A company within the Swedish Association of Local Authorities and Regions (SALAR) has signed agreements with several HVB companies that have ties to organized crime, reports SVT News.
SwedenFrom billion deficits to a clear brightening. Next year, the country's municipalities and regions are expected to make a combined profit of 28 billion kronor. However, the situation remains critical in some areas, according to SKR's economic report.
Business1.3 billion kronor. That's how much the regions' costs for hired personnel have decreased in the first half of 2024 compared to the same period the year before, according to SKR. Good with employed personnel, but you're starting at the wrong end, believe representatives for the unions.
SwedenSharply decreasing birth rates are redrawing the map for the country's municipalities. Preschool staff will need to retrain and step in to elderly care.
SwedenThe wind power industry is cautiously positive about the government's proposal, but lacks regulation of the municipal veto. "Two out of three is not bad – but all parts will be needed", writes Tomas Hallberg on Svensk Vindenergi.
BusinessThe Government wants to strengthen healthcare with two billion kronor in targeted grants in 2025. The budget also proposes an additional billion for shorter queues in healthcare. This is to enable coping with the consequences of inflation, says Health Minister Acko Ankarberg (KD).
Swedish politicsThe opposition is criticizing the government's healthcare funding. It is not an investment, but a budget cut. It is a complete mockery of healthcare, says Anders W Jonsson of the Centre Party.
Swedish politicsThe number of escapes and incidents with threats and violence at the country's Sis-homes has decreased during the summer.
SwedenIt is reported to be a shortage of qualified teachers. At the same time, qualified teachers experience that it is difficult to get a job. A cold shower for newly graduated teachers and an equation that both teachers and employers have difficulty solving.
SwedenMinister for Social Affairs Camilla Waltersson Grönvall (The Moderate Party) promises "a significant improvement" in a couple of months regarding the shortage of places at so-called Sis-homes. Currently, 31 young people are waiting in line for closed care.
Swedish politicsThe dissatisfaction among nurses is great since the Swedish Association of Health Professionals concluded a new agreement with SKR. But according to the union, there were no alternatives to the settlement. The members would have been without a collective agreement for at least six months otherwise, says Annelie Söderberg, chief negotiator at the Swedish Association of Health Professionals.
BusinessSix are looking at establishing modular homes to solve the accommodation shortage. The situation is serious, according to youth care director Birgitta Dahlberg. We are making an assessment of who is at the highest risk of being injured or injuring others.
SwedenThe Government has today called an emergency meeting about the acute shortage of places at Sis. There is a great risk that several of the 58 people who are currently in the queue will commit serious violent crimes, according to SKR: "Meanwhile, murders are being committed, of children."
Swedish politicsA new agreement is in place and the healthcare strike is cancelled with immediate effect. I am most pleased that those who work in rotation will now receive a reduction in working hours, says the Chairman of the Swedish Association of Health Professionals Sineva Ribeiro to TT.
BusinessThe healthcare conflict is over. Both parties have accepted the mediators' latest offer, which includes, among other things, some reduction in working hours. "Our conflict has yielded results," says Sineva Ribeiro of the Nurses' Association.
BusinessThe mediators in the healthcare conflict have called the Swedish Association of Health Professionals, the Swedish Association of Local Authorities and Regions (SALAR) and Sobona to new meetings. But when an offer will come is still unclear.
BusinessRegions' billion deficit grows, according to the first forecasts for 2024. They became significantly worse than what we had counted on, says Annika Wallenskog, chief economist at SKR, to Ekot.
BusinessThe healthcare strike continues. The union says no to the mediators' offer. The employer side says yes and claims instead that they have made "far-reaching compromises". A door has been opened, says the healthcare union's chairman.
BusinessOn Thursday, the mediators will submit their bid to the parties in the ongoing healthcare conflict. By Friday at 1 pm at the latest, the parties must respond to how they stand on the bid.
BusinessFurthermore, 1,300 people, including midwives and nurses, are taking part in the extended healthcare strike. It's tough working in healthcare. We need shorter working hours, says nurse Anastasia Alvbåge. At the same time, a solution to the conflict seems distant.
BusinessIt will be an expanded care strike on Tuesday, reports the Swedish Association of Health Professionals' press service to TT. Preliminarily, a further 1,300 union members are taking industrial action.
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