'Full-time for all public staff': Social Democrats
Published: 16 Jun 12 10:56 CET | Print version
Online: http://www.thelocal.se/41480/20120616/
By the end of 2013, all publicly employed staff in Social Democrat governed municipalities will be offered full time work, and every new contract will be full time, the party promised on Saturday.
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“Those employed within the welfare sector perform great deeds every day. They deserve better conditions than they have today. The responsibility for this lies with politicians,” they wrote.
One million people, of Sweden’s nine million total, are employed by municipalities or county councils, wrote Jämtin and Dahlberg, who describe the sector as having much growth potential.
Today, 30% of all municipal employees, and 19% of all county employees, work part-time. If they work in a region where the Social Democrats are in power, they are to be offered full time work if they want it, by the end of 2013.
The Social Democrats also promise that no one is to be hired on a temporary contract longer than two years, and that the work environment is to improve through regular surveys.
“Insecure contracts are a hurdle for quality work. Who would want to committedly and enthusiastically participate in long-term quality improvements if their own employment is uncertain?” they wrote in SvD.
According to the Social Democrats, improving work conditions in this sector, especially within healthcare and education, is necessary in order to attract people to the field and secure the quality of the welfare system.
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but they have been working there for the past 15 years so they keep working and cannot be thrown out.
does this mean those people will get full time contracts, while Im the one who does all the work even though ive only worked there for 6 months?
how about only giving job to people that do the job right
"One million people, of Sweden's nine million total, are employed by municipalities or county councils," surely one reason why taxes are so high.
Given that out of 9 million, only about 9/17 are between 20 and 65, i.e. 4.7 million
(http://www.nationmaster.com/country/sw-sweden/Age-_distribution), it means 3.7 million people have to pay for 1 million, and what do they get in return? barely enough pension, poor health care service, etc.
"Today, 30% of all municipal employees, and 19% of all county employees are part-time. " (of 1 million). Sounds indeed like a major tax hike...
How about lowering income for the municipality leaders to balance the budget...
have tried to push in the past. I had hoped we'd seen the end of it...
Recruitment should be made with (a) efficiency and value for money in mind and (b) in accordance with the (generous) employment protection laws in Sweden.
I'm sure that the politico somehow thinks that this will mean more net tax receipts since there are more workers.
More brilliant ideas from the idiot brigade.