Complaint To ESA On New Norwegian Legislation On Hiring In From Temporary Work Agencies

• Published date: 01 September 2023
• Subject Matter: Employment and HR, Employment Litigation/ Tribunals, Employee Rights/ Labour Relations
• Law Firm: Haavind
• Author: Sten Foyn

Norway has as of 1 April 2023 implemented new legislation which prohibits user undertakings from hiring in employees from temporary work agencies for "work of a temporary nature". The legislation poses a lot of challenges for user undertakings, companies that hire out employees, and for the Norwegian state itself.

Partner Sten Foyn and lawyer Andrea Johanne Telle have filed a complaint to the EFTA Surveillance Authority (ESA), on behalf of two clients. In the complaint, the stance is that the new legislation violates both the EU Directive on temporary agency work (2008/104) and free movement of services...