Breaks and leaves for employees
with provision based salary

For Omega AS employees

Published: 05.08.11

NB! Please treat the information presented here as a guide only. To accurately assess your specific situation you will need to contact your Manager and/or Omega Administration.

• Holidays
  • Holiday leave
  • Holiday pay
• Illness
  • Sickleave
  • Sick pay
  • Sick on holidays
• Leave
  • Absence/Leave without pay
  • Maternity/paternity leave
  • Prenatal care
• No compensation
• Death
  • In close family
  • Among colleagues
• Contact

Holidays

Holiday leave

As an Omega employee you have the right to five weeks holiday in the course of a calendar year. If you anticipate you will not use all five weeks during the course of the year, it is necessary to alert Administration to the situation.

All use of holidays must be approved by the client (if working on assignment), as well as your Omega supervisor. Please also be sure to notify Omega Administration of your holiday plans.

Holiday pay

Holiday pay is 10,2 per cent of your salary for the last full financial year and is paid out at payday in June. For example, in June 2011 you will receive 10,2 per cent of the money you earned from 1 January 2010 to 31 December 2010.

If you reached 60 years of age by September 1 in the holiday year (2010 in the example above), you have the right to an extra week of holidays and 14,3 per cent holiday pay.

An overview of your holiday pay to date can be found in the Salary Statement application in Connect.

Illness

Sickleave

As an inclusive workplace (IA), Omega aims to reduce sick leave to below two per cent. Omega encourages employees on sick leave to rejoin the workforce at an early stage with an adjusted workload. Through this action, the pace at which employees recover and return to work can be improved.

Here you may download form for self-certified sick leave (PDF)

Sick pay

Omega employees with provision based salary are included in the regular sick pay benefit scheme according to current legislation. When on sick leave, basic salary is paid, up to 6 G. Doctor’s certificate (sykemelding) may be submitted after 14 days into employment. You must have been employed for two months before self-certified sick leave (own sickness) can be used, and four weeks before self-certified sick leave (children’s sickness) can be used.

If sickness continues after 16 days, you will need to contact your local Social Security Office who will then be responsible for your sick pay. Omega’s Administration staff can assist in providing you with the necessary information needed for your submission (monthly salary, tax deductions etc).

Administration requirements for employees with provision-based salaries are as described for the colleagues in the section above.

Sick on holidays

If a doctor certifies that you were ill whilst on holidays (sykemelding), the days you were ill will be recorded as certified sick days rather than holidays. Self-certification whilst on holidays will not be accepted as proof of illness during the holiday period.

Download form for self-certified sick leave (PDF). You will also fin the form on your Timesheet on Connect.

Leave

Absence/Leave without pay

Maternity/paternity leave

Employees with provision based salary must apply to NAV for maternity/paternity leave, and will be compensated directly by NAV. Omega does not cover further compensation above and beyond what the law requires for maternity/paternity leave.

You can also read more about leave regulations regarding maternity/paternity leave on the Norwegian Labour and Welfare Organisation`s webpage.

Prenatal care

Employees who are pregnant have the right to a paid leave of absence when having prenatal care, if this cannot be done outside work hours.

Short periods of leave without pay can be agreed upon. If leave without pay is granted, a written agreement with the Department Manager must be in place.

No compensation

It is not given compenation for these days:

• Moveable feasts/holidays
• Study days
• Exams
• Moving days
• Doctor/dentist/physio therapy
• Own wedding
• Repeat military exercise etc.

Death

In close family

Basic salary is covered, up to 6 G.

Close family: parents, grandparents, children, grandchildren, and siblings. Defacto/wife/husband’s family are treated as own family.

Among colleagues

The Department Manager decides to which degree the employee shall be granted leave with pay for attending funeral services for a colleague. In such cases where leave is granted, compensation will be up to 6 G.

Contact

Omega Service Centre
(+47) 5377 5377
service@omega.no