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Proposal: Negligence with unemployment insurance should result in a penalty fee

Proposal: Negligence with unemployment insurance should result in a penalty fee

Wed 5 Nov 2025 10:47 CET

Anyone who is careless or cheats with unemployment insurance and activity support should be able to be punished with a penalty fee, the government's investigators propose.

Sweden proposes stricter penalties for benefit fraud and carelessness

Sweden proposes stricter penalties for benefit fraud and carelessness

Wed 5 Mar 2025 10:18 CET

Those who deliberately cheat with sickness benefits or sickness allowance should be able to be excluded from social insurance, proposes the government's investigator. Even those who have simply been careless should be hit harder than today, with a special penalty fee