“Several municipalities and industries already have significant challenges in recruiting competent labour, and the challenges are particularly great in the rural areas”. This is what the government writes in the perspective message that will arrive on Friday. Before presentation, they invite news to participate in the Medvind project. Tony Kjellstad Pedersen (26) now has a permanent job there after Nav paid part of the salary in the first period. – I had 2.5 years at Nav first. Got up and didn’t know what to do. I cried and turned in the door on the first day at work, says Pedersen to news. He has now worked for nearly five years as a car preparer at Møller Medvind. – I ended up enjoying myself here and wanted to continue, he says. Tonje Brenna and Trygve Slagsvold Vedum met Tony K. Pedersen Photo: Christian Ziegler Remme / news Disabled people and immigrants news has gained access to the chapter on labor in the report. Here, the government writes that the potential is greatest by “reducing the number who drop out of working life”, including disabled people. On the basis of the report, the government sets a target of 150,000 more employed by 2030. The Ministry of Finance provides several direction choices on the way to the target: Disabled people must work 30 per cent on average Non-Western immigrants must work up to 85 per cent of the others have Sick leave that is more than three months must be reduced by 20 per cent – We must see that many disabled people have the capacity to work somewhat more. We also need to get more immigrants into working life, says Finance Minister Trygve Slagsvold Vedum to news Perspektivmeldingen. These are the proposals from the Ministry of Finance to get more people employed. Reduced use of health-related benefits The number of new recipients of employment verification allowance (AAP) under the age of 35, who are not entitled to sickness allowance, is reduced by 20 per cent. Sickness absences of more than three months are reduced by 20 per cent. The proportion that goes from employment verification allowance to work increases by five percentage points, against a corresponding decrease in the proportion that transfers to disability benefits. Result: 108,000 employed 91,000 man-years NOK 90 billion More disabled people in work The proportion of new recipients of disability benefits with an employment relationship increases by 10 percentage points. The average job share is 30 per cent. Result: 60,000 employed 18,000 full-time equivalents NOK 15 billion More immigrants in work Employment among non-Western immigrants increases from 75 per cent to 85 per cent of the rest of the population. 35,000 employees 31,000 man-years NOK 25 billion The calculations apply until 2033 No new measures now – What we see here at Medvind is good. Several have come in with wage subsidies from Nav. The public sector must also become better at including in the future, says Labor Minister Tonje Brenna to news. – But how else is this to be solved, what are the measures? – Soon there will be a report to the Storting on labor market policy in which we propose several concrete measures and political measures. Different policy areas must play together, and health, schools and Nav are particularly central, she continues. A good future At Møller Medvind, they feel that many who come in with a wage subsidy from Nav can be employed full-time: – This gave me a great opportunity to enter working life, says Tony. – Life has settled down, I am married and enjoy everyday life, he continues. Tony works full-time, but Tonje Brenna says that you have to have part-time people as well: – We believe that increased use of part-time is part of the solution to getting more people into work. It is better that people work something than not at all, says Brenna. Published 08/08/2024, at 18.54
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