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Norway·Arbeidstilsynet

Fish processing loses statutory minimum wage on 3 August

The regulation setting statutory minimum wages for fish processing was repealed on 3 August 2026, leaving nine covered sectors; a consultation on a new regulation closes 25 September 2026.

By Taxxa AI Oy · Published 19 September 2026

Payroll & Labour

Statutory minimum wages no longer apply in fish processing enterprises.Arbeidstilsynet The regulation on partial general application (allmenngjøring) of the tariff agreement for fiskeindustribedrifter was repealed on 3 August 2026Arbeidstilsynet, so Norway now has statutory minimum wages in nine sectors instead of tenArbeidstilsynet. The rates shown for the sector — NOK 240.96 per hour for skilled workers (fagarbeidere) and NOK 225.96 for production workers, in force from 15 June 2025 — therefore describe only what applied up to 3 August 2026.

The repeal also retires the sector's associated statutory terms. The 80 per cent youth rate for workers under 18, the rule placing workers over 17 with 12 weeks' service into the wage group of their work, the carry-over of school pupils' wage seniority within the sector and of young workers' seniority past age 18, the 20 per cent supplement for two-shift work and 25 per cent for three-shift work in the sector all applied only until 3 August 2026.

General application itself is not gone for good: the Tariff Board (Tariffnemnda) is considering a request for general application of the new collective agreement for fish processing enterprisesArbeidstilsynet effective from 3 July 2026, and the consultation on the draft new regulation closes on 25 September 2026Arbeidstilsynet. Until a new regulation is adopted, no statutory minimum applies in the sector.Arbeidstilsynet

Employers in the sector should stop treating the repealed rates as a statutory floor for work from 4 August 2026Arbeidstilsynet, review shift and youth pay set by reference to the regulation, and track the consultation outcome: a new general-application regulation would reintroduce a statutory floor, potentially with different rates. The remaining nine sectors are unaffected.

The repealed instrument is forskrift 21. oktober 2024 nr. 2542 om delvis allmenngjøring av tariffavtale for fiskeindustribedrifter (FOR-2024-10-21-2542), adopted by the Tariff Board under allmenngjøringsloven § 5 on the basis of Overenskomst for Fiskeindustribedrifter 2024–2026.

For fish-processing work from 4 August 2026, stop applying the repealed rates as a statutory floor and diary the 25 September 2026 consultation outcome for a possible new minimum-wage regulation.

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  1. Minimum wage
  2. Minstelønn
  3. Meddelelse om opphevelse av forskrift 21. oktober 2024 nr. 2542 om delvis allmenngjøring av tariffavtale for fiskeindustribedrifter - Lovdata
  4. Forskrift om delvis allmenngjøring av tariffavtale for fiskeindustribedrifter

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