The state as an employer

The party programme explicitly demands that permanent employment be restored as the norm and that staffing agencies be prohibited. That public authorities stop using staffing agencies is a direct application of that commitment. The election manifesto points out temp jobs as a source of insecurity and establishes that the public sector should lead in staffing and employment matters.

• ban on staffing agenciesdecisive»Tillsvidareanställningen som faktisk norm på arbetsmarknaden måste återupprättas och bemanningsföretag förbjudas.« (party programme ↗)“Permanent employment as a practical norm in the labour market must be restored and staffing agencies prohibited.”
• temp jobs create insecurity»Otryggheten skapas genom tillfälliga anställningar, sms-jobb, gig-jobb, deltidsjobb och bemanningsjobb.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Insecurity is created through temporary employment, SMS jobs, gig jobs, part-time jobs and temp agency jobs.”
• public sector should lead»Den offentliga sektorn kan här gå före och genom beslut och avtal överföra makten över frågor som arbetstid, bemannings- och anställningsfrågor och arbetets organisering till de anställda.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“The public sector can lead here and through decisions and agreements transfer power over questions of working hours, staffing and employment matters and work organization to the employees.”
• strengthened labour rights»Vänsterpartiet arbetar för en förstärkt arbetsrätt som innebär tryggare anställningar, högre krav på arbetsmiljön och en starkare ställning för kollektivavtalen.« (party programme ↗)“The Left Party works for strengthened labour rights that mean safer employment, higher demands on the working environment and a stronger position for collective agreements.”

The plan wants public employers to be models on the labour market and for more people to work full-time in permanent jobs, while tax-financed activities shall uphold high standards for working conditions and influence. That authorities cease hiring staff for core operations follows from these commitments, because hiring temporary staff according to the counter-proposal gives worse participation. The plan also establishes that political responsibility cannot be delegated.

• permanent jobs in the public sectordecisive»Vi vill att välfärden ska gå före och att fler ska kunna arbeta heltid i fasta jobb.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“We want welfare to come first and for more people to be able to work full-time in permanent jobs.”
• public employers as models»Arbetslivs kriminalitet ska inte finnas på svensk arbetsmarknad och offentliga arbetsgivare och upphandlare ska vara föredömen i att verka för en sund konkurrens.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Workplace crime shall not exist on the Swedish labour market and public employers and purchasers shall be models in working for sound competition.”
• influence over one's own work»goda arbetsvillkor, trygg försörjning och inflytande över det egna arbetet.« (party programme ↗)“good working conditions, secure livelihood and influence over one's own work.”
• political responsibility cannot be delegated»ansvaret kan aldrig överlämnas till icke valda ämbetsmän.« (party programme ↗)“responsibility can never be delegated to unelected officials.”

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The plan takes no explicit position on what the committee actually decided — often because the committee's reason was procedural. The stance is derived and fully cited, but it does not show the party broke a commitment.

The plan wants to protect functioning labour law, give workers influence over their workplace and criticizes the part of the labour market where employees have weak attachment and little influence. That state authorities stop hiring personnel from staffing companies follows from that commitment, because hiring creates precisely a divided workforce with poorer participation. The plan thus speaks for the requirement.

• labour law and influencedecisive»Vi vill värna en fungerande arbetsrätt och ge arbetstagare inflytande över både arbetets innehåll och arbetstiden.« (party programme ↗)“We want to protect functioning labour law and give workers influence over both the content of work and working time.”
• criticism of weak attachment»På den del av arbetsmarknaden där arbetstagarna ofta har svag anknytning och få rättigheter är inflytandet mycket litet.« (party programme ↗)“On the part of the labour market where employees often have weak attachment and few rights, influence is very limited.”
• secure forms of employment»Det är också viktigt att åstadkomma rimliga arbetsvillkor och trygga anställningsformer i det som i dag är kvinnodominerade branscher.« (party programme ↗)“It is also important to achieve reasonable working conditions and secure forms of employment in what is today female-dominated sectors.”
• full-time in public activities»Anställda inom offentligt finansierad verksamhet ska ha rätt till heltid med möjligheten att gå ner till deltid.« (party programme ↗)“Employees within publicly funded activities shall have the right to full-time employment with the opportunity to go part-time.”

The plan takes no explicit position on what the committee actually decided — often because the committee's reason was procedural. The stance is derived and fully cited, but it does not show the party broke a commitment.

The party programme establishes that the market economy shall be free from centrally planned directives and that public activities can advantageously be opened to competition. The plan also wants a labour market with both more flexibility and more security, and points to the labour market reform the party has driven through. A general ban for authorities to hire staffing companies goes against these commitments and is therefore rejected.

• competition is positivedecisive»Offentlig verksamhet kan med fördel konkurrensutsättas« (party programme ↗)“Public activities can be opened to competition to advantage”
• flexible labour market»Svensk arbetsmarknad behöver både mer flexibilitet och mer trygghet.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Sweden's labour market needs both more flexibility and more security.”
• value the labour market reform»Den senaste mandatperioden drev Centerpartiet igenom en historisk arbetsmarknadsreform som innebär större flexibilitet för företagen och bättre omställningsmöjligheter för medarbetare.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“During the last term in office the Centre Party drove through a historic labour market reform that brings greater flexibility for companies and better transition opportunities for employees.”

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The plan's decisive commitment is that the public shall not conduct activities that crowd out functioning private alternatives and that government agency mandates be kept separate from the provider role, with private actors as part of a dynamic labour market. An explicit ban for government agencies to engage staffing firms runs counter to that line. That public employers shall be exemplars and trade union freedom shall be protected qualifies but does not reverse the position.

• no crowding out of private alternativesdecisive»offentliga ska inte driva verksamheter som tränger ut fungerande privata alternativ« (party programme ↗)“the public shall not conduct activities that crowd out functioning private alternatives”
• government agency mandate separate from provider role»Arbetsförmedlingens myndighetsuppdrag ska tydligt skiljas från utförarrollen.« (party programme ↗)“The Employment Agency's government agency mandate shall be clearly separated from the provider role.”
• dynamic labour market»För att sänka trösklarna till arbetsmarknaden och göra den mer dynamisk« (party programme ↗)“To lower barriers to the labour market and make it more dynamic”
• the state as exemplar»Offentliga arbetsgivare ska vara föredömen.« (party programme ↗)“Public employers shall be exemplars.”

The plan wants public activities that are not government administration to be procured in competition and monopolies avoided. An explicit ban for authorities to engage staffing companies goes against this. The election manifesto certainly wants to reduce the need for expensive hired staff, but through more trained and better conditions, not by excluding private providers.

• procured in competitiondecisive»Övrig offentlig verksamhet, som inte är myndighetsutövning, bör« (party programme ↗)“Other public activities, that are not government administration, should be”
• absence of monopoly»verksamhetsformer ska så långt möjligt bygga på frånvaro av monopol« (party programme ↗)“forms of activity should to the extent possible be based on absence of monopoly”
• reduce the need for hired staff»Utbilda mer personal för sjukvården. Förbättrade villkor i vårdens bristyrken och minska behovet av dyr inhyrd personal.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Train more staff for healthcare. Improved conditions in healthcare's shortage occupations and reduce the need for expensive hired staff”
• decision at the right level»Subsidiaritetsprincipen innebär att det som en liten« (party programme ↗)“The subsidiarity principle means that what a small”

The plan is based on the market economy and a diversity of private actors as the foundation for prosperity and renewal, and that the state shall streamline its operations rather than shut out private service providers. An explicit requirement that public agencies stop using staffing companies lacks support in the plan and conflicts with its view of the role of private actors. The position is derived, because the plan does not address the state's hiring of personnel.

• diversity of actorsdecisive»En mångfald av aktörer är också en förutsättning för förnyelse och innovation.« (party programme ↗)“A diversity of actors is also a prerequisite for renewal and innovation.”
• market economy as foundation»Grunden för Sveriges välstånd är en marknadsekonomi baserad« (party programme ↗)“The foundation for Sweden's prosperity is a market economy based”
• more efficient agencies»Inrätta ett effektiviseringskansli som ska gå inom alla myndigheters ekonomi för att frigöra resurser till försvaret« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Establish an efficiency office that shall go through every public agency's budget to free up resources for defence”

The plan's stance on who performs public tasks is pragmatic and results-oriented: what matters is benefit per pound, not the operational form. A general requirement that authorities stop using staffing companies is precisely the kind of principled lock-in the plan avoids. That the plan simultaneously wishes away expensive consultants is not sufficient to support a general ban.

• neutral regarding operational formdecisive»Det viktigaste för oss är i de flesta fall inte vem som utför en specifik uppgift« (party programme ↗)“For us, in most cases it is not who performs a specific task”
• pragmatic approach»intar Sverigedemokraterna ett pragmatiskt och resultatinriktat förhållningssätt.« (party programme ↗)“Sweden Democrats take a pragmatic and results-oriented approach.”
• counter expensive consultants»dyra konsulter, utköp av personal och många andra märkliga satsningar« (2022 manifesto ↗)“expensive consultants, redundancies of staff and many other strange initiatives”