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Swedish Job Coaches Help Men Control Their Wives, SVT Investigation Finds

Swedish Job Coaches Help Men Control Their Wives, SVT Investigation Finds

Wed 2 Sept 2026 08:08 CEST

Several private job coaches at companies hired by the Swedish Public Employment Service agree to demands from men who want to control their wives, an investigation by SVT Nyheter Skåne and Uppdrag granskning shows.

Unemployed with unemployment insurance to be scrutinized harder

Unemployed with unemployment insurance to be scrutinized harder

Thu 6 Mar 2025 13:09 CET

The Employment Service's controls of the unemployed should be strengthened. The system is too lenient today, says Minister for Employment Mats Persson (The Liberals)

Sweden's Employment Service Drops 'Customer' Label for Job Seekers

Sweden's Employment Service Drops 'Customer' Label for Job Seekers

Wed 5 Mar 2025 07:30 CET

The Employment Service stops calling job seekers customers, reports P4 Västerbotten.

Benefit Cap May Violate the Convention on the Rights of the Child

Benefit Cap May Violate the Convention on the Rights of the Child

Tue 25 Feb 2025 12:44 CET

The Government's investigator proposes a benefit cap to make it more profitable to work. But it can hit hard against families with many children, lead to segregation, crime, and contradict the Convention on the Rights of the Child