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Employee Profile

Jan Fougner

Adjunct Professor - Department of Law and Governance

Biography

Jan Fougner is a specialist on litigation and employment law and has extensive experience from a number of high-profile cases involving legal, political and reputational risk. He has litigated approximately 20 cases before the Supreme Court. In addition, Jan Fougner works with contract law, petroleum law, administrative law, environmental law and the law of damages. He is Professor II of Employment Law at BI Norwegian Business School and the author of several textbooks. He gives lectures on a regular basis and has vast experience from public and private boards, councils and committees. He has also been the head of several major investigations.

Jan Fougner has extensive experience with management and change processes in which the framework conditions of collective employment law and the restoration of the employer's managerial prerogative are of vital importance. He is also leading in Norway on compliance, anti-corruption, corporate penalty, conflict and crisis management, and subsequent clear-up processes under both Norwegian and international legislation, including the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act.

Area of Expertise

Publications

Fougner, Jan (2016)

Arbeidsgivers frie skjønn - arbeidsgivers styringsrett og domstolskontroll

Mulder, Bernard Johann; Hotvedt, Marianne Jenum, Nesvik, Marie & Sundet, Tron Løkken (red.). Sui generis. Festskrift til Stein Evju

Fougner, Jan (2016)

Organisering av arbeidskraft - adgang til tilpasning

Anderssen, Harald B & Bråthen, Tore (red.). Moderne Forretningsjus III

Fougner, Jan (2018)

Arbeidsgivers frie skjønn, arbeidsgivers styringsrett og domstolskontroll

[Article in business/trade/industry journal]. Arbeidsrett, 15(1), s. 37- 60. Doi: 10.18261/ISSN.1504-3088-2018-01-02 - Full text in research archive

Styringsretten er betegnelsen på arbeidsgivers kompetanse til å treffe beslutninger om virksomheten og ansettelsesforholdet. Styringsrettsbeslutninger kan føre til tvist mellom arbeidsgiver og arbeidstaker, og Høyesterett har i de senere år behandlet en rekke saker vedrørende gyldigheten av arbeidsgivers styringsrettsbeslutninger. Tema for denne artikkelen er de rettslige rammene for domstolenes prøving av arbeidsgivers styringsrettsbeslutninger. Forfatteren drøfter både spørsmålet om enhver styringsrettsbeslutning kan bringes inn for domstolene, og dernest om styringsrettsbeslutninger kan prøves fullt ut eller om det er begrensninger i domstolenes prøvingsadgang.

Fougner, Jan (2016)

Endring i arbeidsforhold: Styringsrett og arbeidsplikt. 2. utgave

[Scientific book]. Universitetsforlaget.

Fougner, Jan; Borge, Camilla Schøyen, Frogner, Marit Bjørånesset, Lorentzen, Julie Piil, Solheim, Trond Erik, Sundet, Tron Løkken & Aasheim, Eli (2016)

Omstilling og nedbemanning. 3. utgave

[Scientific book]. Universitetsforlaget.

Academic Degrees
Year Academic Department Degree
2007 Universitetet i Aarhus Ph.D.
1988 Universitetet i Oslo Master Cand. Jur.
Work Experience
Year Employer Job Title
2015 - Present BI Norwegian Business School Adjunct Professor
1999 - Present Gyldendal Rettsdata Arbeidsrett Chief Editor
1994 - Present Wiersholm Partner
2004 - 2013 Universitetsforlaget Editor of journal Arbeidsrett
1988 - 1994 University of Oslo, Faculty of Law External examiner
1988 - 1993 Regjeringsadvokatembetet Attorney
1986 - 1987 University of Oslo, Department of Public and International Law Scientific Assistant

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