The National Wages Board is a Norwegian body for resolving labour disputes.

Its task is to perform a compulsory arbitration when negotiations of parties in Norwegian working life (employers and employees) stall, and if the conflict (strike

Strike action

Strike action, also called labour strike, on strike, greve , or simply strike, is a work stoppage caused by the mass refusal of employees to work. A strike usually takes place in response to employee grievances. Strikes became important during the industrial revolution, when mass labour became...

 or lockout

Lockout

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) has "consequences for life or health, or has other seriously damaging effects on society". The Parliament of Norway, or the Government of Norway when the Parliament is not in session, are responsible for convening the National Wages Board.

It was established on 19 December 1952 when the National Wages Board Act came into effect. It is based in Oslo

Oslo

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, and has seven members. The secretariat is provided by the Norwegian Ministry of Labour

Norwegian Ministry of Labour

The Norwegian Ministry of Labour was a Norwegian ministry which was established on 1 September 1885 and was disestablished on 22 February 1946...

.

The current members of the National Wages Board are:

• Stein Husby
• Anne Britt Evensen Norum
• Steinar Strøm
• Tor-Arne Solbakken, representing the Norwegian Confederation of Trade Unions
  Norwegian Confederation of Trade Unions
  The Norwegian Confederation of Trade Unions is a national trade union center, decidedly the largest and probably the most influential umbrella organization of labour unions in Norway. The 21 national unions affiliated to the LO have more than 850,000 members of a Norwegian population of 4.8 million...
  
  
• Rolf Negård, representing the Confederation of Norwegian Enterprise
  Confederation of Norwegian Enterprise
  The Confederation of Norwegian Enterprise is an employers' organisation in Norway with more than 16,000 members.It was founded in 1989 as a merger of the Federation of Norwegian Industries, the Norwegian Employers' Confederation and the Federation of Norwegian Craftsmen..The president is Kristin...
  
  
• Tone Rønholdtangen, representing LO Stat
  LO Stat
  LO Stat is one of two cartels within the Norwegian Confederation of Trade Unions.It organizes employees of the Norwegian state or of companies that are member bodies of the employers' association Spekter. It was created in 1939 under the name Statstjenestemannskartellet . In 1996 it was renamed...
  
  
• Siri Røine
  Siri Røine
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  , the Government Director of Personnel
  Government Director of Personnel (Norway)
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