Speed Bonus

The plan points out individualized parental insurance as a strategically important reform for equality in family life and on the labour market, and highlights that women's part-time work and large responsibility for home and family drive the income gap. The counter-proposal's requirement to remove a rule that presses towards frequent pregnancies and thus long absence from the labour market and health risks for women aligns with this starting point. The plan does not, however, address the speed premium as such.

• individualized parental insurancedecisive»individualiserad föräldraförsäkring och en stärkt lagfäst rätt till heltid,« (party programme ↗)“individualized parental insurance and a strengthened statutory right to full-time work,”
• women's absence increases income gap»Inkomstskillnaden beror även på att fler kvinnor än män arbetar deltid,« (party programme ↗)“The income difference is also because more women than men work part-time,”
• equal sharing of housework»En arbetstidsförkortning skulle vara ett viktigt steg för ökad jämställdhet eftersom det också skulle möjliggöra för en mer jämställd fördelning av det obetalda hemarbetet.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“A shorter working week would be an important step for increased equality because it would also make possible a more equal distribution of unpaid housework.”

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 counter-proposal wants to quickly remove a benefit from the parental insurance. The plan's commitment goes in a different direction: Sweden should have secure insurance, good economic protection when earned income ceases is fundamental, and the party is prepared to strengthen the economy for Sweden's families with children. The plan's equality goal of being able to combine work and family does indeed speak partly in the opposite direction, but the overriding commitment is to protect the security systems. Derived, the plan rejects the demand.

• strengthened economy for families with childrendecisive»Vi är beredda att stärka ekonomin för Sveriges barnfamiljer.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“We are prepared to strengthen the economy for Sweden's families with children.”
• income protection»Ett gott ekonomiskt skydd när den egna förvärvsinkomsten faller bort är grundläggande« (party programme ↗)“Good economic protection when own earned income ceases is fundamental”
• secure social insurance»Sverige ska ha trygga försäkringar byggda på tan ken om plikt och rätt.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Sweden should have secure insurance built on the idea of duty and right.”
• combine work and family»Det kräver ett arbetsliv som gör det möjligt att kombinera yrkesliv« (party programme ↗)“It requires a working life that makes it possible to combine work and”

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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 party programme links limiting gender roles, unjustified wage differences and stereotypical parental norms and makes women's economic independence a gender equality goal. A rule that drives frequent pregnancies and long absence from the labour market works against that, which speaks for its removal. The plan does, however, wish to particularly protect children in economically vulnerable families, which makes the support conditional.

• women's economic independencedecisive»Jämställda löner och ekonomisk självständighet är viktigt för att öka jämställdheten mellan kvinnor och män.« (party programme ↗)“Equal pay and economic independence are important for increasing gender equality between women and men.”
• break stereotypical parental norms»Vi ser att begränsande könsroller, osakliga löneskillnader och stereotypa föräldranormer hänger samman.« (party programme ↗)“We see that limiting gender roles, unjustified wage differences and stereotypical parental norms are interconnected.”
• more equal use of parental days»dubblera pappornas uttag av föräldraledighet — varje förälder ska ta ut minst en tredjedel av föräldradagarna.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“double fathers' use of parental leave — each parent shall take out at least one third of the parental days.”
• protect economically vulnerable child families»För Miljöpartiet de gröna är det särskilt angeläget att värna barn i ekonomiskt utsatta familjer.« (party programme ↗)“For the Greens it is particularly important to protect children in economically vulnerable families.”

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 reform parental insurance so it becomes more equal, simple and clear and so more women can enter the workforce and make careers. A rule that rewards very frequent pregnancies extends time away from the labour market and thus particularly affects women, which contradicts that commitment. The plan does not, however, address the speed bonus, so the stance is derived.

• parental insurance enabling workdecisive»Vi vill modernisera föräldraförsäkringen så att fler kvinnor kan komma i arbete och göra karriär, bland annat genom att införa en kraftigt förstärkt jämställdhetsbonus.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“We want to modernize parental insurance so more women can enter the workforce and make careers, among other things by introducing a significantly strengthened equality bonus.”
• simpler and clearer rules»Därför vill vi reformera föräldraförsäkringen för en mer jämställd, enkel och tydlig föräldraförsäkring anpassad till vårt moderna samhälle och arbetsliv.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Therefore we want to reform parental insurance for a more equal, simple and clear parental insurance adapted to our modern society and working life.”
• childbearing must not hinder career»Att föda barn ska inte stå i vägen för karriären och föräldraskap ska inte vara en ekonomisk fälla för kvinnor.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Having children shall not stand in the way of career and parenthood shall not be an economic trap for women.”
• more women in workforce»Sverige blir rikare och ett bättre land att leva i när fler kvinnor jobbar och inte hindras från att nå sin fulla potential.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Sweden becomes richer and a better place to live when more women work and are not hindered from reaching their full potential.”

The plan wants to reform parental insurance so that it both protects freedom of choice and strengthens equality in the labor market, and particularly points out prolonged absence from the labor market as an obstacle to women's work. A rule that incentivizes closely spaced pregnancies counteracts that commitment. The plan is also based on shared responsibility for home and children.

• equal parental insurancedecisive»Vi vill se ny föräldraförsäkring som både värnar valfriheten och stärker jämställdheten på arbetsmarknaden.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“We want to see new parental insurance that both protects freedom of choice and strengthens equality in the labor market.”
• women's labor market participation»Fler utrikes födda kvinnor ska komma i arbete genom reformer av föräldraförsäkringen och flerbarnstillägget och ett mer individualiserat försörjningsstöd.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“More foreign-born women shall enter work through reforms of parental insurance and the multi-child supplement and more individualized financial support.”
• shared parental responsibility»Jämställdhet förutsätter delat ansvar för hem och barn.« (party programme ↗)“Equality presupposes shared responsibility for home and children.”

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 requires that support for families with children is designed so that it becomes economically possible for both women and men to prioritize time with children, and that reduced employment during early childhood years does not disadvantage one parent. To quickly remove the rule protecting parents who have children close together goes in the opposite direction and interferes with the family's own planning, which according to the plan is not the state's business. The plan additionally wants to promote family formation and family stability.

• economically possible to prioritize childrendecisive»Det offentligas stöd till barnfamiljer ska vara så utformat att det blir ekonomiskt möjligt för såväl kvinnor« (party programme ↗)“Public support for families with children shall be designed so that it becomes economically possible for both women”
• early childhood years shall not disadvantage»barn och/eller minskat förvärvsarbetande under småbarnsåren inte missgynnar den ena föräldern.« (party programme ↗)“children and/or reduced employment during early childhood years does not disadvantage one parent.”
• the family's own planning»eller staten inte ska gå in och bestämma i familjens ställe.« (party programme ↗)“or the state shall not go in and decide in the family's place.”
• promote family formation»positiva effekter när det gäller att främja familjebildning och« (party programme ↗)“positive effects when it comes to promoting family formation and”

The plan wants to remove benefits that keep women away from the labor market — the multiple child allowance is explicitly abolished from child four so that women in large families do not become trapped at home — and establishes that increased self-sufficiency gives increased empowerment. A rule that rewards very frequent pregnancies and extends absence from working life contradicts the same work line. The plan does not mention the speed bonus by name, so the support is derived.

• no benefits that keep women at homedecisive»• Avskaffa flerbarnstillägget från och med barn fyra så att inte kvinnor i stora familjer fastnar i hemmet« (2022 manifesto ↗)“• Abolish the multiple child allowance from and including child four so that women in large families do not become trapped at home”
• self-sufficiency gives empowerment»Ökad självförsörjning ger ökad egenmakt.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Increased self-sufficiency gives increased empowerment.”
• the work line in transfers»Skatter och bidragssystem ska utgå från arbetslinjen.« (party programme ↗)“Taxes and benefit systems shall be based on the work line.”

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 economic family policy to leave mandatory reforms that limit families' room for action and instead become generous and family-promoting, with families free to make their own decisions about their everyday life. Quickly removing a rule that favours parents with closely spaced children restricts precisely this room for action. The plan therefore speaks against the demand.

• family-promoting policydecisive»Den ekonomiska familjepolitiken behöver ändra kurs från tvingande reformer som begränsar handlingsutrymme och välmående, till en mer familjefrämjande attityd där fokus ligger på att organisera arbetslivet kring familjens och barnens behov snarare än efter politikernas egna önskemål.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Economic family policy needs to change course from mandatory reforms that limit room for action and well-being, to a more family-promoting attitude where the focus lies on organizing work life around the family's and children's needs rather than according to politicians' own wishes.”
• family's self-determination»Familjer ska vara fria att fatta egna beslut om sin vardag där barn ska ha tillgång till båda sina föräldrar och förhållandena vara goda.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Families shall be free to make their own decisions about their everyday life where children shall have access to both their parents and conditions shall be good.”
• flexible parental insurance»Föräldraförsäkringen ska vara flexibel och familjevänlig och reserverade månader ska bort.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Parental insurance shall be flexible and family-friendly and reserved months shall be abolished.”
• generous family policy»Införa en generös graviditetspenning och fler pappadagar« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Introduce a generous pregnancy benefit and more paternity days”