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Fill in employment status form – fit for employment
To receive sickness benefit through the fit for employment scheme, you must submit an employment status form every 14 days.
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To qualify for sickness benefit through the fit for employment scheme, you must be registered as a job seeker and submit employment status forms every 14 days.
We need the information from your form to calculate your sickness benefit. The sickness benefit will not be paid until we have received the employment status form.
We also use the information in the form to verify that you are a job seeker, and that you are participating in any activities you have agreed with us as part of your follow-up.
On the employment status form, you confirm that you want to continue to be registered as a job seeker and receive sickness benefit for the next 14 days. You may receive sickness benefits for up to 12 weeks, and you must submit employment status forms during the entire period.
Are you still unemployed?
If you have not found a job by the end of the scheme's 12-week period, you may apply for unemployment benefit. Keep in mind that different rules apply for how to fill in the employment status form for unemployment benefit (in Norwegian).
In the employment status form you provide information about work, activities, holidays and absences in the past 14 days.
When you fill in the employment status form, you must answer 5 questions.
Here you will find information on how to fill in the employment status form for each question:
If you get a new job during the period of the fit for employment scheme, you must list the hours you worked in the past 14 days on the employment status form.
Do you have more than one job?
You only list working hours on the employment status form if you get a new job during the period of the scheme. If you had more than one job before you entered the scheme, and you have only been on sick leave from one of them, you do not list working hours from the jobs you continued to hold.
How much you work will affect your payment
You will not be paid sickness benefit for hours you work and receive salary for. When you list work hours on the employment status form, your sickness benefit payment will therefore be reduced.
The sickness benefit can be graded down to 20 per cent. This means that if you work more than 80 percent of the working hours you had in the job you were on sick leave from, you will not be entitled to sickness benefit.
If you have agreed with us that you will participate in employment schemes, training, education or other activities, you must answer “yes” and list all the days you spent on this.
Only activities that you have agreed with NAV to participate in, and that are registered in your activity plan (in Norwegian), should be listed on the employment status form. The fit for employment scheme is not considered an employment scheme on its own. If you have not agreed to any activities beyond the fit for employment scheme, you must answer “no” on your form.
You should only list sick days if your health situation deteriorates, and you are no longer able to apply for jobs. You should see a physician for an assessment of whether you need a sick leave.
If you have been on holiday, answer “yes” and list the days you were absent.
You will not be paid sickness benefit for the days you were on holiday. Keep in mind that period you were granted sickness benefit for through the scheme will not be extended if you go on holiday.
You must answer “yes” if you still want to participate in the fit for employment scheme and receive sickness benefit.
If you answer “no”, we will terminate the scheme and you will no longer receive sickness benefit.
Do you need help?
Contact us if you have questions or if you are not sure you filled in the employment status form correctly. That way, you avoid the risk of getting money you later have to pay back.
If you made a mistake on an employment status form you have sent in earlier, you must correct the mistake and resend the form as soon as possible.
How to correct mistakes:
- Log in to the overview of previous employment status forms.
- Choose the form you need to correct.
- Correct the mistake and resend the employment status form.
If you are unable to correct your employment status form online, please contact us for help.
When you correct a mistake on an employment status form you have already sent in, we will recalculate to see if your payment was too high or too low.
If you got paid the wrong amount, we will either pay what owe you, or ask you to pay us back if you were paid too much.
How long this process takes can vary, and we will contact you if we need more information.
You fill in and submit the employment status form digitally.
Don’t forget to wait for confirmation that we have received your form before you close your browser.
If you are unable to log in and submit the form digitally, you can print out the employment status form on paper and mail it in.
If you submit the employment status form on paper, you are responsible for keeping track of the deadline, and you must specify which 14-day period the form covers.
It will also take longer before you receive payment, because the form will have to be registered manually.
You must submit an employment status form every 14 days.
Log in to My Page to see
- when your next employment status form is due
- which 14-day period the employment status form covers
An employment status form covers a period of 14 days. We recommend that you submit your employment status form on the first Monday after the 14-day period is over, so that you receive your sickness benefit as soon as possible.
The deadline for submitting the employment status form is 23:00 Monday one week after the form’s 14-day period is over.
Your sickness benefit will not be reduced if you submit the employment status form after the deadline. However, your sickness benefit will not be paid until you submit your employment status form.
Make sure you don’t lose your sickness benefit
If more than 20 days have passed since the final deadline, and you still have not submitted your employment status form, you will not be sent any more employment status forms, and we will terminate the payment of sickness benefit.
To receive sickness benefit again, you must re-register as a job seeker and submit all the employment status forms you have not submitted.
When you receive sickness benefit through the fit for employment scheme, the employment status form works as an application for sickness benefit. The payment dates for sickness benefits also apply to you.
You will receive the sickness benefit payment on the 25th of the month if we have received and processed your employment status form before the 20th of that month. If we receive and process your form after this date, you will normally receive the sickness benefit payment within 5 days.
This means that if you have an employment status form where the period runs from the end of one month to the beginning of the next, your payment may be split up.
You submit an employment status form for the period 27/01–09/02. We receive and process your form by 15/02. You will receive two payments for this period:
- The first payment within 5 days, for the period 27/01–31/01.
- The next payment will come on 25/02, for the period 01/02–09/02.
Log in to Your payments (in Norwegian) to see an overview of all your payments.
If you believe your payment is too high or too low, you must notify us as soon as possible.
How much you get paid depends, among other things, on
- how much you worked
- if you were on holiday or absent for other reasons
- if your 12-week sickness benefit period runs out during the 14-days the form covers
- taxes or any other deductions
If you have received an incorrect amount because you made a mistake on your form, you must correct the previously submitted employment status form and resubmit it.
If deductions have been made from your payment that you do not understand or believe are incorrect, please contact us.
What happens if you received an incorrect amount?
If the amount you received was incorrect, we will either pay we owe you, or claim reimbursement from you for the excess amount you received.
If you believe your payment was too low, or we made incorrect deductions, please contact us so we can check your case.
Read more about your right to complain.
Oppdatert 30.05.2024
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