Data submission
Data submission to the Labor Rights Division of Efling
Efling assists members with resolving workplace disputes, interpreting Efling collective agreements, and pursuing wage claims, including those arising from bankrupt companies. Data submission is essential for providing members with the best possible assistance.
Below you find instructions on data submission to facilitate the resolution of cases.
1. Mandate and informed consent
By signing, the member agrees:
- That Efling receives personal information about a member, which may include general and sensitive personal information, processes the data and information, shares the data with third parties, stores the data electronically and in traditional manners in the union's filing system, and processes the data as deemed necessary.
- Information about a member on My Pages is correct and up-to-date.
- Efling is authorized to retrieve data about a member from a third party, if necessary, to work on his case.
2. Wage claim - Information form
It is important to fill out the information form to speed up the processing of your case. You can download the document below.
3. Employment contract
If there is no employment contract, this must be stated on the information form.
4. Payslips
- Payslips may be obtained from your employer or accessed electronically through your online banking.
- If no payslips are available, this must be noted on the information form.
5. Bank overview – Payments from Employer
- A bank overview is used to view deposits from an employer. It does not have to include all of a member's account transactions, it is sufficient that the overview shows all payments from the employer. If payments have been made from more than one account on behalf of the employer, it is necessary to obtain an overview of all accounts.
- Such statements can be accessed through online banking or at a bank branch.
Arion Bank
Islandsbanki
Landsbankinn
Bank overview instructions – Arion Banki
Members doing business with Arion Bank can access bank statements of salary payments through
online banking.
After logging in, under Overview, select Accounts.
Then select the correct bank account.
Next, you select a period.
Select Search criteria and type the name of the employer in the Search string field.
Now you can see an overview of all transactions.
To save the document as a PDF, press the red PDF button at the bottom left.
Bank overview instructions – Íslandsbanki
Members doing business with Íslandsbanki can access bank statements of salary payments through
online banking.
After logging in, select Overview
Next, you select the correct bank account and then type the name of the payer in the search box
To enter a time period, press + Advanced search
To save the document as a PDF, you must first press Print
and when the document opens, change the Destination to Save as PDF.
Bank overview instructions – Landsbankinn
Members doing business with Landsbankinn can access bank statements of salary payments through
online banking.
Once the online banking/app has been opened, the appropriate bank account is selected.
An employer is selected.
The appropriate period is selected.
6. Tax income overview - RSK
The RSK withholding tax register can be accessed via the service website www.rsk.is
Start by logging in to the service website with your electronic ID by
selecting Service websites.
Next, select Login to the Tax Office website
Under General, select tax income overview RSK
Then download the document as a PDF by clicking "Download PDF".
Start by selecting the three lines in the top right corner.
Next, you need to click on the plus sign next to Service Websites – Tax Affairs and click on Login to Service Website to log in with your electronic credentials.
Then the three lines are selected in the bottom right corner
Click on General
Click on Overview
Click on Withholding tax register
Then you need to select the appropriate year and click Download
7. Time records
- Please submit records of all hours worked, specifying the date and the exact start and end time of each shift (e.g., 31.2.2026; 8:00–14:00).
- If your employer records time through a time recording system such as
Tímon , it is best to go to your user account there and download the time report as an Excel
file.
- If your time records are not done in a time-registration system, we recommend filling out the Excel document below with your time records to speed up the processing of the case.
8. Communication with the employer
It is advisable to collect all written communication with your employer, arrange it in chronological order, and compile it into a single document.
9. Termination letter
- Termination of employment must be communicated in writing (such as by letter, email, or other written electronic means)
- If there is no letter of termination, this must be stated on the information form.
10. Doctor's certificate
Only applies in the case of illness, illness during vacation, work accident or occupational disease.
11. Confirmation from Iceland Health
Only applies if it is
an accident at work. The decision of the Icelandic Health Insurance on compensation must be submitted. More information can be found here.
