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ABOUT SELF CERTIFIED SICK NOTES
(EGENMELDING)
Self-certified sick notes means that you as an
employee notify your employer that you will be
unable to attend work due to illness or injury
without submitting a doctor’s certificate. There
are several rules applying to how many days a
self-certified sick note will cover and how many
sick notes you can use during the year. If you have
children you are entitled to more days away from
work. Ask your employer for more exact details on
this.
A self-certified sickness form must be filled in and
handed to your employer on your first day back at
work. You will be given a doctor’s certificate when
you go to your doctor/doctor at the accident and
emergency clinic. Contact NAV or your employer
for further information.
CHILD BENEFIT
(BARNETRYGD)
Child benefit is to help towards covering expenses
for children.
Who can get child benefit
You are entitled to child benefit if you have children
under the age of 18. The child must live with you
permanently.
The main rule is that a child must reside in Norway.
The child is generally seen as a resident of Norway
when he/she is resident in Norway for more than
twelve months. Child benefit may also be given to
children who reside in another EEA country other
than Norway if one of the parents: work in Norway,
or if they are a member of the national insurance
scheme through working on a continental shelf, or
on a Norwegian ship in another EEA country or
receive a pension from Norway due to earlier
employment.
How do you apply
As a general rule child benefit is automatically
given to children who are born in Norway.
However, an application must be submitted when:
- the mother is not registered as living in
Norway
- the child is more than six-months old when the
right to child benefit comes into force.
- you may have the right to supplementary
child benefit (as a single parent).
- child benefit is to be assessed in accordance
with the EEA agreement or other national
insurance agreements.
Applications are to be sent to your local NAV
office.
BENEFITS WITH CHILDREN’S OR CLOSE
FAMILY’S ILLNESS/INCAPACITY
(YTELSER VED BARNS OG ANDRE
NÆRE PÅRØRENDES SYKDOM/
FUNSKJONSNEDSETTELSE)
NAV gives financial support in the form of
care benefits, nursing benefits and educational/
training benefits. The purpose of the support is
to compensate for the loss of income for people
in work in connection with their child’s or
childminders illness, children’s handicap and the
care of close relatives when lives are coming to an
end.
Families with seriously ill or handicapped children
have the need for many services – not just benefits.
NAV can assist with information on different
schemes which may help daily life – for instance,
computerised aids or aids for children. Families
with children who have serious handicaps can be
allocated a permanent contact person at their local
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