Accrued rights due to work abroad. Foreign employees in Iceland, as well as Icelanders who have worked abroad, bring with them their accrued period of employment with respect to the rights in the collective agreements that relate to the employment period in the relevant field of work, provided the work abroad is considered comparable. Employees must, when recruited, provide evidence for their period of employment with a certificate from their former employer or by equally verifiable means. If an employee is not able to submit a certificate that meets the requirements according to paragraphs 3 and 4, he may submit a new certificate within three months from the engagement. In that event, the accrued rights will become effective from the end of the current month. The employer shall confirm the reception of the certificate. The certificate of the former employee shall i.a. indicate the following: Name and ID No. of the employee involved. The name and identity of the company issuing the confirmation, including the telephone number, e-mail address and the name of the party responsible for issuing the confirmation. A description of the work of the person involved. When the person involved began working for the company in question, when he quit working and whether there was any break, and if so, when the break occurred in the employment of the person involved. The certificate shall be in English or translated into Icelandic by a certified translator.
Accrued rights due to work abroad. 13 .7 .1 Employees who have worked abroad shall retain and take with them their accrued working time for the purposes of entitlements under collective agree- ments that are based on working time in their occupation, providing that the job pursued abroad is considered comparable .
Accrued rights due to work abroad. Foreign workers in Iceland, and Icelandic nationals who have worked abroad shall retain and take with them their accrued working time for the purposes of entitlements under collective agreements that are based on working time in their occupation, providing that the job pursued abroad is considered comparable. On being engaged, workers shall present evidence of their accrued working time in the form of a certificate from their former employer, or by another equally verifiable method. If, on engagement, a worker is unable to present a certificate that meets the conditions of the third and fourth paragraphs of this Article, he may submit a new certificate within three months of being engaged. In such cases, the accrued rights shall take effect as from the next following change of month. The employer shall confirm having received the certificate. Information in certificates from previous employers shall include the following: - The name and personal ID details of the worker involved. - The name and ID of the enterprise issuing the certificate, together with the telephone number, e-mail address and name of the person responsible for issuing the certificate. - A description of the work done by the worker involved. - When the worker involved began working for the enterprise, when he stopped working and whether there were any interruptions of this working period, and if so when. The certificate shall be in English, and it shall be translated into Icelandic by an officially authorised translator.
