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Agreement in the Forest Settlement

YS and Virke agreed on Wednesday, April 14, on the central negotiation for 2021.

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Here, Torgeir Kroken, head of tariff in Virke, and Eirik Bornø, head of YS Privat, exchange demands in this year's interim settlement: Photo: Terje Bergersen

The result means that members of the Crane Agreement and the Wholesale Agreement will receive a general increase of NOK 2.25 per hour.

Members of the Office Agreement receive a general increase of NOK 0.50 per hour. In addition, there will be a rate increase at steps 1-3 with NOK 2, step 4 with NOK 3 and step 5 with NOK 5.

The above-mentioned additions take effect from April 1, 2021.

In addition, an additional NOK 0.60 per hour is set aside for the Wholesale Agreement for competence-enhancing measures. These will take effect from 1 July 2021. By this date, statutes and guidelines will be drawn up.