Benefits
Work assessment allowance (AAP)
Ensures that you have an income during periods where, due to illness or injury, you need help from NAV.
In this chapter
AAP ensures that you have an income during periods where, due to illness or injury, you need help from NAV.
The goal is that you can pinpoint your options to retain or find work together with NAV. You contribute to reaching that goal through trying out various treatments, participating in employment schemes or acquiring new skills.
You may be entitled to AAP if all the following apply to you:
- Your ability to work has been impaired due to illness or injury. As a rule, your ability to work must be impaired by at least 50 per cent.
- Your ability to work must be impaired for all types of work for which you are qualified.
- You need treatment to improve your ability to work or help from NAV to retain or find work.
- As a rule, you must have been a member of the National Insurance Scheme for at least 5 years.
- You are between 18 and 67 years of age.
Your ability to work must be impaired
To get AAP you must normally have lost at least 50 per cent of your ability to work. The main reason must be illness or injury. Your ability to work must be reduced for all types of work you are qualified for.
If NAV has approved an occupational injury or illness, and NAV has assessed that it is fully or partly the cause of your impaired ability to work, you may receive AAP if your ability to work has been impaired by at least 30 per cent.
By occupational injury, we mean that you have suffered an injury due to an accident at work. We can approve an illness as an occupational illness if it is caused by harmful factors in the working environment.
If
- NAV has approved an occupational injury or illness
and
- NAV has assessed that it is fully or partly the cause of your impaired ability to work
the following applies:
- You may receive AAP if your ability to work has been impaired by at least 30 per cent.
Read more about occupational injuries and illnesses:
Injured in connection with work, education or rescue or military service
Your rights
It must be possible for your ability to work to improve
In order to receive AAP, it must be possible that your ability to work can improve so that you can retain or find work, through treatment, employment scheme og follow-up.
Treatment
For example, this may be psychological treatment, physiotherapy, or follow-up by your GP.
Employment scheme
For example, this may be facilitation, training, work training or a job club. Read more about employment schemes (text in Norwegian).
Follow-up by NAV
For example, this may be advice and guidance from NAV Technical Aids Centre or NAV Work Advice, dialogue with your NAV advisor regarding facilitation options and the possibility of continuing in your job.
As a rule, you must have been a member of the National Insurance Scheme for at least 5 consecutive years before you apply for AAP.
There are two exceptions to the general rule of 5 years of membership. These apply if you have been a member of the National Insurance Scheme for at least twelve consecutive months before you apply for AAP.
Exception A
- You were a member of the National Insurance Scheme when your ability to work became impaired,
and
- you have been a member for longer, or equally as long, as you have not been a member of the National Insurance Scheme after your turned 16 years of age.
Exception B
- Since turning 16, you have not been a member of the National Insurance Scheme for less than a total of five years.
Summation of time
In some cases, if you have been covered by social insurance legislation and have accrued a period of national insurance cover in another country, this period may be considered a period of national insurance cover in Norway. This only applies if Norway has an agreement with the other country regarding this. Norway has such an agreement with the EU/EEA member states.
It is sufficient that you are a member at the time you apply for AAP.
If you are between 62 and 67 years of age when you apply, the general rule is that you must have had a pensionable income at least equivalent to the National Insurance basic amount (G) (text in Norwegian) the year before your ability to work was impaired. NAV can make exceptions.
If you meet the criteria both for receiving sickness benefits and AAP, you must first make full use your entitlement to sickness benefits. If your basis for sickness benefits is less than twice the National Insurance basic amount (2G) (NOK 248,056 ), you can still choose between sickness benefits and AAP.
You are entitled to sickness benefits for 52 weeks. If you are approaching the end of your 52-week sickness benefit period and you are still ill, you must apply for AAP yourself. You will not receive AAP automatically. The earliest you can receive AAP is from and including the day you submit your application.
If you went on sick leave with your first day of absence before 1 June 2021:
- If you meet the criteria both for receiving sickness benefits and AAP, you are entitled to choose the higher benefit of the two.
If you went on sick leave with your first day of absence after 1 June 2021:
- If you meet the criteria both for receiving sickness benefits and AAP, you must first make full use your entitlement to sickness benefits. If your basis for sickness benefits is less than twice the National Insurance basic amount (2G), you can still choose between sickness benefits and AAP.
If you receive sick pay for a part-time job (up to 60 percent of full-time), you can be entitled to both sick pay and reduced Work Assessment Allowance (AAP).
If you are student in higher education, or a pupil in upper secondary school, and you have to put your education on hold for up to 6 months due to illness or injury, you may qualify for AAP even if your capacity for any work has not been reduced.
This applies if
- you have put your education completely on hold
- you need medical treatment before you will be able to resume your education
- your programme of study or upper secondary education is approved for support from the Norwegian State Educational Loan Fund (Lånekassen)
If you are receiving a loan/grant from Lånekassen, you will not be entitled to AAP for the period when you are entitled to an illness grant.
You must apply for AAP for us to consider your case. Along with your application, you must submit
- documentation from your school/educational institution confirming that you have put your education on hold
- documentation of your right to student loans and, if relevant, a sickness grant from Lånekassen
If you are ready to continue your AAP period, you can do so. It is sufficient that your ability to work has been impaired by at least 40 per cent. The earliest you may resume receiving AAP is from the day you submit your application.
- If you still have time left in your AAP period, you may resume your previous AAP period. In this case, it is sufficient that your capacity for work has been reduced by at least 40 percent. You can resume your AAP period from the date of application, but not sooner.
- If you have used the maximum AAP period, and NAV has concluded that you do not qualify for AAP beyond the maximum period (exemption), you may apply for a new AAP period, because there is no longer a waiting period. Your capacity for work must be reduced by at least 50 percent, and the date of application is the earliest date from which you can be granted a new AAP period.
- If your AAP ended because your assessment was completed and you returned to work, you can resume your previous case if you returned to work less than 52 weeks ago. In this case, your capacity for work must be reduced by at least 50 percent. You can be granted AAP from the date of application, but not sooner. See information below on the right to sickness benefit.
- In order to qualify for sickness benefit, you must have been working, either at full or partial capacity, for a period of 26 weeks. If you become ill again and not are entitled to sickness benefit, you may reapply for AAP. In this case, you may be entitled to AAP as a replacement for sickness benefit for a limited period of up to 6 months. The goal is to help you return to work within these 6 months.
If you apply for AAP, NAV will assess whether you are entitled to resume your earlier case, or whether you are entitled to a new period. You must submit an application for us to consider your case.
In this chapter
AAP is determined based on the pensionable income you earned the year before your ability to work was impaired by at least 50 per cent.
You can receive 66 per cent of your income up to 6G, which is equivalent to NOK 491,151.
You can read more about how we calculate your AAP below.
What will you be paid?
How much you will receive depends on
- your daily rate
- whether you are supporting children
- how much you are working
- what you report on your employment status form
- whether you are entitled to both sick pay and reduced AAP
- whether you submit your employment status form before the deadline
- whether you comply with your duty to act
- your tax deduction
AAP is taxed as income and is pensionable income. Read more about tax deduction and benefits from NAV (text in Norwegian).
There are two ways to find your calculation basis. We will always choose the method that gives you the highest calculation basis.
Our starting point is 66 per cent of your income. Here we look at pensionable income before your ability to work was impaired by at least 50 per cent. For most people, this is your income in the last calendar year before you were registered sick. We use either
- your income in the last year before you were registered sick and your ability to work was impaired by at least 50 per cent,
or
- Your average income the last three years before you registered sick and your ability to work was impaired by at least 50 per cent.
Please note that annual income higher than six times the average of the National Insurance basic amount (6G), is not included in the calculation of AAP.
If you have had low or no income before your ability to work was impaired by at least 50 per cent, you will still be able to receive a minimum annual allowance. We call this the minimum rate.
How much you receive as a minimum rate depends on your age:
- If you are 25 years of age or older, the minimum rate is 2,041G (2,041 times the National Insurance basic amount, per year). This corresponds to 253,141 Norwegian kroner.
- If you are younger than 25 years of age, the minimum rate is 2/3 of 2,041G. From and including the day you turn 25 years of age, your allowance will be adjusted upwards to 2,041G.
If your income gives you a lower calculation basis than the minimum rate, we will increase your calculation basis to the minimum rate.
We divide your calculation basis by 260 (the number of working days in the year). This is your daily rate.
Other situations
Several factors can be important:
If it gives you a higher calculation basis, we will use the income you had at the time of occurrence.
If you are supporting a child or children under 18 years of age, you will receive a child supplement of NOK 36 per child, 5 days a week. This applies both to your own and adopted children, as long as you are supporting them. You can also receive child supplements for foster children if you have supported the foster child over the last two years. You can also receive child supplements for children for whom you have a maintenance obligation, even if you do not pay maintenance now.
If both parents are receiving AAP, both will be able to receive child supplements.
If you have a child/children, you must notify us in writing no later than 3 months after the birth in order to receive child supplement from the date of birth of the child/children. If you do not notify us before 3 months have passed, you will receive a child supplement for the new child/children from the date you notify NAV of the birth.
To be entitled to the child supplement, the child must have been a resident of Norway/the EEA or Switzerland.
If your child stays outside of Norway/the EEA or Switzerland for more than 90 days over a 12-month period, you will no longer be entitled to the child supplement.
You must notify NAV if the child will be staying outside of Norway/the EEA or Switzerland and
- this will be for longer than 90 days
- Upon departure, the child has already stayed outside of Norway/the EEA or Switzerland for 90 days over the last 12 months
- During this stay abroad, the child will have stayed outside of Norway/the EEA or Switzerland for 90 days over the last 12 months.
You must also notify us if you receive the child supplement for a child who is resident outside of Norway/the EEA. The same applies if you receive the child supplement and the child moves outside of Norway/the EEA.
You will lose the right to the child supplement if you do not satisfy the requirements.
If you are receiving AAP and are also receiving payment from an employer when you have:
- been given your notice
- handed in your notice
- reduced your working hours,
the AAP you are receiving will be reduced by the same amount.
You may be entitled to financial support from the public sector pension scheme when you are receiving AAP
If you receive children's pension, the same amount will be deducted from your AAP until you turn 20.
As a rule, you can receive AAP for up to 3 years.
However, the length of time in which you receive AAP will depend on how long you need to participate in work-oriented activities or receive medical treatment before you can work. The AAP period will therefore vary individually.
There are separate rules for an extension beyond the ordinary period. During the Covid-19 pandemic, some recipients have been granted an extension of their ordinary AAP period.
As you approach the end of your AAP period, we will assess whether you are entitled to an extension. You do not need to apply for an extension. We will discuss relevant work-oriented activities with you.
You may be entitled to an extension if you are already working and are close to being able to increase your ability to work or to finding or returning to work. You need to have an ability to work of more than 50 per cent.
You may also receive an extension to complete a training scheme you have started.
Your AAP period can be extended by a maximum of 2 years. We cannot grant your application for APP while you are entitled to an extension of your AAP period.
If you are not entitled to an extension beyond 3 years, you can apply for a new AAP period. You may also be entitled to a new period following an extension of your AAP period.
If you are not entitled to an extension beyond 3 years, you can apply for a new AAP period. You may also be entitled to a new period following an extension of your AAP period.
A new AAP period may be granted if
- your ability to work is still impaired by at least 50 per cent due to illness or injury and
- you need treatment, work-oriented activities or other follow-up by us in order to return to work
You must submit an application for AAP.
In this chapter
- Apply for AAP
- Apply to keep your AAP while staying abroad
- Apply for travel benefits when you are ill or injured
- Apply for AAP while starting your own business (development phase)
- Apply for AAP while starting your own business (start-up phase)
- Evaluation of start-up plans
- After you have applied
- Your right to complain
In order for us to consider whether you are entitled to AAP, you must apply for it. Usually, you may receive AAP at the earliest from the day you apply.
By logging in to nav.no, you can see whether we have received your application.
We recommend that you register your CV
In order to process your application, we need to know your education and work experience. Therefore, you should register and update your CV at arbeidsplassen.no at the same time as you are applying for AAP.
This also applies if you are returning to work for your employer.
If information and documentation are missing, we will ask you to submit this as soon as possible. We can ask you, your GP or others to submit information if this is necessary. If we have requested necessary documentation, but have not received this, your application may be dismissed.
Your application will not be dismissed until you have been notified that information or documentation is missing.
Processing time for applications
The processing time is the time from when we receive your application until we have made a decision. Remember that we need all the necessary documentation to process your application.
Case concerns | Expected case processing time |
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Application | 15 weeks |
International application | 32 weeks |
You do not need to apply if you are an EU/EEA national or Swiss citizen and intend to reside within the EU/EEA or Switzerland.
If you cannot travel in the normal way to and from your place of work or education due to illness or injury, you can apply for travel benefits.
These benefits cover travel expenses beyond your normal travel expenses. You will receive this instead of AAP.
If you already receive work assessment allowance, you can apply to keep this when starting your own business.
You can keep the allowance during a development phase of up to 6 months. You must apply before your business starts.
If you already receive work assessment allowance, you can apply to keep this when starting your own business.
You can keep the allowance during a start-up phase of up to 3 months. You must apply before your business starts.
When you apply for AAP while starting your own bussiness, you must also fill in the form Evaluation of start-up plans:
The assessment must be made by the county municipality or municipality, or another competent agency.
You may receive several letters and inquiries from NAV along the way. You will always be given:
- A work ability assessment
- a follow-up decision
- a decision where we grant or refuse AAP
Work ability assessment
If you have challenges affecting your job opportunities, your NAV advisor will assess your job opportunities with you. We call this a work ability assessment. We assess your ability to work based on conversations with you, the information you have provided and the information in your CV. Read more about how we conduct a work ability assessment (text in Norwegian):
Vurdering av arbeidsevne
Help to get employed
We use your work ability assessment as a basis for the follow-up decision and our decision regarding AAP.
If you have comments on the work ability assessment we have made, you can give us feedback, e.g. through the dialogue service in the activity plan.
Activities Plan
Help to get employed
A follow-up decision
A follow-up decision is an assessment by us regarding the help you need to find or return to work. This decision is not about financial support.
The follow-up decision informs you of
- your job opportunities and obstacles preventing you from finding gainful employment
- your need for work-oriented activities
- the objective of these activities
- our contribution
The follow-up decision contains one of the following conclusions:
- That you can find work without our help
- That you can find work with some help from us
- That you can find work with a lot of our help
- That your opportunities for finding gainful employment are limited
Decision on work assessment allowance (AAP)
If you have applied for APP and we find that your ability to work has been impaired by at least 50 per cent due to illness or injury, and the other criteria have been met, you will receive a decision that you have been granted AAP.
Have you received a decision from us that you think is wrong? You can complain to the NAV Unit that issued the decision. They will reassess your case. If they do not agree with your complaint, they will forward it to the NAV Appeals Management Unit.
Complain about a decision
The decision will have information about how to proceed if you want to complain, where to send your complaint and the term of complaint. If you have questions about the decision, you can contact us.
Appeal a decision
If you disagree with the decision of your complaint from the the NAV Appeals Management Unit, you can, with some exceptions, appeal the decision. The deadline for appealing is stated in the decision.
Complain about a decisison - need for assistance
The decision will have information about how to proceed if you want to complain, where to send your complaint and the term of complaint. If you have questions about the decision, you can contact us.
Processing time for complaints and appeals
Have you received a decision from us that you think is wrong? You can complain to the NAV Unit that issued the decision. They will reassess your case. If they do not agree with your complaint, they will forward it to the NAV Appeals Management Unit.
Case concerns | Expected case processing time |
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Complaint to the NAV unit | 22 weeks |
Complaint to the NAV Appeals Management Unit | 5 months |
Appeals to the NAV Appeals Management Unit | 5 months |
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The duty to act
In order to receive AAP, you need to help clarify whether you can start or return to work. This is called the duty to act.
The activity plan involves
- you helping to create a specific activity planfor what you are going to do to find or return to work.
- you attend agreed meetings with NAV.
- you provide the necessary information and documentation we need to help you.
- You complete the activities you and NAV have agreed on in your activity plan.
You must notify NAV if anything prevents you from following the agreed activity plan.
Activity plan and dialogue with your NAV advisor
You will find your activity plan at nav.no which you and your NAV advisor have created together. You use your activity plan to have a dialogue with your NAV advisor, notify of changes in your situation and add activities that can improve your ability to work.
You can also find minutes from meetings you have had with us here. Read more about the activity plan and dialogue with your NAV advisor.
Following dialogue with us, your activity plan can be adjusted to suit your situation. If your NAV advisor proposes activities for you, then you answer by sending a message in the dialogue service,
You cannot appeal if you want a special work-oriented activity but have not received an offer of this from us.
If you do not comply with the agreed duty to act, and there are no reasonable grounds for doing so, we can suspend or reduce your AAP payments.
Deductions may be made in your AAP, for example, if you:
- do not attend a meeting we have called you to.
- do not attend on a specifically agreed day to participate in work-oriented activities, assessments or treatment.
- do not submit within the deadline documentation and/or information we have requested.
If you have any questions regarding payments and financial support from NAV, you cannot use the dialogue service in the activity plan for this.
You may appeal decisions regarding deduction in or suspension of your AAP due to a breach of the duty to act.
You must keep NAV informed about your situation.
Inform NAV when there are changes in your situation
Changes in your situation may affect the follow-up you receive or the amount you are paid.
It is not sufficient to give notice of such changes on your employment status form — you must contact us as soon as you can. You must also contact us in the event of any other changes that may affect your payments from NAV.
Below is a list of examples of changes that may affect your follow-up or payments from NAV.
Changes in connection with work, e.g.:
- You find full-time or part-time employment.
- You are going to work more hours than you have informed NAV about.
- You are receiving payments from your employer.
Changes in your health, e.g.:
- You have fully or partly recovered.
- You drop out of an employment scheme or treatment.
- You are admitted to a hospital or an institution.
Changes in your private life, e.g.:
- You are responsible for more or fewer children.
- You are expecting a child and are intending to apply for a single maternity payment or parental benefits
- You are receiving a child supplement and the child has his or her own income.
- You are receiving a pension from another pension scheme.
- You have changed your address or bank account number. Read more about how to change your contact details or bank account number.
- You are in custody, serving a sentence or in detention. As a rule, you are not entitled to AAP in such cases.
Check whether you must inform about holidays, travel or moving.
Inform about interruptions in work-oriented activities
You must be attending work-oriented activities or receiving follow-up from us to be entitled to AAP. If you interrupt the activity, or you cannot participate in a work-oriented activities, you may lose your right to AAP. For example, such a situation may be compulsory military service or maternity and birth.
Periods with AAP entitle you to earn parental benefits in the same way as periods in work. In order to be able to continue to receive AAP following maternity leave,
it is important that you re-apply for AAP before 52 weeks have passed after you last received parental benefits.
If you stay at an institution with free board and lodging, your AAP will normally be reduced by 50 per cent when you have stayed in the institution for more than three months.
Your AAP will not be reduced if you are supporting a spouse or children or have fixed and necessary housing expenses.
You lose your right to AAP if you are in custody or serving a sentence in an institution run by the Norwegian Correctional Services.
However, you will receive AAP if you are working for an employer outside the institution according to Chapter 3, section 20 of the Execution of Sentences Act. Day-release.
Notify NAV if you think you have received too much or too little money
You must notify if you have received money to which you are not entitled. If you are paid an incorrect amount because you have provided incomplete or incorrect information, we will be able to claim repayment of this money. Repayment can take place in the form of deductions in National Insurance benefits or salary. In some cases, it may also result in criminal liability.
We can also claim repayment of benefits that were paid due to errors on our part if you understood or should have understood that the payment was incorrect.
You have to submit an employment status form
You must keep NAV informed about how you carry out your work-oriented activities.
If you are granted AAP, you will need to submit an employment status form every 14 days. You use your employment status form to notify us how you are carrying out work-oriented or other agreed activities. Here you report how many hours you are working and whether you have been absent from your activity.
We calculate your AAP payments based on the information you provide on the employment status form. If you do not submit an employment status form, you will not receive AAP. Read more about filling out an employment status form.
Payment
Payments are made approx. 2–3 days after registration of the employment status form.
In your overview of payments, you can see the payment in the evening on the day the money is paid out.
Holiday pay
There is no holiday pay on this benefit.
Tax
Your reporting schedule determines which periods are tax withholding-free.
In June, the first two periods are tax-free, ie weeks 21-22 and 23-24 or weeks 22-23 and 24-25.
In December, no tax is withheld from the first payment, i.e. either weeks 47 and 48, or weeks 48 and 49.
If you have had a deduction from your payment that you believe is incorrect, you can complain.
See what applies in the event of absence, holidays and periods abroad.
In order to receive AAP, you need to participate in the activities you have agreed with NAV.
If you are unable to participate in the agreed activity due to short-term illness, you are still entitled to AAP. If you have to interrupt a work-oriented activity or other activities for a long time due to illness, we will assess whether your activity plan should be changed.
In order to receive AAP, you need to participate in the activities you have agreed with NAV.
Being on holiday while you are receiving AAP means that you
- take time off from activities you have agreed with us
- take time off and do not want to be available to NAV for a period
- travel away in Norway and/or abroad and do not want to be available to NAV for a period
You are not entitled to AAP while you are on holiday. This is because during holiday periods it may be necessary to participate in activities such as a summer job, meetings with NAV or other kinds of follow-up. You will need to notify about your holidays in question 4 on the employment status form. Absence due to holidays will result in a reduced payment.
In the following cases, you may retain AAP if you take time off or travel away:
- You have clarified with us that activities or other follow-up by us are not relevant to you in the period.
- A free period when there are no work-oriented activities – such as Christmas and Easter.
In such periods you do not need to report absence on your employment status form, and you will receive AAP as usual.
If you are going to take a vacation from work, we will not reduce your AAP. However, if during the same period you have agreed to participate in other activities with us, and also take time off from these, then you will not be paid AAP on those days.
If you are receiving holiday pay because you have accumulated the right to holiday pay through work, this will not lead to a reduction in AAP.
Keeping AAP while staying abroad
Travel to another country within the EU/EEA
If you are a citizen of an EU/EEA member state and are receiving AAP, you no longer need to apply to travel to another EU/EEA member state.
In order to be entitled to AAP, you need to have an approved activity plan with agreed activities that you shall follow. You can stay in another EU/EEA member state if you can combine your stay with agreed activities.
In order to receive AAP in another EU/EEA member state, you need to be
- involved in creating your activity plan and you need to participate in the agreed activities.
- contact us if your stay in an EU/EEA member state is preventing you from participating in an agreed activity, or if you want to participate in the activities in the EU/EEA member state. We will then need to assess whether the new activity is necessary and appropriate.
Travel abroad outside the EU/EEA
If you are planning to travel to another country outside the EU/EEA, you will need to apply before you travel in order to retain your AAP while you are abroad. You can retain your AAP for up to 4 weeks per calendar year in the event of a stay abroad outside the EU/EEA.
Are you a citizen of another country outside the EU/EEA?
- If you are travelling to a country outside the Nordic region, you will need to apply before you travel in order to retain your work assessment allowance.
- If you are travelling within the Nordic region, you will not need to apply. Before you travel, you will need to ensure that your stay does not prevent you from participating in other agreed health or work-oriented activities and follow-up.
If you take time off in lieu of payment and receive your salary in the normal way, you will not be paid AAP for those hours.
Moving to a country outside the EU/EEA
If you are a citizen of an EEA member state or Switzerland, you can retain AAP when you move within the EEA member states and Switzerland.
As a rule, if you are a citizen of a country outside the EEA and Switzerland, you can retain AAP when you move within the Nordic region, Luxembourg, the Netherlands and Austria. If you are also a member of the family of an EEA citizen, you can retain AAP while moving within the EEA area and Switzerland.
Duty to act
Since the criteria for receiving AAP also apply when you live in another EU/EEA member state, you need to be able to participate in work-oriented activities and/or treatment in the country to which you are moving..
You are responsible for finding a suitable treatment in the country to which you are moving, NAV cannot help you with this. You also need to be aware that poor access to work-oriented activities in many countries may make it difficult for you to fulfil your duty to act.
Moving to a country outside the EU/EEA
If you are moving to a country outside the EEA and Switzerland, you cannot retain AAP.
Contact NAV
If you are considering moving permanently to an EEA member state or Switzerland, it may be a good idea to contact NAV in good time before you move to obtain advice about how this may affect your follow-up or right to financial support.
Obligations when moving
When you move abroad, you need to
- notify NAV
- notify the National Population Register
We would like to point out that when moving abroad, you must contact the Norwegian Tax Administration about tax liability to Norway.
Work you perform outside Norway may affect your rights. This also applies to work done for a Norwegian employer when working from home. Read more about working abroad (text in Norwegian).
You can work while receiving AAP:
- If you are working, NAV will reduce your AAP benefits based on how much you are working.
- As a rule, if you are working more than 60 per cent, you will not receive AAP.
If you have work assessment allowance with an approved occupational injury or illness, you can work up to 70 per cent.
When you are close to working full time, you can work up to 80 per cent and still receive AAP for the remaining per cent. This period can last for up to 12 months. You can only use this option once in the AAP period.
This also applies when your working hours gradually increase during a period of fewer than 12 months. The period when your working hours are gradually increased must be a part of your activity plan.
NAV can reduce AAP if we find that you could have worked more than you are doing. If there are circumstances in your employment scheme that make it difficult to carry out the activities and thus make use of your ability to work, you will still receive a full work assessment allowance.
As a rule, in order to be entitled to AAP, you must attend work-oriented activities. However, you may be entitled to AAP as a transitional benefit during certain periods.
You can receive AAP while you and NAV are creating an activity plan. Read more about the activity plan.
You may receive AAP while you are waiting for treatment or to join an employment scheme.
When you have completed work-oriented activities or treatment and you are able to start looking for a job, you can receive AAP for up to 6 months while you are a job seeker (text in Norwegian).
You need to be registered as a job seeker with NAV.
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Your rights
You may be entitled to a disability pension if you have a permanently impaired ability to work due to illness or injury.
If you have applied for a disability pension in consultation with us, you may receive AAP for up to 8 months while we process your application for a disability pension.
If you temporarily become ill after receiving AAP, or if you have exhausted your right to sickness benefit, you may be entitled to AAP as a replacement for sickness benefit for a period of up to 6 months.
Your capacity for work must be reduced by at least 50 percent, and your illness or injury must be a major contributing factor in reducing your capacity for work. In addition, you must satisfy one of the following criteria:
- You have previously received AAP, and within 6 months of your work assessment allowance ending, you become temporarily unable to work due to a new illness.
- You have previously received AAP, and within 1 year of your work assessment allowance ending, you become temporarily unable to work due to the same illness as before.
- You have received sickness benefit, and you become unable to work again while working or receiving unemployment benefit.
- You have received sickness benefit, and you are still unable to work due to illness or injury.
- You have received AAP and then parental benefit, and you become unable to work again due to illness or injury less than 6 months after your parental benefit period ended.
You must have worked at full capacity for a period of 26 weeks before you requalify for sickness benefit.
You must apply for AAP for NAV to consider if you qualify. You can be granted AAP from the date of application, but not sooner.
You may apply to receive AAP for a limited period at the same time as you are establishing your own business. You can receive AAP for up to 6 months while you are in a development phase and/or 3 months while you are in a start-up phase.
It is a requirement that the establishment of your own business will result in you being able to support yourself or in combination with disability benefits. You can only apply if you are planning to start a new business.
Contact us for more information about how to proceed.
Supplemental benefits
If you are participating in or being considered for an employment scheme, you may apply for supplemental benefits to cover
- learning materials
- daily travel expenses
- travel to compulsory meetings
- transport costs when returning home
- moving costs
- childcare expenses
- extra housing costs
Supplemental benefit
Benefits
If you were receiving a Carer`s allowance before you were granted AAP, your Carer`s allowance will be included in the calculation basis for AAP.
In cases where Carer`s allowance is pensionable income, you need to report the hours you are paid on your employment status form.
About filling out the employment status form
Read about filling out your employment status form.
If you were receiving a foster care allowance before you were granted AAP, your foster care allowance will be included in the calculation basis for AAP.
Foster care allowance is also pensionable income, but you do not need to report the hours you are paid on your employment status form (with effect from and including 1 January 2018).
Receiving a foster care allowance in addition to AAP will not lead to a reduction in or loss of your AAP.
Employment schemes
NAV can consider several work-oriented activities and methods so that you retain or find a job (text in Norwegian).
Trenger hjelp til å komme i jobb
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Travel benefits
You can get travel benefits instead of AAP if you cannot travel normally to and from your place of work or education.
See more information and application.
Updated 06/28/2024
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