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In December, the trial took place between history professor Nils Rune Langeland and the Norwegian state at the Oslo courthouse.
Tuesday morning, Langeland lost the lawsuit. The judgment states that "there is a ground for dismissal under section 26c of the State Employees Act" and that the state was therefore entitled to dismiss Langeland.
The judgment also indicates that the University of Stavanger has sufficiently warned Langeland before he lost his job. The Tribunal therefore finds no justification for awarding compensation or relief to Langeland.
Langeland does not have to pay legal fees.
Wanted to cancel the farewell
Nils Rune Langeland is a historian and holds a doctorate from the University of Bergen. He has published several non-fiction books and, from 1998 to 2002, was editor-in-chief of Syn og Segn.
In the fall of 2017, Langeland was fired from his position as a history teacher at the University of Stavanger (UiS). He was drunk at work and commented for several years on colleagues and leaders perceived as offensive. He was also publicly known that he had sent sexualized messages to several women.
Langeland sued the UIS for rescinding the dismissal so that he could terminate the job himself.
– Most cases that look like this end in a settlement. So why, in the world, it is so impossible for a state to cancel its goodbyes and that it is difficult for me to understand it. Making the job is not so important to me, but I will try to further improve my opportunities, said Langeland in Aftenposten in December.
Broken Drug Agreement
A large number of witnesses made their statements in court in December. Former UiS colleagues said that they had experienced Langeland several times as being unpleasant and drunk in a professional context.
UiS management expressed great frustration that Langeland, despite many rounds of warnings and discussions, did not change his behavior.
Finally, an agreement on drugs was reached, but Langeland still found himself drunk at work. In the judgment, among other things, it appears that Langeland was found at work in October 2017 with a lead of 1.61.
– Bad to kick Langeland
Several witnesses defended Langeland. Svein Erik Tuastad, employee representative at the UIS employment commission, said in his testimony that it was wrong to hit Langeland on the basis of his private alcohol consumption:
– If it had really gone beyond work or students, it was something else. But it was a helpless verification of a guy who was sitting and drinking. Not something that has to do with work.
Aftenposten has so far not had any contact with Langeland's lawyer, Kjell Magnus Brygfjeld. The case is being updated.
Attorney General: – Satisfied
– The state welcomes the court's findings, writes government lawyer Hilde Lund in Aftenposten.
Lund led the case on behalf of the Ministry of Education and Research and stated that the judgment, in the opinion of the state, clearly and clearly indicated that the dismissal was the right reaction.
– The Court agrees that, on a number of occasions, Langeland has been engaging in unjust and unpleasant behavior against his superiors, colleagues and partners for years, thereby violating his obligations under many times, she writes.
She points out that a good learning and working environment is absolutely essential for the activities of universities and colleges. It is therefore satisfactory that a high court has found that Langeland's behavior is beyond what may be considered acceptable.
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