MPs Kjersti Toppe, Bjørn Arild Gram, and Erling Sande proposed splitting the National Labour and Welfare Administration (Nav) into a pensions and social insurance agency and a separate employment and activation agency, along with a trust reform granting decision-making authority to local Nav offices. The Standing Committee on Labour and Social Affairs reviewed the proposal and concluded it should not be adopted.
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The Storting calls on the government to split the current National Labour and Welfare Administration (Nav) into a pensions and social insurance agency and an employment and activation agency. The employment and activation agency shall be responsible for temporary benefits including unemployment benefits, scheme allowances, sick leave benefits, work assessment allowance, and the transition to disability benefits.
The Storting calls on the government to implement a trust reform in which the new employment and activation agency grants state employees at local Nav offices decision-making authority in cases concerning work assessment allowance (AAP). The transfer of decision-making authority to local Nav offices for other employment and health-related benefits should be evaluated.
The Storting calls on the government to evaluate the division of responsibilities between state and municipalities to revise the partnership model in Nav and present a separate matter to the Storting on this issue.
The Storting calls on the government to propose amendments to the Work and Welfare Administration Act to require Nav to establish internal controls within its own operations and those of subordinate bodies to ensure compliance with laws and regulations.
The Storting calls on the government to revise the mandate and composition of the public committee tasked with reviewing the National Insurance Act. The committee must submit proposals by 31 December 2026 to simplify laws and regulations relating to employment and health-related benefits. The composition shall be adjusted to ensure representation from user organizations and employee representative organizations.
Any simplification proposals must be accompanied by simultaneous strengthening of the economic safety net through improved universal schemes for recipients with the poorest income security. Simplifications must ensure that the purpose and rules governing benefit amounts remain set in law rather than regulations.