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Unemployed with unemployment insurance to be scrutinized harder

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).

Unemployed with unemployment insurance to be scrutinized harder

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

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

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

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

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.

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