Demande directe (CEACR) - adoptée 1996, publiée 85ème session CIT (1997)

Part IV (Unemployment benefit) of the Convention. The Committee notes from the Government's report that a number of changes have been adopted in the Norwegian unemployment benefit system which will become effective on 1 January 1997. It would like the Government to supply information on the incidence of these modifications on the relevant provisions of Part IV. In particular, it asks the Government to supply information on the application in practice of the obligation put on the recipient of unemployment benefit to accept any employment remunerated according to a wage scale or customary practice, in view of the definition of the contingency provided for under Article 20 of the Convention, which includes suspension of earnings due to inability to obtain suitable employment. The Committee would appreciate receiving the text of the relevant law or regulation pertaining to these changes.