Career
2024 - current: Board member, Kvale
2023 - current: Partner, Kvale
2021 - 2022: Senior Lawyer, Kvale
2019 - 2021: Lawyer, Kvale
2017 - 2019: Associate, Kvale
Personal
Mari Verling specializes in collective and individual labor law, providing assistance to both Norwegian and international clients in a variety of cases. Such matters include i.a. reorganizations/ downsizings, whistleblowing, temporary employment, hiring, transfer of undertakings, conflicts, dismissals, issues related to working hours, discrimination matters and pension. Mari possesses extensive knowledge of the Working Environment Act, the Ship Labor Act, and the Civil Servants Act. Furthermore, she has supported clients in legal disputes before the courts concerning both individual and collective labor law.
Mari has also assisted numerous clients in managing whistleblowing cases across the private and public sectors and has conducted several investigations.
She has authored three books on labor law topics, the most recent one addressing the management of whistleblowing cases under the Working Environment Act and the Ship Labor Act (Universitetsforlaget 2023). Her previous publications include books on downsizing and severance agreements (Universitetsforlaget 2022) and layoff procedures (Hegnar Publishing 2020).
Publications
Whistleblowing: Practical handbook on handling whistleblowing under the Working Environment Act and the Ship Labour Act (Universitetsforlaget 2023)
Expert commentary: Supreme Court decision on the whistleblowing concept in the Working Environment Act § 2 A-1