Salary

Salary is paid on the 12th of each month. If this date falls on a weekend or a public holiday, payment is made on the first previous working day.

Salary following invoices and salary in the form of remuneration is paid at the end of the month.

NB! If you discover errors or missing payments, contact your local HR section.

New employees

New employees who start working before the 12th will normally be paid within the same month. If the date of employment is after the 12th, the salary will be paid the following month.

Hourly paid employees

Hourly-paid employees receive their salary on the 12th of each month, if their timesheets have been submitted and approved. If the 12th falls on a weekend or a public holiday, payment will be made on the nearest preceding business day. Hourly wages are paid once per month.

Hourly-paid employees may submit only one timesheet per month and must therefore wait until all hours for the month have been worked before submitting their timesheet. It is recommended that the timesheet be submitted on the last business day of the month.

Hourly-paid employees submit their timesheets using the DFØ app or DFØ Self-Service.

Guide for timesheet submission.

Your pay slips are available in the SAP portal and the DFØ app.

How to read and understand your pay slip (dfo.no) 

Annual statement

The annual statement (“årsoppgave”) is available in the DFØ self service portal.

See information to foreign recipients of salary and/or renumeration.

September/October

November

December / January

The payroll section is responsible for employment contracts for hourly-paid employees and contractors, and payments to them.

Deadlines

For hourly-paid employees and contractors who are to start working / contractual relationships in the autumn semester (August-September), contract orders must be sent in the SAP portal by 20th June.

For work / assignment relationships that start working in the spring semester, contract orders must be sent in the SAP portal by 20th November.

We process all orders continuously according to our capacity, and can not guarantee that orders sent after the deadlines will be processed by the start of the semester.

Hourly paid employees submits digital time sheets by using the DFO app.

Salaries earned abroad are specifically reported to the Norwegian Tax Agency. It is therefore important that Section for Payroll is notified of employees who have received a scholarship abroad and thus have salary earnings abroad.

When confirmation letters are sent to employees about foreign scholarships, set Section of Payroll as a copy recipient.

Alternatively, please send information regarding scholarships, recipients, amounts and scholarships periods to lonn@oslomet.no.

Remunerations are additional payments to the monthly salary. 

Remunerations in the SAP portal is also used for overtime.

Travel expense accounts and travel applications are sent by using the SAP portal.

Advances in salary are only granted under special circumstances and following approval of application.

Completed application for advances in salary (.docx) must be sent to the Department of Human Resources where they will be processed separately.

Usually it is only when purchasing a house that you can apply for up to two months' salary paid in advance. The basis of the application must be documented, for example by attaching a purchase contract.

The advance in salary is interest-free. The interest benefit of the advance in salary is subject to tax if the advance exceeds 3/5th of the basic national insurance amount or the repayment period is longer than one year.

For more information on payment of salary in advance see the Employee Handbook (compendia.no).

OsloMet calculates the holiday pay in June each year on the basis of the previous year's salary.

The part of the holiday pay that exceeds your ordinary salary during the holidays – the holiday pay supplement – will be disbursed together with your salary for June.

All your days off must be reported to the manager and registered.

Check the quota overview in the SAP portal to get to know how many holiday days you have at your disposal at any time.

Overtime must be imposed and controllable. An explanation of the reason for overtime must be written into the registration using the comment field.

Payment for overtime work normally occurs two months after the application is sent. This is dependent on acceptance from your personnel manager and can therefore be subject to delays.

• Technical and administrative staff register overtime work in the SAP portal.
• Scientific staff applies for overtime pay using "Remunerations" in the SAP portal/DFØ-app. According to the Norwegian Working Environment Act (lovdata.no) (arbeidsmiljøloven) it must be documented that  normal working hours has been fulfilled before overtime can be claimed. This is documented by using the Working Hours form (UF) (excel) (the form is only in Norwegian). The form must be approved by your manager. Please provide a signed/approved copy of the form with the "Remuneration" in the SAP portal, or supply a written confirmation of approval.
• See instructions on how to apply for overtime (.docx).
• If you have a salary table card, tax will be deducted for overtime according to the table. The tax table is progressive - the higher the amount, the higher the tax.
• Compensatory time off may be given hour by hour by agreement with your manager. In this case you will be paid the overtime supplement.

• Local salary policy for OsloMet
• Salary for employees in the State (regjeringen.no, in Norwegian).
• Deadlines for salary and travel expense claims
• Understanding your payslip (pdf).
• The SAP portal