The Ministry of Education and Research has repealed the employment regulations section § 2-3, fifth paragraph, which established that the absence had to amount to at least two consecutive weeks in order to provide a basis for extended employment.
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The Ministry of Education gives the institutions the opportunity to extend contracts due to absences of less than two consecutive weeks from the time before 1 July 2023. Forskerforbundet at UiO has requested that a new policy for extensions be put forward for discussion with the unions as soon as possible. We hope such a discussion will take place in October.