Government scraps risat proposals – Swedish Dagbladet

Minister for Social Annika Strandhäll (S). Photo: Marcus Ericsson / TT

The message will then tray and employers in the state, municipalities and the private sector put forward their own proposals to the increase in sick leave and ill health should be halted.

– the proposal will not be part of the autumn budget. We pull back the result of the parties’ proposals, says Minister for Social Annika Strandhäll (S) at a press conference.

She says that the parties have now submitted could lead to a long-term falling sick. She also says that the proposed government now back would have saved as much money as it would cost to reduce social security in return.

– You can say that it was a zero-sum game, says Strandhäll now scrap the proposal for good, it will not return.

Strandhäll satisfied that the parties have come up with “elaborate letters of intent with clear action for healthier workplaces.”

– this is the Swedish model when it works best, she says.

the government should keep tabs that declarations of intent are implemented and yield results, and will set goals for the parties and for sick leave area area.

There are now scrapped the proposal from the government meant that employers would pay 25 per cent of sickness benefit costs for employees on sick leave for more than 90 days. In return, the payroll tax cut.

Service Companies industry bodies ALMEGA welcomes the Government informed that the proposal for the so-called health shift are put aside.

– This is very welcome Government has finally listened to the massive criticism voiced against the proposal, says Anna-Karin Hatt, Almega’s CEO, in a press release.

Also Graduates SSR pleased with the news.

– We and other social partners have done our homework and agreed on a series of concrete measures that will be far more accurate to reach the target than a health exchange, says Heike Erkers, SSR’s president, in a press release.