§ 5 Terms of wages for employees in engineering and technology industry

1. Employees in engineering and technology industry, cf. § 3 a), shall receive as a minimum the following hourly pay:
   1. Skilled workers:            NOK 110,59
   2. Unskilled workers:        NOK 105,44

1. If work tasks make overnight absence from home necessary, the employees shall receive the following supplements to hourly pay:
   1. Skilled workers:            NOK 22,12
   2. Unskilled workers:        NOK 21,09

No 2 does not apply to employees taken on at the work site.

1. On installations covered by § 2 using shift work, the following supplements shall be paid:

3.1    For work on a 2-shift system (36,5 hours a week) the following supplements shall be paid per hour:

1. shift until 14.00 hours on Saturday: No supplement

2. shift: NOK 12,42

For shift work after 14.00 hours on days before Sundays and public holidays: NOK 26,53.

From 14.00 hours on Christmas Eve, New Year’s Eve, Easter Eve and Whit Saturday: NOK 38,03.

Every hour after 24.00 hours is paid as for 3. shift.

3.2    For work on a 3-shift system (35,5 hours a week) the following supplements shall be paid per hour:

1. shift until 14.00 hours on Saturday: No supplement

2. shift: NOK 12,80

3. shift: NOK 19,05

For shift work after 14.00 hours on days before Sundays and public holidays: NOK 27,30.

From 14.00 hours on Christmas Eve, New Year’s Eve, Easter Eve and Whit Saturday: NOK 39,10.

3.3    For wholly continuous 3-shift work (33,6 hours a week) the following supplements shall be paid per hour:

1. shift until 14.00 hours on Saturday: No supplement

2. shift: NOK 13,56

3. shift: NOK 20,12

For shift work after 14.00 hours on days before Sundays and public holidays: NOK 28,83.

From 14.00 hours on Christmas Eve, New Year’s Eve, Easter Eve and Whit Saturday: NOK 41,32.

3.4    Conversion factor

By conversion from ordinary working hours, 37,5 hours a week, to diverging working schedules, the table given below shall be followed:

From 37,5 hours a week to 36,5 hours a week =        2.74 %

From 37,5 hours a week to 35,5 hours a week =       5.63 %

From 37,5 hours a week to 33,6 hours a week =       11.61 %

§ 6 Terms of wages for employees in construction work

1. Employees in construction work, cf. § 3 b), shall receive as a minimum the following hourly pay:

a)      Skilled workers:              NOK 125,00

b)      Unskilled workers: NOK 114,00

1. On installations covered by § 2 using shift work, supplements are to be paid according to following provisions:

2.1    General provisions

It is permitted to use shift work in accordance with the provisions laid down in Act 4 February 1977 No 4 relating to Worker Protection and Working Environment Chapt. X. When shift work is used, a working plan shall be drawn up in accordance with Act 4 February 1977 No 4 relating to Worker Protection and Working Environment § 48.

Supplements shall be paid only for shift work lasting minimum six days. Other shift work shall be paid as overtime.

2.2    Shift work supplements per hour

2. shift on weekdays: NOK 18,20

3. shift on weekdays: NOK 29,10

Supplements on Saturdays after 13.00 hours and on days before public holidays after ordinary working hours: NOK 72,30.

If an employee by transition from day work to shift work or the opposite within 24 hours (from 00.00 hours to 24.00 hours) is working more hours than normal for the actual 24 hour period, the employee shall receive overtime supplement for the extra hours.

2.3    Overtime work in connexion with shift work

For overtime work before or after a shift, a 50 % supplement to the shift supplement shall be paid. For work on Saturdays after 13.00 hours, on days before public holidays after ordinary working hours and on Sundays and public holidays, a 50 % supplement shall be paid.

2.4    Conversion factor

By conversion from ordinary working hours, 37,5 hours a week, to diverging working schedules, the table given below shall be followed:

From 37,5 hours a week to 36,5 hours a week =        2.74 %

From 37,5 hours a week to 35,5 hours a week =       5.63 %

From 37,5 hours a week to 33,6 hours a week =       11.61 %

§ 7 Terms of wages for employees employed in installation, servicing and repair work on electrical installations and automatization installations

1. Employees employed in installation, servicing and repair work on electrical installations and automatization installations, cf. § 3 c), shall receive as a minimum the following hourly pay:
   1. Skilled workers:            NOK 135,70
   2. Unskilled workers:        NOK 114,87

1. If work tasks make overnight absence from home necessary, the employees shall receive the following supplements to hourly pay:

a)            Skilled workers:            NOK 20,35

b)            Unskilled workers         NOK 17,23

1. On installations covered by § 2 using shift work, the following supplements shall be paid:

3.1    2-shift system – 36,5 hour a week

A 2-shift system means that working hours alternate between day and evening (one week day work and one week evening work). 2-shift systems can be agreed upon within the period of 06.00 hours and 24.00 hours on ordinary workdays.

3.2    Supplements

Supplements shall be calculated on the basis of minimum hourly pay according to § 7 No 1. The supplement shall cover a nuisance compensation which amounts to 18.3 %. There is no supplement for day shift.

3.3    3-shift system – 35,5 hours a week

A 3-shift system means that working hours alternate between day, evening and night (one week day work, one week evening work and one week night work). 3-shift systems can be agreed upon within the period between 22.00 hours on Sundays and 06.00 hours on Saturdays.

3.4    Supplements

Supplements shall be calculated on the basis of minimum hourly pay according to § 7 No 1. The supplement shall cover a nuisance compensation which amounts to 18.3 % for 2. shift and 29.3 % for 3. shift. There is no supplement for day shift.

3.5    Wholly continuous shift work - 33,6 hours a week

Wholly continuous shift work is performed day and night without stoppage on Sundays and public holidays and is alternating between day, evening and night work according to a fixed shift plan.

3.6    Supplements

Supplements shall be calculated on the basis of minimum hourly pay according to § 7 No 1. The supplement shall cover a nuisance compensation which amounts to 18,3 % for 2. shift and 29.3 % for 3. shift. There is no supplement for day shift.

On Saturdays after 13.00 hours and on days before public holidays after ordinary working hours the supplement shall cover a nuisance compensation which amounts to 73.2 %. On Sundays and public holidays before 22.00 hours the nuisance compensations shall also be 73.2 %.

3.7    Conversion factor

By conversion from ordinary working hours, 37,5 hours a week, to diverging working schedules, the table given below shall be followed:

From 37,5 hours a week to 36,5 hours a week =        2.74 %

From 37,5 hours a week to 35,5 hours a week =       5.63 %

From 37,5 hours a week to 33,6 hours a week =       11.61 %

§ 8 Pay adjustments within the duration period of the regulation

The pay rates in §§ 5, 6 and 7 are to be adjusted according to new pay rates following from the wage settlements in 2005.

§ 9 Supplement to minimum hourly pay

All employees covered by this regulation shall be paid a supplement to minimum hourly pay, cf. §§ 5 No 1, 6 No 1, 7 No 1, according to their skills, qualifications, experience, responsibility and job contents.

§ 10 Working hours

The ordinary daily working hours shall not exceed an average of 37,5 hours a week.

When working shift the following limits are applied:

• 2-shift system                                         36,5 hours a week in average
• 3-shift system                                        35,5 hours a week in average
• Wholly continuous shift system              33,6 hours a week in average

Deviating working schedules may be agreed upon according to the provisions laid down in Act 4 February 1977 No 4 relating to Worker Protection and Working Environment Chapt. X.

§ 11 Supplements for overtime work

For work after ordinary working hours a 50 % supplement to hourly pay shall be paid. For work after ordinary working hours between 21.00 hours and 06.00 hours and on Sundays and public holidays a 100 % supplement to hourly pay shall be paid.

§ 12 Public holidays, 1 and 1. May

Lost earnings for public holidays, 1 and 17 of May which ordinarily would have been work days, shall be compensated by ordinary pay unless the employee has been absent from work the work day before and after the public holiday.

Entitled to such compensation are employees who have been continuously employed in the same enterprise for at least 30 days before the public holiday, or have been employed later and the employment will be of at least 30 days’ duration. In this connexion the three-days public holiday at Easter is counted as one unit and the two-days public holiday at Christmas plus New Year’s Day are counted as one unit.

§ 13 Other supplements

Other supplements, e.g. for extremely dirty work, working clothes and tools, may be agreed upon between the employee and the employer in accordance with common practice at the installation.

§ 14 Compensation for travelling, and board and lodging expenses

If work tasks make overnight absence from home necessary, the employer is obliged to conclude an agreement with the employee on compensation of the actual costs for a reasonable number of journeys home. The employee and the employer shall also conclude an agreement on compensation for reasonable board and lodging expenses.

§ 15 Accommodation requirements

Accommodation placed at the disposal of the employee shall be in proper condition, equipped and maintained in accordance with ordinary good standard at the installation.

Chapt. III.   Derogations etc.

§ 16 Derogation

This regulation is not applicable if the employee, based on a total assessment, is covered by more favourable terms of wages and employment according to agreement or the national law which ordinarily applies to the employment relationship.

§ 17 Terms of wages and employment in law or regulations

Provisions in law or other regulations which ordinarily are applicable to the employment relationship is also applicable to employment relationships covered by this regulation, see especially:

• Act 4 February 1977 No 4 relating to Worker Protection and Working Environment,
• Act 29 April 1988 No 21 relating to Holidays and
• Act 26 April 1947 No 1 relating to 1 and 17 May as public holidays.

This regulation applies within the restrictions laid down in Act 4 February 1977 No 4 relating to Worker Protection and Working Environment Chapt. XII B.

Chapt. IV. Entry into force etc.

§ 18 Entry into force and termination

This regulation enters into force on 1 December 2004.

This regulation is terminated 1 month after the Engineering Industry Agreement (VO) 2004-2006 between LO and NHO, the Construction Agreement (FOB) 2004 – 2006 between LO and NHO and the Electrical Installation Agreement (LOK) 2004 - 2006 between LO and NHO are replaced by revised collective agreements or if the Tariff Board passes on a new resolution on general application based on the same collective agreements.