Three Storting MPs—Marie Sneve Martinussen, Hanne Beate Stenvaag, and Seher Aydar—have introduced a proposal to reduce working hours for shift workers. The proposers argue that shift work, especially three-shift rotations with short rest periods between shifts, poses serious health risks including sleep disorders, high blood pressure, and mental exhaustion. They are calling on the government to treat all forms of shift work equally by reducing the working week to 33.6 hours instead of 35.5 hours.
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The Storting calls on the government to initiate a reduction in working hours for shift workers so that all forms of shift work are treated the same as traditional shift arrangements, and to return to the Storting with proposals for the necessary legislative changes.