- To cut the number of Nav office will affect people in a vulnerable phase – Dagbladet.no

As Dagbladet reported on Friday, will work Anniken Hauglie (H) have fewer and larger Nav offices. The Centre fears that the distance of users grows.

– It’s amazing how persistently this government going to study that removing services from where people live. To cut the number of Nav offices will affect people in a vulnerable phase and frame local labor, says Party leader Trygve Slagsvold Vedum said.

He believes the government should facilitate at least one Hub office in each municipality and are concerned about the signals in the white paper that Hauglie- presented Friday.

– Not Always Better

The minister believes grip will make your employees can specialize to a greater extent, but she will not quantify how many Nav offices that are going away. Hauglie- also underlines that users’ rights are firmly established, and that no employee will lose their job.

– Today it is a government staffing warranty and it is 153 Nav offices that have three or fewer employees. The guarantee we propose now to repeal, and we will make it more up to Nav to decide how offices should be, she says.

Aps Lise Christoffersen forecasts that the party will look at all proposals, even if fewer offices, with “with unprejudiced eyes,” but recalls that Nav reform should ensure good accessibility.

SV Kirsti Bergstø are more wary to merge offices.

– Bigger is not always better, either for local or Nav, she says.

Fewer meetings

The message calls for closer contact between Nav and employment and a Nav coming closer to enterprises. Hauglie- also wants Nav will put more emphasis on quality and results among job seekers and less emphasis on counting activities.

– We want a less rigid and rule-based Nav, she emphasizes.

The government also wants more power and authority to local Nav offices and encourages them to act more independently.

The Minister of Labour will also clean up the outdated rules, simplify regulations and make Nav life easier for both users and staff.

Part of this is to prioritize personal meetings for clients with complex needs. The aim is to bring down the total number of Nav visit.

The White Paper is a response to the report of an expert committee led by Sigrun Vågeng, who have since been Nav director. Vågeng also suggested fewer offices with greater expertise.

Guarantee to young

The message also contains a promise that young unemployed people under 30 years old should get help within eight weeks. Today awaits young who turn to Nav averaging about 80 days before they get a so-called activity plan. That figure will Hauglie- get down to 56 days.

NHO believes it is essential that Nav places greater emphasis on getting young people in work.

– We note that a new guarantee scheme should ensure that young people come into activity faster, and we look forward to specify how this should be done, says NHO director of employment policy, Svein Oppegård.

The new warranty merge the existing schemes for young people who are without jobs and education, which should make the administrative work easier for Nav.

Around 25,000 young people without work in Norway. About 14,000 of them have been vacant for more than eight weeks.

Today, NAV Nav about 450 offices and 19,000 employees. The agency manages about a third of the state budget.

(NTB)