In special cases, it may be necessary to hire employees on an individual contract. In such cases, this will be stated directly in the employment contract, including the reasons for employment on an individual contract.
Being employed on an individual contract means that any collective agreements that apply between the Ministry of Taxation and the staff organisations do not apply to the employment relationship. This is the case, for example, if:
- The employee does not have an education that fits under the group of persons covered by the collective agreement,
- The employee’s job function falls outside the scope of the collective agreement,
- The employee performs their work abroad.
Where collective agreements do not apply to these types of employment relationships, it cannot be agreed in the contract that they shall nevertheless apply. If it is considered appropriate that an employee on an individual contract has working conditions that correspond to group contract employees in a comparable area, it will in a number of cases be possible to agree that the terms of the contract should lean on a given collective agreement.