the labour Inspection authority confirming Thursday that it will open to the supervision of Energigjenvinningsetaten in the municipality of Oslo.
– Oslo municipality was informed about this by us yesterday, and notice of supervision will be sent today, ” says the regional director of labour Inspection, Oslo, Ørnulf Halmrast to NRK.
the Agency itself has admitted several hundred offences towards byråden.
NRK talked about recently that byrådsavdelingen to the Lan Marie Berg (MdG) still could not answer the labour inspectorate on how many times the working environment act is broken in the Energigjenvinningsetaten.
In the svarbrevet to labour Inspection “underlined” byrådsavdelingen, instead, that they lack overview.
Now confirm the Inspection that the answer is a part of the foundation to open to the supervision of the municipality.
– In the feedback, it’s revealed that byrådsavdelingen do not have a satisfactory overview of the content and scope of the violation of the arbeidstidsbestemmelsene, ” says Halmrast.
It was at the end of august that the labour Inspection authority went into the matter on the basis of The disclosures.
– Based on the NRK writes, we will contact the municipality of Oslo in order to get more information about what this is, ” said Halmrast to NRK.
It was after The disclosure of over 500 violations of the working environment act and the review in fagbladet the waste collection business that the labour Inspection first got to know about the case.
Not surprised
Director of Energigjenvinningsetaten Hans Petter Karlsen confirms that they have received the notice of supervision from the labour inspectorate.
Hans Petter Karlsen is director of Energigjenvinningsetaten (EGE) in Oslo municipality.
Photo: Anders Fehn / NRK
It was not totally unexpected in relation to how the matter stands.
Karlsen says they have nothing to hide and that they will put forward the Inspection request.
We open all the books we have. We look very positively on the to get the labour Inspection visits. It gives us an opportunity to ensure the quality of what we do and the opportunity to be better, ” says Karlsen.
He says that they will put forward the arrangements for internal control, agreements between the employer and the employees and plans for how the business will be operated on.
There must never be any doubt that all shall have good working conditions in the Energigjenvinningsetaten within the applicable laws and regulations in Norway.
Responsible commissioner Lan Marie Berg (MDG) has not yet asked to interview, but writes in an email to NRK that she takes the matter seriously.
– I understand that the labour Inspection authority also will have insight in the matter, and look forward to their reviews, writes Berg.
the Third investigation
With the Labour survey, there are now three surveys that will be taken, if the offences in the Oslo municipality’s agency.
the Municipality has even ordered investigations for alerts about both the violations of the working environment act, mess with procurement and lack of cost control. Revisjonsfirmaet PWC is in the process of investigating the allegations.
on Tuesday adopted kontrollutvalget in Oslo municipality an investigation of the byrådens responsibility for the case. This happened after The revelations that the number of offences was far higher than was previously known. The leader of the kontrollutvalget Ola Kvisgaard (H), is happy that the labour Inspection open supervision.
the Leader of the kontrollutvalget in the municipality of Oslo, Ola Kvisgaard (H).
Photo: nyebilder.no / Oslo Right
All surveys are exclusively positive, ” says Kvisgaard.
I have hopes about transparency, and that it is of the violation of the law and regulations are taken in and that one learns from it. It is absolutely necessary to maintain confidence in the Oslo municipality as a serious employer.
After that NRK demanded transparency in Energigjenvinningsetaten, it came out that the law according to the agency itself has been broken over 800 times.
