Fearing more outside – Daily

In 2014 certain then-labor minister Robert Eriksson (Frp) that attføringstiltak for sykmeldte, job seekers and persons with impaired work capacity would be put out to tender. The goal was to get a greater breadth of suppliers, including several non-profit organizations and social entrepreneurs. The opposite has happened, according to a report Haaskjold.Co has prepared for the confederation of Norwegian enterprise Work & Inclusion.

the Results after the first tender procedure shows that the commercial companies have won well over half of all the contracts. In eight of the counties are commercial companies now dominant in tiltaksplasser, at the same time as the number of non-commercial operators has been significantly reduced. There has been a strong polarization of the attføringsmarkedet, concludes the report.

Money matters more

Several industry associations shouts varsku on the development. They fear that the heavier Nav-users will fall completely outside the labour market when the price becomes a decisive factor for who gets the offer of tiltaksplasser.

– What’s going to happen, is that those who are far from the labour market do not receive offers of tiltaksplass because it costs too much to convey them. When to enter in the anbudssystemet, is the price already determined. For the price you can’t manage the companies to take care of people with major writing and reading difficulties or heavy psychological difficulties. But it is precisely those we should help, ” says Johan Martin Leikvoll. He is the former director of the confederation of Norwegian enterprise Rehabilitation, and currently working as political advisor at Associated Management and Technique (FLT).

We are very anxious that both the Register of requirements of formidlingsevne and companies ‘ desire to satisfy Nav, leading to that companies do not want to take those who are furthest away from the labour market. In our view, is the consideration of user best taken care of samfunnseide businesses that do not have commercial operations as purpose, bolsters, director Day Sandvik in Arbeidssamvirkenes association (ASVL), which is an employers ‘ association for the growth and attføringsbedrifter.

No new ideal

According to Leikvoll, it has not come to any new, non-actors since arbeidstiltakene was anbudsutsatt.

– It is beyond any doubt that there has been less diversity and more monopolisation. The new suppliers that have won before, is essentially commercial. None of them are ideal, ” says Leikvoll.

It can be confirmed by the confederation of Norwegian enterprise, who believe, on the contrary, is been space for fewer ideal on tiltaksmarkedet. The reason is that the Nav previously had greater opportunity to enter into agreements about tiltaksplasser locally, in addition to the tenders put out is so large that the ideal and local suppliers are unable to compete against the commercial.

Many of the høringsinstansene was concerned about the postponement of tenders would weaken the offer to the weakest. It is too early to say for sure, but it is very important that we get an evaluation that not only looks at whether the Nav has carried out the tenders in a technically good or bad way, but also about what kind of effect it has had on offer to users, ” says managing director Per Christian Langset in the Work & Inclusion in the confederation of Norwegian enterprise Service.

Ap: – Misplaced policies

the Development is a proof that government policies have failed, believe Rigmor Aaserud (Ap) in the ministry of labour and sosialkomiteen in Parliament. She shares bransjeforeningenes concern for the worst asked Nav users.

– This shows that the care the government has for non-actors is absent in practical action. The government fails in creating more diversity. We get into large, commercial operators with a unified approach to the users, while small businesses with nisjepregede offer is gone. For the first, we believe the measures in a much higher degree should be done by the Nav itself, and second, that one should add fix for that ideal still can make an offer.

Also, trade unions are critical to that ideal actors skvises out of the market.

– We see a tendency to that it comes into more konsernlignende company that takes over the market at the expense of what we have had in the past with several non-actors. This is what we have feared all the time, and it looks, unfortunately, not out of fear our was unfounded, ” says deputy chairman Steinar Krogstad in the trade unions.

the ministry of Labour and social affairs responds to the criticism in tomorrow’s newspaper.