The incident occurred when the Ministry of Justice withdrew a proposal to allow female police officers to wear the hijab in the service, as a result of fierce uproar.
The proposal was authored by Tajik and fellow state secretary Astri Aas-Hansen, and the final decision was allegedly made by them without consulting Storberget.
In March 2022, Gunnar Stavrum said that Tajik was the Støre Cabinet's minister that had accomplished the most, and who had opened for changes that are popular with the left wing - such as prohibiting temporary service agencies and rental of labour.
Tajik is an enthusiastic user of social media, and an avid supporter of E-books, and as a result she was often called Norway's "first digital Minister of Culture".
[21] After pilots that were terminated by SAS start to demand their jobs back following the COVID-19 pandemic, Tajik stated: “We have seen that workers who are well qualified experience that the company creates a new subsidiary, where they have to apply for their position again.
[22] On 15 November, Tajik and Minister of Transport Jon-Ivar Nygård met the head of SAS Norway, Kjetil Håbjørg, regarding the ongoing conflict with its staff.
[24] On 14 December, Tajik attended a press conference alongside Trygve Slagsvold Vedum, Jan Christian Vestre and Anette Trettebergstuen to present the government's economic COVID-19 measures.
In regards to her field of responsibility, Tajik announced that the government is extending the legal basis for advance payment of unemployment benefits, so that those who need money would receive them.
Tajik went on to say: “This has two purposes: Securing people who are unable to work due to infection control measures, so that they have an income they can live on - and ensure more social justice”.
The reintroduction of collective redress received mixed reception from labour organisations, with some praising it and some opposing it due to the risk of conflict that could arise.
[28] In February, she expressed sympathy and understanding for the difficult situation faced by the effected victims of the social security scandal that happened under the previous government.
[29] At a press conference on 2 March, she announced that she had asked to resign as minister after further developments regarding two controversies: avoiding tax on a fringe benefit - and her use (in 2019) of a government apartment.
[31] In a 18 February 2022 post on her Facebook page, Tajik accused Aftenposten for wanting to make a scandal out of her usage of a parliamentary apartment in 2019.
[38] Later that day, the Office of the Prime Minister (SMK) confirmed that the rental contract (from Rogaland) was the reason that she had been exempted from being taxed on the use of the government apartment.
[40] On 23 February, prime minister Jonas Gahr Støre was asked if he was informed about the use of the rental contract (from Rogaland) during the vetting before she became a cabinet member; something he refused to comment.
[41] Gunnar Stavrum, the editor of Nettavisen, said that she apparently wrongfully avoided paying tax, and estimated that her profit was around 100,000 to 150,000 Norwegian kroner.
[43] Later that day, Eivind Furuseth (expert on tax law) said that had the matter gone to trial (prior to the expiration of the statute of limitations), then the outcome could have been a prison sentence.
On 22 July 2011, Tajik was visiting the Workers' Youth League summer camp at Utøya together with former prime minister Gro Harlem Brundtland.
[55] Tajik and Heggelund had their wedding at the hotel The Thief in Oslo, with a number of politicians from the Labour and Conservative parties amongst the guest.
[57] Tajik announced in November 2018 that she had started dating Kristian Skard, a reporter from Dagens Næringsliv, who notably stood behind some of the revelations that led to Labour Party deputy Trond Giske resigning.