In this project, the municipalities of Drammen, Fredrikstad, and the district Østensjø in Oslo will try out new methods to develop a ‘fulltime culture’ in municipal services. Fafo will contribute with expertise through a research approach inspired by ‘formative dialogue research’. The project’s aim is to increase the full-time share of employees from approx. 30 to nearly 90 percent, reducing involuntary part-time work as well as temporary work. 

Fafo, with three other actors, aims to develop statistical background material for the government's plan for recruitment, competence, and professional development in the healthcare sector for the period 2021–2025. We will also evaluate the use of resources to achieve the goals for K 2025.

Follow-up research by Tørn, a development program in which 60 municipalities try out measures for better organization of work tasks, staff allocation and working time arrangements that can provide more full-time employment.

The project will study the financial consequences of the municipalities reducing the scope of small part-time positions and replacing these with fewer, but larger part-time and full-time positions.

Development project where two municipal kindergartens will increase the permanent staffing by one man-year in order to have more robust staffing that can reduce the need for temporary hires in case of absence. It is also a goal to reduce sickness absence.

R&D project on the health and care sector incorporates absence prediction into the staffing plans so that the need to hire extra guards is reduced to a minimum. The aim of such staffing plans is to ensure continuity in the services by being able to use permanent staff with the right skills and a high level of presence. The project will document practices in municipalities and hospitals and what experiences they have with staffing plans that can reduce the use of temporary workers when permanent employees are absent. Method: Qualitative interviews at six service locations and a survey of nurse managers.

The project is based on a joint effort of Norwegian industry and research partners (Skanska, Statsbygg, LINK Arkitektur, Multiconsult, Fafo, SINTEF and NTNU). The aim of the project is to increase value creation and innovation in the society, the AEC-industry and the involved companies by developing and improving BIM-supported processes and collaboration in real-life projects. The key methodology is action research, based on the cyclic interaction between identifying problems, developing and implementing solutions, and evaluating effects in ongoing building projects.

In this project, Fafo will employ action research to assist in an innovation and development program at the Norwegian Armed Forces maintenance division. The local goal is to establish better collaboration and workflow with the use of lean approaches.

The project will assist Bodø municipality to develop a full-time culture in the healthcare sector.

The project will study the processes that lead to job advertisements in health and the care sector in the municipalities, especially part-time positions

Describes scope, costs, reasons and effects of various forms of temporary employment in the municipal health and care services and in the specialist health service.