Labour and Welfare Service
The Labour and Welfare Service is a government agency of Norway. Together with municipal welfare agencies, it makes up the Norwegian Labour and Welfare Administration. The Labour and Welfare Service is led by Labour and Welfare Directorate, a government :wikt:directorate|directorate located in Oslo. Its head is the Labour and Welfare Director, currently Joakim Lystad. The Labour and Welfare Service has 14,000 employees, whereas the Norwegian Labour and Welfare Administration as a whole has 19,000 employees. The service is subordinate to the Ministry of Labour and Social Inclusion.
