprise) and who receives a salary or other remuneration and the work is performed at sea, on a vessel or on a mobile installation such as a drilling rig; see Section 1-8 of the National Insurance Act.
The employment is registered in the Aa Register.
Read more about maritime employment
Examples of when you should select maritime (or ordinary) employment
| Employee who receives a wage subsidy When the employer/initiative organiser pays the employee a salary and NAV pays the enterprise a wage subsidy. |
| Employee representative on a board of directors |
| Employee and pensioner Employee who receives remuneration both as an employee and as a pensioner from the same enterprise. Specify this as combined employment. |
| Casual assistant, seasonal worker, etc. |
Examples of when you should select maritime employment
| Offshore worker who works on a mobile installation/drilling rig |
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.
3. Freelancers, contractors and fee recipients
Select this employment type when the person who works for you performs work or assignments for a salary or other non-employment remuneration (not as an employee).
This does not apply to:
- Self-employed persons; Section 1-9 of the National Insurance Act
- General practitioners and therapeutic health personnel who receive a public basic grant or operating subsidy
The employment is registered in the Aa Register.
Read more about freelancers, contractors and fee recipients
Examples of when you must select freelancers, contractors and fee recipients
| Freelancers Professional groups such as musicians, scriptwriters, actors, journalists and translators are often considered to be freelancers/contractors. |
| Elected officials Politicians in municipal authorities, county councils and the Norwegian Parliament who receive remuneration for their political work. |
| Foster parents and persons who receive care pay Salary and other remuneration for helping persons with special needs or persons with care needs. |
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Positions of trust Exceptions: Elected representatives and members of voluntary and charitable organisations who are only course participants but receive reimbursement for lost earnings. These must be reported with employment type pensions or other benefits. |
| Board members Persons who only sit on the board of directors of a company and who are not an employee. Exceptions: Employee representative on a board of directors. In this case, the employee is in ordinary or maritime employment and the board fees must be reported under the ordinary or maritime employment. |
4. Pensions and other benefits (benefits from surrendered property, RF-1199)
Select this option if the payment concerns a pension or other benefit/remuneration to an income recipient, where the benefit is not linked to employment pursuant to the National Insurance Act.
Also applies to certain payments made to self-employed persons. For example, payments made to a childminder who minds children in the childminder's own home.
The employment is not registered in the Aa Register.
Read more about pensions or other non-employment benefits
Examples of when you should select pensions or other benefits
| Employee on measures other than temporary or permanent wage subsidy from NAV For example, work experience schemes in ordinary or protected enterprises. Salary and other remuneration which the enterprise has paid must be reported. |
| Employment which is neither ordinary or maritime employment nor a freelancer/assignment relationship |
| Fishermen and hunters who are recorded in a census (fishermen’s census) |
| Benefits from surrendered property/right of occupancy When the purchaser of real property settles the purchase price in such a way that the seller receives full or partial payment in the form of future annual benefits (limited to the lifetime of the recipient), which may consist of payments in kind, such as right of occupancy, such an arrangement does not constitute ordinary subsistence, but rather benefits from surrendered property (right of occupancy). |
| Crew share recipients and owners on-board fishing and hunting vessels |
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Assignments given to foreign contractors and employees on the contract |
| Incentive payments Payments to persons participating in work training measures for the occupationally disabled when the pay is defined as receipt of incentive payments. For example, permanently adapted work. |
| Pension Benefits to pensioners who are not in employment. |
| Payments from NAV’s Wage Guarantee Fund Bankruptcy estates which pay outstanding salaries to employees of an enterprise that has been declared bankrupt and received coverage from the Wage Guarantee Fund. |
| Salary of employee who has left (holiday pay, back payments of salary etc.) |
| Course participants who receive reimbursement for lost earnings Applies to course participants who are not employed by the course administrator. For example, member organisations which arrange courses for their members and where the participants are given unpaid leave by their employer. Salary (lost earnings) and other allowances which the course administrator has paid must be reported via the a-ordning scheme. |
| Persons only receiving expense allowance State employment type "pesions or other benefits" or no employment type at all for persons only receiving expense allowance but no salary, fees etc. |
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Recently arrived refugees receiving introduction support |
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Witnesses |
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Persons who are neither employed by you nor have assignments for you An example of this could be the payment of travel allowance to a person who has been to a job inteview. |
Is it mandatory
Yes, it is mandatory to provide information on the employment type for ordinary and maritime employment, and for freelancers, contractors and fee recipients, with some exceptions.
For pensions and other non-employment benefits, it is mandatory if you submit the a-melding directly in Altinn (A01) or from a payroll system where you are required to provide information on the employment type.
What do we use the information for
NAV uses information on employment type to distinguish between ordinary and maritime employment. We also use the information to assess membership of the Norwegian National Insurance scheme. In addition, we use information concerning employment 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 ordinary, maritime employment and freelancers, contractors and fee recipients 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.
