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February 15, 2012
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The following articles have been tagged with "Employment_agency":
Jobs agency slammed over 'cheap' interpreters
Business & Money: 9 Jan 12
When the Swedish Employment Office recently contracted for interpreting services, it chose one with a tariff significantly below market prices, according to a new report.
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No foreigners among Sweden's most powerful
National: 25 Nov 11
Sweden's top 100 most powerful people for 2011 are mainly politicians, men -- and Swedish -- according to Fokus Magazine's annual rankings.
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Migrant workers on the rise in Sweden
Politics: 23 Nov 11
The number of people coming to Sweden to work is rising at the same time as the number of refugees coming to the country is falling, according to new figures from Statistics Sweden.
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Swedish chef in 'freak' saucepan accident
Society: 11 Nov 11
A trainee chef from Sweden was recently awarded damages from the state after a freak accident in the kitchen left him injured for life.
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Eatery forced Chinese chef into 'slave labour'
Business & Money: 13 Oct 11
A Chinese chef who collapsed from exhaustion on the streets of Gothenburg after being forced to work under 'slave-like' conditions has received a large indemnity after a Swedish union intervened on his behalf.
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Swedish cops march in low-wage protest
Business & Money: 5 Oct 11
Hundreds of Swedish police officers marched into unemployment offices on Wednesday and started looking for other jobs in a demonstration against the profession's low wages.
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Refugee jobs reform 'not working': report
National: 14 Sep 11
Sweden's much touted integration policy reform has failed to ensure that refugees start the process of finding work before receiving welfare benefits from local authorities, a new study has shown.
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Swedish milkmaid sues jobs agency over 'pregnancy' snub
Business & Money: 6 May 11
A Swedish milkmaid who was denied a job at a farm in southern Sweden over suspicions she was trying to get pregnant should be compensated by the country's employment agency, Sweden's eqality watchdog claims.
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Foreign degrees pose Swedish jobs challenge
Analysis & Opinion: 23 Mar 11
Many employers require foreign-earned diplomas and certifications to be translated and verified according to Swedish standards; an often expensive and time-consuming process, The Local's Karen Holst has found.
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Sweden's job coach system a 'fiasco': report
Business & Money: 22 Feb 11
Less than 17 percent of participants in the Swedish labour market job coach scheme gain a regular job after receiving help, a report published on Tuesday showed.
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Swedish woman denied job after miscarriage
National: 22 Jan 11
A farmer in southern Sweden who refused to employ a woman after she informed him she had had a miscarriage has been found guilty of discrimination and violating Swedish parental leave laws.
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Recruitment woes plague Swedish military
Politics: 17 Jan 11
Recruiting soldiers to the Swedish Armed Forces following the abolishment of mandatory conscription has proven harder than expected, with the military meeting less than half of its recruitment goal for 2010.
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Risk of Easter strike looms
National: 21 Mar 10
Negotiations between the Commercial Employees´ Union (Handelsanställdas förbund) and the Swedish Federation of Trade (Svensk Handel) employers' organisation have stalled, according to the trade union.
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Job agency accepts 'Muslim handshake' fine
Society: 3 Mar 10
Sweden’s National Public Employment Agency (Arbetsförmedlingen) has decided not to appeal its fine for discriminating against a Muslim man who had his benefits withdrawn after refusing to shake the hand of a female CEO.
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Grieving mother denied sickness benefit
Society: 2 Mar 10
A Swedish court has ruled that 24-year-old Sofie Karlsson lost her right to sickness benefit by failing to register as unemployed the day after the cancer death of her infant son.
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'Force councils to accept refugees'
Politics: 19 Feb 10
The opposition Social Democrats have called for legislation to force all of Sweden's municipalities to accept their share of refugees.
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Refugees staying put in problem spots
National: 17 Feb 10
A Swedish government project focused on enticing refugees to leave problem-ridden areas in Sweden's big cities has failed to achieve its goals. After two years, just 286 people have made use of the scheme.
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Job agency fined for religious discrimination
Society: 8 Feb 10
Sweden’s National Public Employment Agency has been fined for discriminating against a Muslim man who had his benefits withdrawn after refusing to shake the hand of a female CEO.
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Unemployment levelling off: job agency
Business & Money: 19 Jan 10
There are signs that Sweden has left the worst of the recession behind, according to the country’s national employment agency, which forecasts a leveling off of unemployment during 2010.
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Riksdag sets tougher limits for sick benefits
Business & Money: 10 Dec 09
The Swedish parliament on Wednesday passed controversial new limits on sickness benefits designed to get more people back into the workforce.
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Labour market storm subsiding: job agency
Business & Money: 9 Dec 09
The worst appears to be over for the Swedish labour market, according to the country’s employment agency, which projects that unemployment will stop rising in the second half of 2010.
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Councils pay out billions to cash-strapped Swedes
Business & Money: 30 Nov 09
Social assistance payments to Swedes struggling to make ends meet jumped by 19 percent during the third quarter, new statistics show.
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Jobs agency tapped for greater integration role
Business & Money: 26 Nov 09
The Swedish agency primarily tasked with helping unemployed people find jobs will assume a greater responsibility for implementing Sweden’s integration policies, according to a new government proposal.
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Sweden's labour market continues to wobble
Business & Money: 17 Nov 09
Sweden’s manufacturing sector shed more than 80,000 jobs in the third quarter compared with the same period in 2008, marking the sector’s sharpest year-on-year employment drop since 1993.
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Agency pulls job ad seeking Swedes who like to get naked
Society: 3 Nov 09
A Swedish job advertisement seeking candidates who aren't afraid to get naked and are practiced in the art of making out in bars has been pulled due to concerns from the National Public Employment Agency.
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Fewer redundancies at Swedish workplaces
Business & Money: 28 Sep 09
For the first time this year, the number of monthly layoffs announcements in Sweden has dropped compared to last year, according to preliminary statistics for September.
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New figures show slowdown in Sweden's rising unemployment
Business & Money: 11 Sep 09
The pace of layoff announcements has leveled off, signaling a clear break with the country’s recent trend of rapidly increasing joblessness, according to the National Public Employment Agency.
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New measures to help speed up integration
Politics: 11 Sep 09
The government has proposed a sweeping overhaul of Sweden’s system for supporting newly arrived immigrants in their search for a job in hopes of getting them established and working more quickly.
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250,000 Swedes out of work: agency
Business & Money: 3 Aug 09
More than a quarter of a million Swedes are now officially registered as unemployed, an increase of more than 100,000 people from last year, according to the country’s National Employment Agency.
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Swedish jobless rate continues to climb
Business & Money: 10 Jul 09
Nearly a quarter of a million Swedes were registered as jobless at the end of June, an increase of nearly 75 percent compared with the same month last year.
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Jobless rate to hit 11 percent: agency
Business & Money: 9 Jun 09
Sweden’s unemployment rate is expected climb to 11.3 percent in 2010, according to the latest forecast from the National Public Employment Agency.
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High lay-off notices 'a deliberate tactic'
Business & Money: 22 May 09
Swedish companies are serving redundancy notices in artificially high numbers as part of a tactic to circumvent employment protection laws, claims a chief analyst at the national job agency.
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Spring budget warns of tough times ahead
Business & Money: 15 Apr 09
The Swedish government will allocate funds to expand employment opportunities for the young and the unemployed in its spring budget as finance minister Anders Borg warns of tough times ahead.
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'Half a million jobless in 2010': agency
Business & Money: 7 Apr 09
Over 500,000 Swedes are set to be out of work in 2010, according to a new forecast from the National Public Employment Agency.
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Decision to work in Sweden proves costly for aspiring resident
Society: 24 Mar 09
An Azerbaijani’s dream of building a life with his Swedish wife in her home country is in jeopardy because of his decision to get a job.
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Birthplace matters in Swedish job market
Analysis & Opinion: 12 Mar 09
Foreign-born graduates of Swedish universities suffer discrimination in the Swedish labour market and are often under-paid and over-qualified, a new report shows. Action is demanded to meet the challenges of an ageing workforce.
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Redundancies continue to rain down on Swedish workplaces
Business & Money: 26 Jan 09
More than 6,000 people in Sweden were given notice last week that they would lose their jobs, setting the stage for January redundancy announcements to reach levels roughly four times greater than a year ago.
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Dismissal notices reach historic levels
Society: 16 Jan 09
Redundancy notices reached near record levels in Sweden during the last quarter of 2008, as 57,000 people were given notice by their employers.
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'Jobseekers' lying to employment agency
Society: 16 Jan 09
Many among Sweden’s growing ranks of unemployed are lying to the national employment agency about their efforts to look for new jobs in order to retain their unemployment benefits.
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Thousands lose their jobs at Christmas
Business & Money: 29 Dec 08
Over 8,500 Swedes were added to the ranks of the unemployed during the Christmas week, new figures from the public employment agency show.
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Redundancies rocket in December
Business & Money: 22 Dec 08
A total of 14,773 people have so far been made redundant in Sweden in December, according to new figures from the public employment agency.
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One third of jobless lack insurance
Business & Money: 17 Dec 08
Almost one third of people out of work in Sweden lack unemployment insurance and rely on dole payouts of a maximum 5,500 kronor ($715) per month after tax, according to new figures from the public employment agency.
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Unemployment forecast to top 9 percent by 2010
Politics: 9 Dec 08
145,000 people are forecast to lose their jobs over the next two years, pushing unemployment up to 9 percent by 2010, according to a new forecast from the Swedish Public Employment Agency.
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Sweden announces major jobs package
Politics: 5 Dec 08
The Swedish government announced on Friday it plans to spend 23 billion kronor ($2.8 billion) over the next three years on “employment and retraining” measures in an attempt to minimize the effects of the weak economy.
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Witches help lift Sweden's job loss curse
Society: 18 Nov 08
An enterprising Swedish company seeking to hire 20 witches has provided a welcome break in the country’s otherwise steady flow of dismal employment news.
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Employment figures continue to fall
Business & Money: 17 Nov 08
So far in November, 8,385 people have been told they will lose their jobs, according to preliminary figures from the Swedish Public Employment Agency.
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New integration role for Sweden's jobs agency
Politics: 6 Nov 08
The government will present a plan on Thursday to give Sweden’s employment agency a more prominent role in integrating immigrants, according to integration minister Nyamko Sabuni.
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Scam artist targets English-speaking jobseekers
National: 23 Sep 08
An experienced scam artist has been targeting English speaking jobseekers in Sweden, luring them with promises of non-existent jobs, police say. Elizabeth Dacey-Fondelius reports.
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Employment agency sued for discrimination
Society: 23 May 08
The Ombudsman against Ethnic Discrimination (DO) is suing the Swedish Employment agency for 160,000 kronor ($27,000) after a Muslim man lost his benefits for refusing to shake a woman's hand.
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Government sacks employment agency head
Politics: 4 Apr 08
The head of Sweden’s Public Employment Service (Arbetsförmedlingen) was surprised to learn on Thursday that he was being replaced.
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Jobless Swedes lying to unemployment agency
Business & Money: 13 Mar 08
One in four unemployed Swedes lie to the Public Employment Service about having applied for positions recommended to them by the agency.
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Dutch ditching dykes for Dalarna
National: 12 Mar 08
Hundreds of Dutch want to move to Dalarna and the county is using some innovative methods to assist in the process.
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Stockholm pulls down bullish recruitment market
Business & Money: 24 Aug 07
High economic growth means that the good times are rolling for Swedish recruitment firms, but a lack of available staff could soon cause problems in Stockholm.
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Who pays for Sweden's free lunch?
Analysis & Opinion: 14 May 07
Sweden's generous welfare system has long relied on the strong protestant work ethic of its citizens to stop abuse of state handouts. But the system itself has served to break down the protestant work ethic, argues Captus's Nima Sanandaji.
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Unemployed face a harsh reality under the Right
Analysis & Opinion: 18 Jan 07
The new government's reforms of taxes and unemployment insurance may be good for the rich, but people who lose their jobs will face a harsh reality, argues Social Democratic member of parliament and former minister Lena Hallengren.
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Row as AMS slammed in report
Society: 11 Aug 06
Employment service AMS is more interested in running job-seeker courses than in linking unemployed people with employers, a draft report from the state auditor says. Now AMS admits defying the constitution by keeping the report secret.
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Union slams AMS and sets up own job agency
Business & Money: 11 Jan 06
A Swedish union for engineers is setting up its own employment agency, saying that state employment agency AMS is incapable of meeting the needs of graduates.
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20 things to know before moving to Sweden
As diverse as Sweden is, there are a few societal norms that are distinctly Swedish. Understanding a handful of them will hopefully prepare you culturally before you relocate. When you're invited home to a Swede, you better be on time and take your shoes off, writes expat Lola Akinmade-Åkerström. Read more »
How far can English take you in Sweden?
Sweden is a country where almost everyone can speak English. So why bother to learn Swedish? Edina Varnagy from Hungary managed with English for a whole year but then found that Swedish could open doors – to a job, a social life and greater understanding. Read more »
"The ice dripped in the winter sun. It was the first day when the light had been intense enough to cause dripping in the sunlight. To hear it was an extraordinary wakeup call. The cycle was happening again as it always does, always will (or so we think). I imagined that on my summer island, the bees..." READ »
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