Transparency Act (Apenhetsloven)
Due diligence on working conditions and the right to information.
Official source →Norway
Openness about every worker in your chain.
For groups operating in, or supplying, Norway.
The Transparency Act asks larger companies to know and report on working conditions in their own business and supply chain. Teamnet keeps that evidence every month, worker by worker.
Shipyard Bergen - 180 peopleHours and overtime checked
CheckedContractor crews - 3 firmsWage agreement rates checked
CheckedInformation request - 1Reply due in 3 weeks
Reminder sentThe real problem
Anyone can ask, and the answer is due in weeks.
Under the Transparency Act any person can ask how you handle risks to workers. Contractor and supplier crews make the answer hard to find.
Questions from anyoneInformation requests must be answered within set deadlines.
Foreign contractor crewsWage agreement rates apply in several sectors.
Long supply chainsDue diligence reported each year.
Evidence scatteredAnswers across firms, sites and inboxes.
What Teamnet does in Norway
Due diligence evidence, kept as work happens.
One record for employees, contractor crews and suppliers.
- Hours, overtime and rest checked against the Working Environment Act
- Pay for contractor crews checked against generally applicable wage agreement rates
- Supplier questionnaires, findings and remedies kept for the yearly account
- Each information request logged with its reply and date
What changes
Compliance, HR and operations see the same facts.
- Team
- Group complianceThe yearly due diligence account built from monthly evidence.
- HRHours and overtime on one record.
- PurchasingSupplier answers collected in one place.
- CommunicationsInformation requests answered from records, not memory.
The law
The laws you answer to in Norway.
Each law named, with its official source.
Working Environment Act
Working hours, overtime, rest and records.
Official source →Norwegian Labour Inspection Authority
Generally applicable wage agreements and guidance for employers.
Official source →If it goes wrong
The penalty clock: minimum wage in covered sectors.
What the law does, step by step, if it is missed. Teamnet flags each step before its date, for your own staff and every contractor.
- ScopeNo national minimum wage; legal minimums exist only in ten sectors through generalised collective agreements. Official source
- Using contractorsThe contractor at the top of the chain answers for minimum wage owed further down. Official source
- Deadline missedIf an order is not met by its deadline, the authority can impose a coercive fine. Official source
- Serious or repeated breachFine up to 50 times the national insurance base amount or 4 per cent of annual turnover, whichever is higher. Official source
- Serious breachThe authority can report serious breaches to the police. Official source
Enforced by Arbeidstilsynet (Norwegian Labour Inspection Authority); police for serious cases. Sources checked 11 November 2026. Not legal advice.
Standards
The standards your customers and group ask about.
- ILO core labour standards: no forced or child labour, freedom of association, no discrimination
- UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights
- OECD Due Diligence Guidance for Responsible Business Conduct
- ISO 45001 for occupational health and safety
Teamnet is the tool your compliance, operations and audit teams work in, so nothing is missed. Your auditors and certifiers keep their own role.
Sources last checked: 11 November 2026. Every official source linked on this page was opened on that date. Not legal advice: the law and the authority decide; read the official source and take advice for your own case.
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