Funksjonsassistanse

NAV (Arbeids- og velferdsetaten) publishes "Funksjonsassistanse i arbeidslivet" on its own pages. The scheme is summarised by the heading line "Hjelper deg med praktiske oppgaver når det er nødvendig for at du skal kunne utføre jobben din" ("Helps you with practical tasks when this is necessary for you to be able to do your job"). On the employer page NAV describes it as covering the cost of an assistant: "Dekker utgiftene til en assistent som kan hjelpe ansatte med funksjonsnedsettelser på jobben" ("Covers the expenses for an assistant who can help employees with disabilities at work").

Under "Hvem kan få?", NAV states an employee may receive funksjonsassistanse "hvis du har fysisk funksjonsnedsettelse eller sterkt nedsatt syn, du er i ordinært lønnet arbeid, [og] tiltaket er nødvendig for at du skal kunne stå i jobb" ("if you have a physical functional impairment or strongly reduced vision, you are in ordinary paid work, [and] the measure is necessary for you to be able to remain in work").

It is the employer who applies. NAV writes: "Arbeidsgiveren din søker om dette" ("Your employer applies for this") and, on the employer page, "Det er du som arbeidsgiver som søker Nav om funksjonsassistanse for den ansatte" ("It is you as the employer who applies to Nav for funksjonsassistanse for the employee"). The employer completes and signs the application form together with the employee. The application form is published at https://www.nav.no/fyllut/nav761380, with supplementary documentation submitted via https://www.nav.no/fyllut-ettersending/nav761380?sub=paper.

NAV does not print a fixed annual application deadline; the application channel is the open NAV form, so applications are handled on a løpende (rolling) basis. The number of assistance hours is assessed individually and, per NAV, cannot exceed the employee's actual ordinary working hours. NAV reviews the measure annually: "Nav vurderer årlig, i samarbeid med deg og din arbeidsgiver, om tiltaket fungerer for deg" ("Nav assesses annually, in cooperation with you and your employer, whether the measure works for you").

For payment, NAV issues quarterly subsidy letters (tilskuddsbrev) covering the next three months; the amount refunded cannot exceed the approved subsidy. The deadline to claim a refund is "to måneder etter utløp av kvartalet tilskuddet blir gitt for" ("two months after the end of the quarter the grant is given for"), described as final. NAV does not print a fixed total scheme budget or a per-recipient maximum amount on these pages, so amounts are omitted here. For information, employees are directed to their local Nav-kontor or the Nav hjelpemiddelsentral in their county.