Chemical-technical operators get kr 232 floor and 2027 benefit-advance duty

Operators in chemical-technical production, laboratories, transport and storage, assembly, maintenance, parts warehousing, cleaning, canteens, guarding and standby, plus related control, inspection and coordination, work under Avtale 106Styrke between Norsk Industri (NHO) and Forbundet Styrke (LO)Styrke. It covers part-timers, bars sub-floor hiring, can extend to staffing agencies hiring into its scope, and runs 1 April 2026 to 31 March 2028Styrke, continuing yearly absent two months' written noticeStyrke.

No adult is paid below kr 232 per hourStyrke on a 37.5-hour week, converted for shorter shift weeksStyrke. The floor replaces the old low-wage guaranteeStyrke and rises for no one already at or above it, including local overstructuresStyrke; where the jump would directly cost jobs, the parties may set a lower transitional rate. Seniority adds kr 3, kr 3.50, kr 2.40 and kr 2 per hour after one, three, five and seven yearsStyrke, with service counted across relevant posts and parental, military and civilian absence qualifying. Agreed trade certification secures at least kr 15 per hour above the unskilled rate, half again for a second relevant certificate, trade school or relevant bachelor's degree, alongside other locally agreed supplements under section 3.1.3. From April the agreement carries a kr 6.50 general increaseStyrke, with further rate and text changes from 22 May 2026Styrke, no recalculation of supplements earned before adoption, The section 3.1.1, 5.1, 5.2 and 5.3a rates are then regulated against the area's wage growth per the Hovedtabellen, normally from 1 April, while the second agreement year is renegotiated on the economic situation, the outlook for year 2 and price and wage developments in year 1.

Day work averages 37.5 hours a week; two-shift 36.5, or 35.5 with rostered Sunday or holiday work; round-the-clock three-shift 35.5; fully continuous shift 33.6. Overtime pays 50 per cent to 21.00 and 100 per cent after, on Saturdays, pre-holiday days, Sundays and holidays; extra shifts pay 50 per cent, 100 at night and on Sundays and holidays, on top of shift pay. Call-outs pay at least two hours plus travel. Same-day overtime over two hours brings food or kr 114, and short-notice shift changes a kr 1 500 lump sum. Shifted-work contact from a manager outside hours counts as working time without triggering that overtime rate.

From 1 January 2027 employers must advance sick-, parental- and care benefits for new casesStyrke, without weakening better company schemes. Advances match the NAV refundStyrke, which accrues to the employer, run at most four months including the employer period per calendar yearStyrke, and need one month's notice before stopping. They require six months' continuous serviceStyrke and lapse on disclosure or cooperation breach, NAV refusal, or the end of employment; non-EEA certificates count once NAV confirms refund rights, and erroneous advances are repaid under written agreement. No differential treatment is allowed, and benefit rights stay an employee–NAV matter outside the local dispute system.

Hiring-in is discussed with the elected representatives first; agency staff keep the hirer's terms under arbeidsmiljøloven § 14-12 a except pensionsStyrke, with terms documented on request, as for subcontractors. Pregnant employees transfer where possible keeping full pay including supplements and leave nights from disclosure; care leave under § 12-3 is paid at ordinary salary. Continuous-shift staff earn an extra 0.4 per cent holiday pay after three months and 0.8 after six. Legal basis: Overenskomst for Kjemisk teknisk industri (avtale 106) between Norsk Industri/NHO and Forbundet Styrke/LO with the Hovedavtalen between LO and NHOStyrke, whose benefit-advance terms invoke folketrygdloven section 8-17 and whose hiring, leave and working-time terms invoke arbeidsmiljøloven sections 10-5, 12-3 and 14-12 a.