– It is good that there is agreement in the front line and that we avoid another general strike that would cost the companies and Norway dearly. At the same time, we would prefer to see that more of the wage growth was up to local negotiations, and we are concerned that a large central supplement will be particularly demanding for the construction industry and other industries closely linked to it, says CEO of NHO, Ole Erik Almlid.
Read more at Norsk Industri: Agreement in the frontline settlement after very demanding negotiations (norskindustri.no)
The result of this year’s negotiations involves a framework of 5.2 per cent.
Of this, the overhang contributes 1.6 percentage points for industrial workers and 1.8 percentage points for industrial clerks. For industrial workers in the NHO area, the contribution from the tariff supplements is calculated at 2.2 percentage points. The remaining contribution to annual wage growth in the industry as a whole is estimated wage drift.
The Technical Calculation Committee (TBU), which supplies the statistical basis for the wage settlements, has estimated a growth in the consumer price index of 4.1 per cent this year.
This is how the frame is calculated.