Hun snakker med arbeidsgiveren om omsorgspermisjonen og arbeidsforholdet.

Hun is the subject form of she. In this sentence, she is the person doing the action, so Norwegian uses hun.

• Hun = she
• Henne = her

So:

• Hun snakker ... = She is talking ...
• Jeg ser henne. = I see her.

Snakker is the present tense of å snakke (to speak / to talk).

• å snakke = infinitive, to speak
• snakker = present tense, speaks / is speaking / talks / is talking

So:

• Hun snakker = She speaks / She is speaking
• Hun vil snakke = She wants to speak

In Norwegian, the present tense is often made by adding -r to the infinitive.

They do two different jobs:

• med = with / to, showing who she is talking with
• om = about, showing what she is talking about

So the structure is:

• snakker med arbeidsgiveren = talks with the employer
• om omsorgspermisjonen og arbeidsforholdet = about the care leave and the employment relationship

This is very normal in Norwegian:

• snakke med noen om noe = talk with someone about something

Those endings mark the definite form, which often corresponds to English the.

Examples from the sentence:

• arbeidsgiveren = the employer
• omsorgspermisjonen = the care leave
• arbeidsforholdet = the employment relationship

In Norwegian, the definite article is usually attached to the end of the noun instead of being a separate word before it.

Compare:

• en arbeidsgiver = an employer

• arbeidsgiveren = the employer

• et arbeidsforhold = an employment relationship
• arbeidsforholdet = the employment relationship

Because the nouns have different grammatical genders.

In Bokmål:

• en arbeidsgiver → arbeidsgiveren
• en omsorgspermisjon → omsorgspermisjonen
• et arbeidsforhold → arbeidsforholdet

So:

• nouns with en usually take -en in the definite singular
• nouns with et usually take -et in the definite singular

That is why the last noun ends differently.

The definite form suggests that these are specific, known things, not just general topics.

So omsorgspermisjonen suggests a particular leave that both speaker and listener know about, and arbeidsforholdet suggests a specific employment relationship or job situation.

Compare:

• Hun snakker om omsorgspermisjon. = She is talking about care leave in general.
• Hun snakker om omsorgspermisjonen. = She is talking about the specific care leave.

English sometimes leaves this vaguer, but Norwegian often makes the distinction clearly.

Norwegian makes a lot of compound nouns, and this sentence has several of them.

• arbeidsgiver

  • arbeid = work
  • giver = giver
  • literally: work-giver
  • actual meaning: employer

• omsorgspermisjon

  • omsorg = care
  • permisjon = leave
  • actual meaning: care leave

• arbeidsforhold

  • arbeid = work
  • forhold = relationship / condition / circumstance
  • actual meaning: employment relationship or work situation, depending on context

A useful rule: in Norwegian compounds, the last part is the main noun, and it usually determines the gender.

That s is a very common linking element in Norwegian compounds.

So:

• omsorg + permisjon → omsorgspermisjon
• arbeid + forhold → arbeidsforhold

This s does not mean possession here. It just helps join the parts of the compound. English does something similar in fixed expressions sometimes, but Norwegian uses compound linking much more regularly.

Yes. The preposition om covers both nouns:

• om omsorgspermisjonen og arbeidsforholdet

This means:

• about the care leave
• and about the employment relationship

Norwegian does not need to repeat om before the second noun when both nouns are part of the same phrase.

You could repeat it for emphasis or clarity in some contexts, but it is not necessary here.

Yes, that is grammatically possible, but it changes the flow and emphasis a little.

• Hun snakker med arbeidsgiveren om ...
  This is the most neutral order if you want to present who she is speaking with first.

• Hun snakker om ... med arbeidsgiveren
  This puts more focus on what the conversation is about.

Both can work, but the original sentence sounds very natural and straightforward.

It can often be understood as either, depending on context.

• snakke med noen = talk with someone / talk to someone

In many everyday situations, English distinguishes between with and to only slightly, and Norwegian often uses med in both kinds of situations.

So Hun snakker med arbeidsgiveren can naturally be understood as:

• She is talking with the employer
• She is talking to the employer

The exact nuance depends on the situation, not just the grammar.