About State Register of Employers and Employees (Aa registeret)

1978 - The Aa register was established

2011 - The register was extended to apply to maritime employment

2015 - A-ordningen was introduced, with joint reporting of employment relationships and income information to the Swedish Tax Agency, Statistics Norway and NAV. At the same time, the Aa register was expanded with new data elements.

2021 - Freelancers became part of the register

For ordinary working relationships, the following data elements must be reported:

a) the organization number of the main unit

b) the organization number of the subunit

c) the employees or freelancers national identity number or D number

d)  arbeidsforholdsID (employment relationship ID)

e) type of employment relationship

f) occupational code

g) start date of the employment relationship

h) end date of the employment relationship*

i) end cause*

j) form of employment

k) the number of hours per week that a full-time position corresponds to

l) agreed vacancy rate

m) hours worked for hourly employees*

n) working time arrangement

o) date of last salary change

p) date of last change of employment percentage

q) country code for income earned in a country other than Norway*

r) leave* (leave ID, leave type, start date and end date and leave percentage)

s) layoff* (layoff ID, layoff type, start date and end date and layoff percentage)

Data elements marked with * must be reported if they exist / are known.

Maritime employment relations

For maritime employment, these additionaldata elements must be reported:

• Ship register
• Ship type
• Speed ​​range

Other employment relationships

For the employment relationship type freelancers, contractors, paid persons, elected officials etc., the information a. to h. must be reported.

For employment relationships reported via "Forenklet oppgjørsordning (Simplified settlement scheme)", the data elements a., b., c., e., f., g. and h. must be reported.

No reporting obligation to the Aa register

There is no obligation to report to the Aa register

• when the salary payments to the employee during the income year do not exceed NOK 1,000
• when the employee is a foreign citizen working for an international organization based in Norway
• when the employee must be reported to the Tax Agency's Employer and employee register (Tax Administration Act § 7-6)
• for owners of sole proprietorships and the owners spouse, as self-employed persons are not covered by the term employee. Other employees in a sole proprietorship must be reported.

Most public agencies in the state, many municipalities, and counties as well as some private actors use the register. See examples of actors who have access to the Aa register:

NAV

NAV uses the information in the Aa register to, among other things,

• process applications for financial support
• pay out and refund sickness benefit and parental benefit
• work to reduce sickness absence
• prevent and detect social security abuse
• create statistics

The Norwegian Labor Inspection Authority

The Norwegian Labor Inspection Authority (Arbeidstilsynet) uses the register when they supervise wages and employment relationships. The Norwegian Labor Inspectorate Authority also needs the register to be able to issue HSE cards to employees in construction, construction, and cleaning.

The police

The police use the register in police duties and in the role of enforcement officer in enforcement proceedings.

Pension providers

Pension providers have access to the Aa register to calculate occupational pension (OTP) and contractual pension (AFP) for employees in the business.

Bankruptcy administrators

Bankruptcy administrators who need access to the Aa register in connection with a change of estate or bankruptcy proceedings must apply for access to the Aa register by letter. The same applies to public authorities in other countries.

Research purpose

Private actors can gain access to the Aa register for research purposes when it is compatible with public interests.