The Standing Committee on Scrutiny and Constitutional Affairs is examining a report from the Office of the Auditor General (Riksrevisjonen) on how the Labour and Welfare Administration (NAV) prevents people from leaving the workforce. The audit concludes that targets for reducing dropouts have not been met, the share of people receiving health-related benefits has risen since 2019, and NAV has significant shortcomings in processing sick leave, work assessment allowance, and disability benefits. The committee endorses the Auditor General's findings and recommendations.
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The Ministry of Labour and Inclusion should strengthen efforts to help NAV identify which users need sick leave follow-up
The ministry should ensure NAV systematically identifies and addresses weaknesses in the automation of sick leave benefits processing
The ministry should improve information sharing and cooperation between NAV, employers, and GPs in sick leave follow-up
Working with health authorities, the ministry should emphasize the law's intent to use graduated sick leave certificates
The ministry should ensure work assessment allowance functions more actively as a job-focused benefit, so recipients' work capacity is properly assessed
The ministry should strengthen the quality of application processing for health-related benefits, to ensure fair treatment of applications and that people receive the correct benefit
The ministry should ensure appropriate use of medical advisers at NAV, so their medical expertise improves decision-making quality and follow-up of health-related benefit recipients
The ministry should examine GPs' gatekeeper role in the National Insurance Scheme