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In addition, the agency should work to increase employment in the long term. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] This is primarily done by giving active support to companies in the recruitment process, facilitating meetings at the premises of the Swedish Public Employment Service and the use of a searchable, gratis vacancy database ( Swedish : Platsbanken ).
The ministers also have political advisers on staff who assist them in policy work, providing background material, political assessments, planning and coordination, and media contacts. The Ministry has an Office of the Director-General for Administrative Affairs, two secretariats and six divisions, which are led by non-politically appointed ...
Like most other countries, Sweden is home to a variety of non-governmental organizations (NGOs). Among those with international reach are the Nobel Foundation and the Olof Palme International Center .
The Swedish unemployment insurance system has two components: basic insurance and voluntary income-related insurance. Basic insurance is granted to anyone who meets the basic work requirements: 320 SEK per day are granted to anyone over 20 years of age who is enrolled at the employment office and is carrying out a job-seeking plan.
The affiliated trade unions represent about 1.2 million employees. In 2018, the TCO affiliated unions made up 37% of all active trade union members in Sweden (up from 17% in 1950), making the confederation the second largest of Sweden's three major confederations. [2]: 128 The largest TCO affiliate is Unionen with 551,000 active members in 2018.
Europeans need to get more productive, Sweden’s central bank boss says. But that doesn’t mean Americans work harder. Ryan Hogg. May 9, 2024 at 8:37 AM. Erik Flyg/Bloomberg via Getty Images.
Arbetstidsförkortning (ATK; English: shortening of work time) is additional leave in Sweden, typically 5-10 work days per year. It is not legally mandated, but is available to many employees through collective bargaining agreements. [1]
Many such channels don't broadcast from Sweden, but nevertheless target a Swedish audience. TV4 is the only commercial channel ever to have broadcast nationally in the Swedish analogue terrestrial network, but the arrival of digital terrestrial television saw the TV4 monopoly on commercial television broken.