Labour market and earnings: Working environment, sickness absence, strikes and lockouts

Regional variation in sick leave among nurses and health workers

Reports 2021/19

Published: 1 June 2021

Fewer exposed to health risks at work

Published: 27 June 2017

The share of employed persons that are exposed to various physical strains at work has fallen in recent decades. Fewer people carry out heavy lifting, work in poor indoor climates or are exposed to passive smoke. We also find that several job-rela...

Sharp rise in job insecurity for among oil workers

Published: 27 June 2017

The proportion of employed persons who believe they are at risk of losing their job and who have experienced changes in the workplace has increased slightly over the last three years. The oil industry, however, has seen a sharp increase.

Almost unchanged sickness absence

Published: 22 June 2017

Sickness absence adjusted for seasonal and influenza variations was 6.4 per cent in the 1st quarter of 2017, which is almost the same as in the 4th quarter of 2016. It has been almost unchanged for the past four years.

166 000 working days lost

Published: 9 May 2017

A total of 166 000 working days were lost as a result of fourteen labour disputes in 2016. By comparison, the main settlements in 2014 had ten stoppages and 148 000 working days were lost.

Life expectancy and disbursement of early retirement pension in different occupations

Reports 2015/39

Published: 16 September 2015

Statistics Norway from cell offices to open landscape

Reports 2013/22

Published: 23 May 2013

This report describes Statistics Norway employees’ satisfaction with the current physical environment of the office and their preferences to open and cell offices.