Accessible eGovernment services : developing a parental benefit calculator with improved usability

2007

Masteroppgave i informasjons- og kommunikasjonsteknologi 2007 – Høgskolen i Agder, Grimstad An online parental benefit calculator offered earlier by the Norwegian Labour and Welfare Organisation (NAV) gave only simple estimates on how long a mother or father could take the parental leave and did not support assessment of scenarios allowing for combination of the leave with a part-time job, the so-called “graded withdrawal”-scenarios. To work out such scenarios, the parents-to-be had either to get acquainted with the regulations and work out the various scenarios manually or contact the local social security office for assistance. We present a prototype of a new version of the parental benef…