Employment and new work practices in Norway

I work in the software industry. We are already fairly well-equipped and used to working remotely. I think I've only been in the office on two occasions since March.
There, the only difference is a few hand sanitiser stations in the office.

Adjusting to the new normal meant a few more meetings than usual but then it went back to a regular balance as before. I live about an hour and a half south east of Oslo and only come up to town a couple of times a week by train.

The times I have come up to town on public transport there were plenty of seats available, lots of reminders to keep your distance. Really I don't feel a huge change in either working practices or travel for now...maybe a reduced timetable of trains (but that's kind of expected over the summer months). Compared to other countries I think the differences to the way we work or live have been relatively unchanged.

Working as a nurse there has been a lot of  changes in practices at work. The first was we closed all of our nursing homes from the outside world which was depressing for elders as they do not fully understand.

Closed like:
- no visitors allowed unless it is a dying patient
-all common activities cancelled
- they cannot accept homemade gifts like food, while non edible gifts must be quarantined for several days then disinfected
- they can see their relatives just through the windows (which is heartbreaking)


There were adaptive practices to make the new normal easier, we were able to set up video conference between patient and family or family and staff. We kept logged of who had contact with whom at work. We also got a circular memo requiring us to push back and reduce using our paid vacation leave from 4-5 weeks to just 3 weeks unless absolutely necessary.

While my husband who works as an engr. has been set to home office and had video/phone conference with workmates.

Mostly hotel industry, wellnesss like spa/massage/salons has been greatly affected as they were closed for a while. And after they were allowed to be opened, they were required to have undergone certain infection control course to practice in their daily rutines.

With busses, they had placed notes on each rows where you are allowed to seat, promoting distancing.