Are you employed as a delivery van driver or aide?

As a delivery van driver, you are entitled to minimum wages if your vehicle weighs 2.5 tonnes or more. From January 1st, 2026, all delivery van drivers and aides must also carry HSE cards.

 

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From January 2026, you must carry an HSE card

From January 1st, 2026, all delivery van drivers and aides must carry an HSE card. Your employer is responsible for providing you with the HSE card.

You are entitled to minimum wages

You are entitled to a minimum wage of NOK 229 per hour, daily travel allowances, and a minimum of 7.5 hours’ pay per day when working consecutive days.

More information about minimum wages

You are entitled to a written contract

Your employer must ensure you have a written contract of employment, regardless of whether you are a temporary or permanent employee.

Check what your employment contract must include

You are entitled to paid overtime

You are entitled to at least 40% additional pay for overtime hours. Overtime is defined as any hours worked beyond normal working hours, which are usually 9 hours per day, or 40 hours over a 7-day period.

More information about overtime

Frequently Asked Questions about Minimum Wages

You are entitled to minimum wages if you are an employee transporting goods owned by someone else, using a vehicle that weighs more than 2.5 tonnes.

More information about minimum wage (generalised application of collective agreements)

No. Minimum wage regulations apply only to the actual driver. Aides assisting with loading the van are not entitled to minimum wages, even if they are employees.

If you are self-employed (enkeltpersonsforetak uten ansatte), you are not entitled to minimum wages. However, if you are self-employed and have employees, your employees are entitled to minimum wages.

Yes, but only for the hours spent driving a vehicle with a permitted weight over 2.5 tonnes.

Yes. As long as you are an employee transporting goods for others, vehicle ownership is not relevant.

For assignments over several days, you are entitled to pay for at least 7.5 hours per day, except for the first and last day, if you work fewer than 7.5 hours on those days.

Yes. You are entitled to at least 40% additional pay for overtime hours.

More information about overtime

Frequently Asked Questions about HSE Cards

From 2026, you must carry an HSE card whether you are employed or self-employed, when transporting goods owned by others, if:

  • The transport is carried out for payment, and
  • The vehicle weighs up to:
    • 3.50 tonnes for fossil-fuelled vehicles
    • 4.25 tonnes for electric vehicles

This also applies to staffing agencies that provide temporary workers for transport services.

  • Drivers
  • Employed aides who travel in the vehicle and perform services

  • Your employer, if you are employed
  • You, if you are self-employed

You can place an order starting December 1st, 2025.

Yes — as long as you are not transporting your own goods.

Examples:

  • Employees and self-employed individuals who deliver food from restaurants must carry an HSE card.
    • Employees: the employer must provide the card
    • Self-employed: you must provide your own card
  • If you are employed in a restaurant and delivering food for that same restaurant, you do not need to carry an HSE card.

Yes. You must carry an HSE card regardless of vehicle ownership.

Other important requirements

Companies with five or more employees must have a safety representative

The role of the safety representative is to act as a link between the employer and employees, enabling collaboration to create a safe working environment.

More information about safety representatives

All companies in the delivery van industry must have an occupational health service (OHS)

Your employer must be affiliated with an approved occupational health service. The OHS is responsible for assisting in monitoring and improving the working environment in the company.

More information about occupational health services (OHS)

Clients have a duty to inform and ensure compliance

Everyone who orders or provides services in the delivery van industry has a duty to inform and ensure compliance. The purpose is to ensure that workers in vulnerable industries have wages and working conditions in accordance with Norwegian regulations.

More information about the duty to inform and ensure compliance (in Norwegian)

License requirement from 2026

If you operate goods transport using a delivery van in Norway, you must have a license (permit) from the Norwegian Public Roads Administration (Statens vegvesen) starting January 1st, 2026.

More information about the national delivery van license (vegvesen.no, in Norwegian)