Welcome to Efling

A union is an association of wage earners that works to protect and safeguard the interests of its members and negotiates on their behalf regarding wages and rights. The union provides advice on rights and obligations in the workplace and assists if problems arise. 

The union pays sick day benefits and various grants, such as reimbursement for health efling, physiotherapy, psychological counseling, and a variety of courses.

If you work under a collective agreement Efling and SA or public entities (state, municipalities or nursing homes) you must pay into Efling. It shall be stated in your employment contract that payment is made to Efling.

The union area Efling is as follows:

• Reykjavík
• Kópavogur
• Seltjarnarnes
• Mosfellsbæ and Kjósarsýsla at Botnsá
• Grímsnes and Grafningshreppi
• Hveragerði
• Municipality of Ölfus
• In Hafnarfjörður (staff at restaurants and hotels and in industry)
• Garðabæ (staff at restaurants and accommodations, in industry, in home services and staff of Vífilsstaða)

According to the laws Efling, the duties in question are as follows:

• We arrange baptism and christening transport and all kinds of other transport vehicles as well as the receipt and delivery of farms. 
• For house construction and material transport due to construction projects. 
• We handle harbor construction, road construction, excavation, agricultural work and material transport that are related to the aforementioned occupations. 
• In the service of the state and municipalities. 
• In home services, at kindergartens, in the care of hospitals and institutions, in laundry rooms and sewing rooms of hospitals. 
• We handle cleaning, sanitation tasks, chemical labs and laundry. 
• In measurement tasks. 
• In security duties, safety services and financial transfers. 
• At restaurants and lodging establishments. 
• We process and sell seafood and agricultural products. 
• In industry and in factories such as ironworking, shipbuilding, sheet metal work (thin gauge), horticulture, construction and heavy industry. 
• In the receipt and delivery of goods, including car drivers. 
• At oil, gasoline, lubricant, fuel and corrosion protection stations and bicycle repair workshops. 
• We manage product transport vehicles in the service of others and we manage large industrial machines, such as presses, machine tools and machine cranes. 
• We work with power line industry, tunneling, generators and other large projects that are comparable and related to new occupations. 
• We do all kinds of other production and transport tasks. 
• We do seafaring work and sailing.
  

In accordance with laws and collective agreements your employer must withhold 0.7% of your total wages and pay it as union dues to Efling on your behalf. The employer also contributes to the union's sickness, vacation and education fund. How much is paid each month should appear on your payslip.

Á my pages Efling you can see your status in each fund separately. Contact Efling if contributions are unpaid. Employers are, according to the law, obliged to settle all of the above payments.