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Compensation scheme for chemically injured oil pioneers approved
The Standing Committee on Labour and Social Affairs has presented its recommendation on legislation establishing a compensation scheme for oil workers exposed to hazardous chemicals on the Norwegian continental shelf between 1966 and 1990. The law sets compensation at eight times the National Insurance basic amount (1,041,280 kroner), with decisions made by an independent board and offsets against previous settlements. A committee majority believes compensation should be higher, and opposition members from various parties have proposed raising it to 65 times the basic amount, extending the application deadline from two to five years, and removing offsets for earlier payments.