Sick month waiting 200,000 pears – Sydsvenskan

Sick month waiting 200,000 pears – Sydsvenskan

After barely have occurred previously “vabruari” become a common word in Swedish media over the past five years.

– The phenomenon is older than that. That’s the word that you like, I think, which is a bit funny and match “VAB” and “February,” says Niklas Löfgren, family economic spokesperson on Social Insurance.

February is the month when most are at home with sick Kids terms of number of persons receiving compensation for child care (VAB).

– It has always been so. We have seen the patterns in our payout statistics.

The figures stretching back to the mid-1990s and match the Public Health Agency’s statistics on how seasonal flu hitting the country, says Niklas Löfgren.

For two years ago fought Swedish record in vabbande in February. Last year vabruari was not as sick, but in February topped anyway statistics.

This year, at least 200,000 parents vabba sometime in February.

– We anticipate that it will be on par last year, maybe slightly higher because there are more children in the ages that use temporary parental benefit the most.