The Royal Norwegian Ministry of Labour and Social Inclusion ( no, Arbeids- og inkluderingsdepartementet, AID) is a Norwegian

ministry Ministry may refer to: Government * Ministry (collective executive), the complete body of government ministers under the leadership of a prime minister * Ministry (government department), a department of a government Religion * Christian ...

established in 1846. It is responsible for the

labour Labour or labor may refer to: * Childbirth, the delivery of a baby * Labour (human activity), or work ** Manual labour, physical work ** Wage labour, a socioeconomic relationship between a worker and an employer ** Organized labour and the labour ...

market, the working environment,

pensions A pension (, from Latin ''pensiō'', "payment") is a fund into which a sum of money is added during an employee's employment years and from which payments are drawn to support the person's retirement from work in the form of periodic payments ...

welfare Welfare, or commonly social welfare, is a type of government support intended to ensure that members of a society can meet basic human needs such as food and shelter. Social security may either be synonymous with welfare, or refer specificall ...

social security Welfare, or commonly social welfare, is a type of government support intended to ensure that members of a society can meet basic human needs such as food and shelter. Social security may either be synonymous with welfare, or refer specificall ...

integration Integration may refer to: Biology *Multisensory integration *Path integration * Pre-integration complex, viral genetic material used to insert a viral genome into a host genome *DNA integration, by means of site-specific recombinase technology, ...

immigration Immigration is the international movement of people to a destination country of which they are not natives or where they do not possess citizenship in order to settle as permanent residents or naturalized citizens. Commuters, tourists, and ...

, asylum, minorities and the Sami. Since 2022 the ministry has been led by

Marte Mjøs Persen Marte Mjøs Persen (born 24 April 1975) is a Norwegian politician from the Labour Party. She has served as minister of labour and social inclusion since 2022, and minister of petroleum and energy from 2021 to 2022. She served as the mayor of Berg ...

of the Labour Party).

Name history

The ministry was originally established as Ministry of the Interior in 1846. It has since saw changes to its nomenclature, which highlighted its responsibility on social affairs in 1916. * 1 January 1846–31 December 1902: Ministry of the Interior * 1 January 1903–1 December 1905: Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Trade, Shipping and Industry (Trade) * 1 December 1905–30 June 1913: Ministry of Trade, Shipping and Industry (Trade) * 1 July 1913–30 September 1916: Ministry of Social Affairs, Trade Industry and Fisheries (Social Affairs) * 1 October 1916–7 November 1993: Ministry of Social Affairs * 8 November 1993–31 December 2001: Ministry of Health and Social Affairs * 1 January 2002–1 October 2004: Ministry of Social Affairs * 1 October 2004–31 December 2005: Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs * 1 January 2006–31 December 2009: Ministry of Labour and Social Inclusion * 1 January 2010–31 December 2013: Ministry of Labour * 1 January 2014–31 December 2021: Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs * 1 January 2022–: Ministry of Labour and Social Inclusion Responsibility for labour affairs were transferred to the Ministry of Local Government in 1948, where it was until 1989 and again from 1993 to 1997. The responsibilities were returned to social affairs in 2002, and inclusion was added to the title in 2006. * 1 September 1885–22 February 1946: Ministry of Labour * 20 December 1948–31 December 1989: Ministry of Local Government and Labour (see

Ministry of Local Government and Regional Development The Royal Norwegian Ministry of Local Government and Regional Development ( no, Kommunal- og regionaldepartementet) is a Norwegian ministry established in 1948. It is responsible for the housing and building, regional and rural policy, municipal and ...

) * 1 January 1990–1 January 1993: Ministry of Government Administration and Labour * 1 January 1993–31 December 1997: Ministry of Local Government and Labour * 1 January 1998–1 October 2004: Ministry of Labour and Government Administration (see

Ministry of Government Administration, Reform and Church Affairs The Royal Norwegian Ministry of Government Administration, Reform and Church Affairs (FAD) ( no, Fornyings-, administrasjons- og kirkedepartementet) was a Norway, Norwegian Ministry (government department), ministry. It was established as the Mini ...

)

Organisation

Political staff

As of June 2023, the political staff of the ministry is as follows: * Minister

( Labour Party) * State Secretary Maria Schumacher Walberg (Centre Party) * State Secretary Tomas Norvoll (Labour Party) * State Secretary Samra Akhtar (Labour Party) * Political adviser Kristoffer André Hansen (Labour Party)

Subsidiaries

Agencies

* ( Norwegian Labour and Welfare Service) — Administers age- and disability pensions and other welfare and manages unemployment. * (

Norwegian Directorate of Labour and Welfare Norwegian, Norwayan, or Norsk may refer to: *Something of, from, or related to Norway, a country in northwestern Europe *Norwegians, both a nation and an ethnic group native to Norway *Demographics of Norway *The Norwegian language, including the ...

) — Manages the Norwegian Labour and Welfare Service. * ( Labour Court of Norway) — Court that takes under consideration disputes about validity, interpretation and existence of collective agreements, questions regarding breach of collective agreements, questions regarding breach of the peace obligation, and claims for damages resulting from such breaches. * (

Norwegian Labour Inspection Authority The Norwegian Labour Inspection Authority ( no, Arbeidstilsynet) is a Norwegian government agency under the Ministry of Labour. It is responsible for supervising the implementation of the Working Environment Act, the Annual Holidays Act, the Natio ...

) — Authority aimed at occupational health and safety. * ( Norwegian Pension Insurance for Seamen) — Administers the seamen's pension. * (

Petroleum Safety Authority Norway The Petroleum Safety Authority Norway ( no, Petroleumstilsynet, PSA) is a Norwegian governmental supervisory authority under the Norwegian Ministry of Labour and Social Inclusion. The PSA has regulatory responsibility for safety, emergency prepar ...

) — Ensures occupational safety and health in the petroleum industry. * (

State Conciliator of Norway The National Mediator of Norway ( no, Riksmekleren, until 2012 ''Riksmeklingsmannen'') is a mediator's office of Norway. It is invoked in labour disputes, in other words when creation or revision of tariff agreements is disagreed upon. It was estab ...

) — Negotiates wage and tariff disputes between employer and labour unions. * (

National Institute of Occupational Health National Institute of Occupational Health, also known as Statens arbeidsmiljøinstitutt or STAMI is a government body organised by the Norwegian Ministry of Labour and Social Inclusion. The institute deals with a range of occupational health areas, ...

) — Research. * ( Norwegian Public Service Pension Fund)

Standing Committees and Boards

* ''Rikslønnsnemnda'' (

National Wages Board The National Wages Board ( no, Rikslønnsnemnda) is a Norwegian body for resolving labour disputes. Its task is to perform a compulsory arbitration ( no, tvungen lønnsnemnd) when negotiations of parties in Norwegian working life (employers and emp ...

) * ( Collective Bargaining Board)

Limited companies

* Rehabil, rehabilitation workplace

References

External links

Norwegian Ministry of LaborNorwegian Labor and Welfare ServiceLabour Court of NorwayNorwegian Labour Inspection AuthorityNorwegian Pension Insurance for SeamenPetroleum Safety Authority NorwayState Conciliator of NorwayNational Institute of Occupational HealthNorwegian Public Service Pension FundNational Wages BoardCollective Bargaining BoardRehabil
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