If you become unemployed in Sweden, you can be eligible for income-related insurance benefits comprising up to 80 percent of your previous salary. But that will only be the case if you understand how the system works and sign up to make voluntary contributions.
Moving country - even to Sweden, with all its joys - is tough. There is so much to organize and resolve once you're on the ground. Following these five steps, however, will make your transition much more comfortable, and leave more time for you to enjoy your new home.
Foreigners face a unique set of hurdles in the Swedish job market, but few understand how unemployment insurance can help.
One UK native tells The Local how Akademikernas a-kassa made his working life in Sweden easier.
We might be heading back to something approaching post-Covid normality, as Swedish employees are told that they can head back to the office. But, even after the pandemic restrictions have been lifted, the Swedish workplace model has been changed forever.
Uncertainty is a fact of life even at the best of times and much of what we thought was certain or secure has proven to have shaky foundations over the past couple of years. Long-term unemployment in Sweden recently hit a record level of 190,000, while tens of millions of jobs have been lost worldwide due to the pandemic.
Moving to a new country is scary enough. Finding a job in a new country is a whole other ball game – and the many pandemic-related restrictions on life in recent times have hardly made it easier.
You’ll often hear Swedish companies refer to their organizations as ‘flat’ - but what does that actually mean and is it really the case? The Local investigates.
Moving to a new country can cause even the most adjusted of people to have something of a cultural identity crisis. Throw adapting to a different working culture into the mix and you’ve got the perfect recipe for self-doubt.
For expats in Sweden, finding a job to begin with can be a challenge in itself. So leaving your stable job to scout the job market might seem like a terrifying prospect. However, scary as it is, it’s not impossible...
Moving to Sweden is just the first step to starting your life in a new country. The real journey begins when you land a job and discover the Swedish workplace is a whole different ball game.
