Labor market policy programs and measures

The plan points out wage dumping, economic crime and exploitation as central threats and demands that tax funds only go to employers who follow collective agreements. It wants Swedish agreement terms to apply fully to everyone on the labour market and counteract insecure employment. Tighter rules, transparency in which companies receive wage subsidies and mapping of conditions by sector, gender and background follow directly from these commitments.

• counteract exploitation of wage earnersdecisive»Lönedumpning, ekonomisk brottslighet och utnyttjande är centrala hot idag.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Wage dumping, economic crime and exploitation are central threats today.”
• conditions for public funds»Vänsterpartiet ställer krav på kollektivavtal vid offentliga upphandlingar.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“The Left Party demands collective agreements in public procurement.”
• agreement terms for all employees»Svenska kollektivavtal ska fullt ut gälla för alla på svensk arbetsmarknad.« (party programme ↗)“Swedish collective agreements shall apply in full for everyone on the Swedish labour market.”
• insecure employment shall end»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 work and temporary staffing.”

The election manifesto requires tough action against employment crime and that public employers and purchasers set an example for fair competition, and that welfare fraud is stopped. Stricter rules, employer certificates, auditability and an investigation into misuse of subsidized employment are measures in that direction. The party programme requires transparency and scrutiny of private actors who live off tax money. Subsidized employment is not treated explicitly.

• tough action against employment crimedecisive»Krafttag mot arbetslivskriminaliteten. 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 ↗)“Tough action against employment crime. Employment crime must not exist in the Swedish labour market and public employers and purchasers must set an example in promoting fair competition.”
• stop welfare fraud»Skattefusk, välfärdsbrottslighet och penningtvätt ska stoppas.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Tax fraud, welfare crime and money laundering must be stopped.”
• transparency in tax-financed activities»krav på öppenhet och insyn ska ställas på de privata aktörer som verkar inom den« (party programme ↗)“requirements for transparency and scrutiny must be placed on the private actors that operate within”
• no competitive advantages from poor conditions»Det ska aldrig löna sig att begå brott eller skaffa sig konkurrensfördelar genom att försumma de anställdas rätt till en trygg arbetsmiljö.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“It must never be profitable to commit crimes or gain competitive advantages by neglecting employees' right to a secure working environment.”

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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 sees structural discrimination in all areas of working life and wants to produce systematic statistics that illuminate it, which corresponds to the counter-proposal's requirement for mapping broken down by sector, gender and background. It also gives the state responsibility to ensure healthy conditions through legislation and oversight, and wants transparency and public access to apply to tax-funded activities. Sharpened rules and scrutiny of wage subsidies follow from these commitments.

• state oversight of sound conditionsdecisive»Staten ska genom lagstiftning och övervakning se« (party programme ↗)“The state shall through legislation and oversight ensure”
• structural discrimination in working life»diskrimineringen finns på alla områden i arbetslivet, när det gäller lön, anställningsformer och« (party programme ↗)“discrimination exists in all areas of working life, when it comes to wages, forms of employment and”
• systematic mapping»ta fram systematisk statistik för att belysa diskriminering och rasism i samhället.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“produce systematic statistics to illuminate discrimination and racism in society.”
• transparency in tax-funded activities»Meddelarfrihet och offentlighetsprincipen ska gälla« (party programme ↗)“Freedom of expression and the principle of public access shall apply”

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 simplify and strengthen new-starter jobs, broaden establishment jobs and make it cheaper and easier to employ those far from the labour market. New certification obligations, surveys and stricter regulation of subsidised employment pull in the opposite direction from the commitment to clean up the rules. The plan's transparency requirements concern corruption and public power, not increased regulatory burden for employing companies.

• simplify subsidised jobsdecisive»Skapa fler dörrar in till arbetsmarknaden genom fler enkla jobb, det vill säga jobb som inte kräver kvalificerad utbildning. Förenkla och förstärk nystartsjobben och bredda de så kallade etableringsjobben.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Create more doors into the labour market through more simple jobs, that is, jobs that do not require qualified education. Simplify and strengthen new-starter jobs and broaden the so-called establishment jobs.”
• easier to employ»Det måste bli billigare och lättare att anställa, särskilt personer som står långt från arbetsmarknaden.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“It must become cheaper and easier to employ, especially persons far from the labour market.”
• reduced regulatory red tape»Rensa upp i regelträsket för entreprenörer, stora som små.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Clean up the regulatory tangle for entrepreneurs, large and small.”
• transparency against abuse of power»Sverige ska bli ännu mer transparent.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Sweden shall become even more transparent.”

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 provides no rules for subsidised employment, but it establishes the importance of the public access principle for oversight and that public funds shall be used cost-effectively with equal treatment. Requirements for employer certificate, transparency in which companies receive wage subsidies and an investigation against misuse follow from these principles. The plan simultaneously wants to keep thresholds to the labour market low, which makes the support derived.

• transparency in public fundsdecisive»Offentlighetsprincipen har en grundläggande betydelse för att förankra och fördjupa folkstyret« (party programme ↗)“The public access principle has a fundamental importance for anchoring and deepening popular rule”
• responsible use of tax funds»Offentlig upphandling ska ske på sätt som ger skattebetalarna låga kostnader,« (party programme ↗)“Public procurement shall take place in ways that give taxpayers low costs,”
• low thresholds to jobs»Framväxten av jobb som inte kräver formella kunskaper eller erfarenheter ska underlättas« (party programme ↗)“Growth in jobs that do not require formal education or experience shall be facilitated”

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 rejects direct company subsidies and requires that labor market policy measures are supportive without damaging the ordinary labor market. Tightened rules, employer certificates and insight into which companies receive wage subsidies are therefore logical, as is the plan's requirement for evaluation and cost monitoring as a political task. Honesty is highlighted as a foundation in the economy, which speaks to measures against abuse.

• subsidies to companies are rejecteddecisive»Direkta företagssubventioner avvisas.« (party programme ↗)“Direct company subsidies are rejected.”
• measures must not damage the labor market»stödjande när så krävs, dock utan att skada ordinarie« (party programme ↗)“supportive when so required, but without damaging ordinary”
• monitoring and control»Utvärdering, kostnadsuppföljning och kvalitetskontroll är därför viktiga politiska« (party programme ↗)“Evaluation, cost monitoring and quality control are therefore important political”
• honesty in the economy»Hederlighet och personligt ansvarstagande är« (party programme ↗)“Honesty and personal responsibility are”

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's instruments for getting the long-term unemployed and newly arrived into work are greatly reduced employment costs, combined with one-third of companies' administrative costs and regulatory red tape being removed. The counter-proposal's demands for new attestation obligations, mappings and tightened regulation of subsidized employment go in the opposite direction and risk making the instrument less used. The plan's will to combat fraud with tax money does however pull partly toward the counter-proposal.

• cheaper to hiredecisive»Kraftigt sänka anställningskostnaderna för den som anställer nyanlända och långtidsarbetslösa« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Significantly lower employment costs for those who hire newly arrived and long-term unemployed”
• reduced administrative burden»Ta bort en tredjedel av företagens administrationskostnader och en tredjedel av regelkrånglet« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Remove one-third of companies' administrative costs and one-third of regulatory red tape”
• stop fraud with tax money»Skärpa straffen för bidragsbrott« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Tighten penalties for benefit fraud”

The plan wants to abolish ineffective labor market and integration programs and stop public funding for fake jobs, with explicit criticism of subsidized employment forms such as new-start jobs and introduction jobs. Tightened rules, employer certificates, audits and an investigation of the regulations for subsidized employment move in the same direction as this commitment. The plan also requires clear results for each public initiative.

• criticism of subsidized jobsdecisive»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 labor market policy constructs such as new-start jobs, establishment employment and introduction jobs, policy should work to create greater demand for real jobs.”
• abolish ineffective programs»Avskaffa ineffektiva arbetsmarknads- och integrationsprogram som är skapade för att dölja arbetslöshet« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Abolish ineffective labor market and integration programs created to hide unemployment”
• no fake jobs»Stoppa användandet av offentliga medel till låtsasjobb« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Stop the use of public funds for fake jobs”
• requirements and audits»Begära tydliga resultat för varje offentlig satsning« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Request clear results for each public initiative”

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.