Employment policy programmes and measures

The plan demands that all employees in Sweden shall be protected by strong collective agreements and requires collective agreements in public procurement. Opening establishment jobs for employers without collective agreements and for temporary staffing companies goes directly against that, especially as the plan identifies temporary staffing jobs as a source of insecurity. The plan also wants to build full employment on high collective agreement coverage and strong employment protection, not on fewer subsidized jobs.

• all shall have collective agreementsdecisive»anställda i Sverige ska skyddas av starka kollektivavtal.« (party programme ↗)“employees in Sweden shall be protected by strong collective agreements.”
• requirements on collective agreements»Vänsterpartiet ställer krav på kollektivavtal vid offentliga upphandlingar.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“The Left Party requires collective agreements in public procurement.”
• temporary staffing creates 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 temporary staffing jobs.”
• high collective agreement coverage»En politik för full sysselsättning, investeringar i välfärd och infrastruktur, arbetstidsförkortning, starkt anställningsskydd, trygga försäkringssystem och för att en hög andel av arbetsplatserna ska omfattas av kollektivavtal, det ger förutsättningar för starka, trygga löntagare och en fungerande samhällsekonomi.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“A policy for full employment, investment in welfare and infrastructure, reduction of working hours, strong employment protection, secure insurance systems and for a high share of workplaces to be covered by collective agreements, that provides the conditions for strong, secure wage earners and a functioning economy.”

The stance rests on the quoted commitment in the party's own documents; the actual vote deviated. Click the quote to verify it in the document.

The plan's decisive commitment on the labour market is collective agreements as the norm and defence of the Swedish model, with a stronger position for trade unions. Opening establishment jobs to employers without collective agreements and to staffing enterprises goes straight against that norm and risks the conditions the election manifesto wants to protect through sound competition. The plan thus speaks against the counter-proposal's demand.

• collective agreements as normdecisive»Kollektivavtal som norm, försvar av den svenska modellen.« (party programme ↗)“Collective agreements as the norm, defence of the Swedish model.”
• strengthened trade unions»Starkare ställning för fackförbunden för ökat löntagarinflytande.« (party programme ↗)“Stronger position for trade unions for increased employee influence.”
• sound competition in work life»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 should not exist on the Swedish labour market and public employers and procurers should be leaders in working for sound competition.”
• active labour-market policy»Aktiv arbetsmarknadspolitik med arbetsförmedling i statlig regi.« (party programme ↗)“Active labour-market policy with employment services in state direction.”

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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 safeguards the Swedish model where the parties bear responsibility for conditions and wants to encourage trade union organization. Opening establishment jobs to employers without collective agreements and to staffing companies goes against this arrangement and risks the insecurity the plan wants to prevent. The plan's labour market policy shall safeguard workers' security, not reduce support for those furthest from employment.

• safeguard the Swedish modeldecisive»Miljöpartiet värnar den svenska modellen, där fackföreningar och arbetsgivare« (party programme ↗)“The Green Party safeguards the Swedish model, where trade unions and employers”
• collective agreements and trade union membership»Därför ska facklig organisering uppmuntras.« (party programme ↗)“Therefore, trade union organization shall be encouraged.”
• security for workers»Arbetsmarknadspolitiken ska bidra till att värna arbetstagarens trygghet« (party programme ↗)“Labour market policy shall help safeguard workers' security”
• prevent insecure employment»Otryggheten på arbetsmarknaden har ökat.« (party programme ↗)“Insecurity on the labour market has increased.”

The election manifesto explicitly requires that start-up jobs be simplified and strengthened and that establishment jobs be broadened, which is exactly what the counter-proposal wants to do by opening them to more employers. The plan also wants to create more doors into the labour market and make it cheaper and easier to hire those far from it. Streamlining support forms and over time reducing the share of subsidized employment aligns with the work line that the manifesto values.

• broadened establishment jobsdecisive»Förenkla och förstärk nystartsjobben och bredda de så kallade etableringsjobben.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Simplify and strengthen start-up jobs and broaden so-called establishment jobs.”
• more doors into the labour market»Skapa fler dörrar in till arbetsmarknaden genom fler enkla jobb, det vill säga jobb som inte kräver kvalificerad utbildning.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Create more doors into the labour market through more simple jobs, that is, jobs that do not require qualified training.”
• cheaper to hire disadvantaged groups»Arbetsgivaravgiften behöver sänkas, i ett första skede för ett företags första anställda, för människor som står långt från arbetsmarknaden liksom de som har låga inkomster.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Employer contributions need to be lowered, in a first stage for a company's first employee, for people far from the labour market as well as those with low incomes.”
• work line valued»Arbetslinjen måste värnas, och den som kan jobba ska inte leva på skattebetalarnas pengar.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“The work line must be valued, and those who can work must not live on taxpayers' money.”

The plan wants to lower barriers to the labour market and establishes that private actors, including industry-specific ones, shall contribute to matching and that the emergence of jobs without formal requirements shall be facilitated. Opening establishment jobs to more employers and concentrating support forms to the most effective ones align with this approach, as does the ambition to gradually reduce the share of subsidized employment. The plan's defence of the collective bargaining model is an objection but does not determine the outcome.

• more actors in matchingdecisive»Privata aktörer, även branschspecifika sådana, ska bidra till att utveckla matchningen på arbetsmarknaden.« (party programme ↗)“Private actors, including industry-specific ones, shall contribute to developing matching on the labour market.”
• lower barriers to work»Framväxten av jobb som inte kräver formella kunskaper eller erfarenheter ska underlättas, till exempel genom utökad avdragsrätt och sänkt skatt för arbetsintensiva verksamheter eller genom utökad samverkan med civilsamhället.« (party programme ↗)“The emergence of jobs that do not require formal knowledge or experience shall be facilitated, for example through expanded tax deductions and lower taxation for labour-intensive activities or through expanded cooperation with civil society.”
• cheaper to employ»Därför vill vi att det ska bli enklare och billigare att anställa genom att arbetsgivaravgifterna sänks för både småföretagare och för dem som vill anställa unga.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Therefore we want it to become simpler and cheaper to employ by lowering employer contributions for both small business owners and those who wish to employ young people.”
• collective bargaining model valued»Den svenska arbetsmarknadsmodellen, där villkoren i huvudsak bestäms genom avtal och inte i lag, bidrar till ansvarstagande på arbetsmarknaden.« (party programme ↗)“The Swedish labour market model, in which conditions are principally determined through collective agreements and not by law, contributes to responsibility-taking on the labour market.”

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 explicitly rejects direct business subsidies and requires that labour market policy be subsidiary, that is, supporting without damaging the regular labour market. This speaks for concentrating support forms and over time reducing the share of subsidised employment. Opening establishment jobs to more employers follows from the requirement for general means and equal terms for different forms of enterprise. The plan thus supports the counter-proposal's requirement in substance.

• rejects direct subsidiesdecisive»Direkta företagssubventioner avvisas.« (party programme ↗)“Direct business subsidies are rejected.”
• subsidiary labour market policy»Arbetsmarknadspolitiken måste också utgå från subsidiaritetsprincipen.« (party programme ↗)“Labour market policy must also be based on the subsidiarity principle.”
• general business policy means»Näringspolitiken ska bedrivas med generella medel« (party programme ↗)“Business policy shall be conducted with general means”
• parties' responsibility for terms»Utformningen ska göras av arbetsmarknadens parter.« (party programme ↗)“The design shall be made by the labour market parties.”

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 substantially lower the cost of employing newly arrived and long-term unemployed and clear away red tape, and it sees a growing business sector as the foundation for more people coming into work. Opening establishment jobs to more employers, including those without collective agreements, and streamlining support forms follow from that direction. Gradually reducing the proportion of subsidised employment also aligns with the plan's goal of self-support.

• lower employment costsdecisive»Kraftigt sänka anställningskostnaderna för den som anställer nyanlända och långtidsarbetslösa« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Substantially lower employment costs for those who employ newly arrived and long-term unemployed”
• jobs created in the business sector»växande näringsliv, en fungerande arbetsmarknad och en« (party programme ↗)“growing business sector, a functioning labour market and a”
• fewer and simpler rules»Ta bort en tredjedel av företagens administrationskostnader och en tredjedel av regelkrånglet« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Remove a third of companies' administration costs and a third of red tape”
• self-support»Den som kan försörja sig själv och den som anstränger sig, ska belönas.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“The one who can support themselves and the one who makes an effort, shall be rewarded”

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 turns explicitly against ineffective labour market policy constructions such as establishment employment and introduction jobs and wishes instead to create demand for real jobs, abolish programmes that conceal unemployment and stop public funds for fake jobs. The counter-proposal's demand for fewer support forms and in time lower share of subsidized employment follows directly from this, as does the demand to make it easier for more employers to hire.

• real jobs before subsidiesdecisive»Istället för ineffektiva arbetsmarknadspolitiska konstruktioner som nystartsjobb, etableringsanställningar och introduktionsjobb, bör politiken verka för att skapa en större efterfrågan på riktiga jobb.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Instead of ineffective labour market policy constructions such as new start jobs, establishment employment and introduction jobs, policy should work to create greater demand for real jobs.”
• abolish ineffective programmes»Avskaffa ineffektiva arbetsmarknads- och integrationsprogram som är skapade för att dölja arbetslöshet« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Abolish ineffective labour market and integration programmes created to conceal unemployment.”
• no fake jobs»Stoppa användandet av offentliga medel till låtsasjobb« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Stop the use of public funds for fake jobs.”
• easier to hire»Göra det lättare att anställa och skapa bästa förutsättningar för svensk industri« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Make it easier to hire and create best conditions for Swedish industry.”

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.