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Labour market indicators
Unemployment rate in
2004
:
4,4%
(ILO data)
Working population:
|
Year
|
Total Population
|
Working population
|
Activity rate
|
|
2004
|
4 582 000
|
2 371 827
|
52%
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Employment by sector:
|
Year
|
Agriculture
|
Industry
|
Services
|
|
2003
|
3.8%
|
22.1%
|
74%
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| Sources: ILO, Eurostat, last available data |
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Employment contracts
Legal clauses regulate employment contracts and to a lesser degree collective agreements and individual negotiations.
The terms of employment contracts are rather rigid.
Salaries
National monthly minimum wage as of
01/01/2003
:
No legally mandated national minimum wage
Average wage for a
employee
in the manufacturing industry in
2001
:
24,426
kroner
by
month
(ILO data)
Social security contributions
Employer:
14.1 %.
Employee:
7.8 %.
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