Historical archive
Published under: Stoltenberg's 2nd Government
In the Historical archive you will find information from previous governments such as press releases, news and speeches from previous government periods. You will also find outdated current affairs from the sitting government. In addition the archive contains documents where the content is no longer valid, such as expired circulars.
Content that has been moved to the archive will not be updated and the information is therefore exclusively of an historical nature.
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Any pictures used must be credited to the photographer. Click on photo for print version. Photo: Ilja C. Hendel. Photo: Berit Roald/Scanpix. After being appointed Minister of Labour 20 October 2009. Photo: Ministry of Labour.
The Minister of Labour is responsible for the labour market, the working environment, pensions and welfare policy.
Rigmor Aasrud is Minister of Reform and Church Affairs. Until 20 December 2009 she was also Minister of Labour.
Background Today, Norway has one of the highest standards of living in the world. The Norwegian welfare model has managed to combine solid financial growth, high employment rates and comprehensive universal welfare programmes with an even
The Ministry of Labor and Social Inclusion changes the practice for return of unaccompanied minor asylum seekers. The changes makes it possible to return unaccompanied minors to relatives or other care measures in the home country.
The Government has introduced new measures in the immigration policy that will ensure that the Norwegian practice in areas of importance differs as little as possible from other European countries. This is a continuation of the tightening measures
Norway has experienced a steep increase in the number of unaccompanied minor asylum seekers during the last two years. It is important to ensure that those among them who do not have needs for international protection are assisted to create a sound
The Norwegian Directorate of Immigration (UDI) has received instructions to request stronger demands on documented identity in asylum cases. If an asylum seeker refuses to do what is practically possible to document his or her identity, then the
In this action plan against poverty, the Government is presenting the status of the efforts to reduce poverty and proposing new priority areas and measures for 2009.
Summary of Sami Policy - White Paper No. 28 (2007-2008)
The Norwegian Technical Calculation Committee for Wage Settlements has released their preliminary report on the basis for wage settlements in 2009. The report outlines recent years’ developments in wage, earnings, prices and competitiveness.