The current law provides that asylum may no longer be granted solely on humanitarian grounds to those applicants who had been determined not to have a well-grounded fear of persecution. The law, while limiting the number of those granted asylum, continues to safeguard the rights of those asylum seekers allowed to remain in Norway. Although some individual asylum cases have caused problems, Norway has a well-organized system which includes advance planning, careful dispersion of refugees throughout the populace, and generous welfare, educational, and vocational training programs. The physically disabled are fully integrated into social, economic and political life, and are provided full health care and other social benefits. They are not discriminated against in employment, education or the provision of any state service.
Accessibility is mandated in new construction.
In existing buildings, accessibility is mandated if the building is refitted for new uses. Section 6 Worker Rights a. The law provides to workers the rights to associate freely and to strike. There were several short strikes in 1993, settled through normal means. The Government, however, has the right, with the approval of the Storting, to invoke compulsory arbitration under certain circumstances.