June Holiday Pay

As far as I understand it, and based on my first year working in Norway, you don't get anything that month if you haven't worked the previous year. The money we get paid in June is not salary, and is based on our contributions from the previous year. If you made no contributions, then their is no money to pay you. Any work you perform in June is paid for through the salary you get the rest of the year, as I understand it. I think your only choices are to accept that you get no money, or not take any holiday and get a salary. The ability to do this depends on your employer. It might be too late to do anything now though.

Holiday pay law is complicated, also for Norwegians and for HR department here. You are paid over 12 months, so you are entitled of a pay in June. Practically and due the absence of a tax in the holiday pay, employeers usually consider you take all your vacations in June and then pay you this month the holiday pay instead of the normal salary.

If you do not intend to take holiday this year, you must indicate this to your HR department. They will then pay you a normal salary in June. If you take days off at some point in the year, they will be deducted from your salary.