More experts would like to see lower starting salaries – Expressen

Labour Economic Council, AER, was formed last year and is an independent expert with the task of analyzing how the wage formation, employment and labor market policies affect labor market performance – but with funding from the Confederation of Swedish Enterprise.

The Chairman is Professor Lars Calmfors and the other members are professors Ann-Sofie Kolm, Tuomas Pekkarinen and Per Skedinger.

the report “Time for larger wage spread?” suggests AER that the state, over a three year period, remove the employer’s contribution for all those who are new to the labor market who can not get jobs.

the report also suggests that the State takes forward a specific work tax credit aimed at this group and employer partners will agree on much longer wages than the current starting salaries to those covered by the measure , called for entry level positions.

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– these jobs would be considered for all new entrants into the labor market, which did not manage to get any other job and both newcomers and young people, says Lars Calmfors to SR echo.

Lars Calmfors personal reflection is that wages for entry level positions could be around SEK 15 000 a month – and stresses that it is his personal opinion that does not Council or the report behind.

the unions have so far rejected any attempt to discuss wage cuts.

“One should not compete with lower wages without having their labor,” explained the hotel and restaurant union Chairman Therese Guovelin for Fiscal Council took place.

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“She has really gone bananas”, the LO Negotiating Secretary Torbjörn Johansson comment to the Center leader Annie Lööf’s proposal.

Even Lars Calmfors and Labour Economic Council proposal met with a cold shoulder.

– Our assessment is that it would spread to other parts of the labor market and reduce wages for very many, says Ola Pettersson, LO’s chief economist, SR echo.

tomorrow including Ylva Johansson, Minister of Labour, Tobias Baudin, first Deputy Chairman of the LO, and Peter Jeppsson, Senior Vice President of Swedish Enterprise debate the proposal with Lars Calmfors at a seminar at the Army Museum.