Further Easing of Work Conditions and Waiting Period Requirements

The election manifesto establishes that unemployment insurance payments have been made lowest in the Nordic region through political decisions and that anyone who becomes unemployed should know they will receive good unemployment insurance. The party programme makes it a strategic issue to strengthen unemployment insurance so that more people can be covered. The counter-proposal's lowered work requirements, lower alternative rule and abolished waiting period requirements are precisely measures that let more people be covered.

• more shall be covered by unemployment insurancedecisive»Att stärka framför allt arbetslöshets- och sjukförsäkringarna, så att fler kan omfattas och fler får ut mer av sin tidigare« (party programme ↗)“To strengthen especially unemployment and sickness insurance, so that more people can be covered and more receive more from their previous”
• raise unemployment insurance»Men politiska beslut har gjort att a-kassans ersättningar är lägst i Norden.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“But political decisions have made unemployment insurance payments the lowest in the Nordic region.”
• security in unemployment»Du som blir arbetslös ska veta att du får en bra a-kassa och inte behöva oroa dig över att du måste flytta till en billigare lägenhet, sälja huset eller inte kunna ha mat på bordet.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“When you become unemployed you should know that you will receive good unemployment insurance and not have to worry about having to move to a cheaper apartment, sell the house or not be able to have food on the table.”
• protection for insecurely employed»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 plan wants to make permanent the increased unemployment benefits and establishes that strong unemployment insurance provides security and strengthens wage-earners' position, with good economic protection when earned income disappears as a guiding principle. Lower work requirements and abolished waiting period means that more wage-earners are actually covered by that security. The plan's idea of duty and right is an opposing consideration but does not break the direction. The plan therefore supports the requirement.

• increased unemployment insurance made permanentdecisive»Därför vill vi permanenta den höjda ersättningen i arbetslöshetsersättningen.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Therefore we want to make permanent the increased amount in unemployment benefits.”
• strong unemployment insurance»En stark a-kassa ger trygghet i vardagen, stärker löntagares ställning på arbetsmarknaden och hjälper till att stabilisera samhällsekonomin genom lågkonjunkturer.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Strong unemployment insurance provides security in everyday life, strengthens wage-earners' position on the labour market and helps stabilize the national economy through downturns.”
• income replacement principle»Ett gott ekonomiskt skydd när den egna förvärvsinkomsten faller bort är grundläggande« (party programme ↗)“Good economic protection when one's own earned income disappears is fundamental”
• duty and right in insurance»Sverige ska ha trygga försäkringar byggda på tan ken om plikt och rätt.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Sweden shall have secure insurance built on the idea of duty and right.”

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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 requires broad insurance with low thresholds for entry and that all have the right to basic economic security, which is precisely what lower work requirements and abolished waiting day requirements mean. The election manifesto also wants to improve unemployment insurance and abolish the waiting day in sickness insurance. The plan therefore supports the counter-proposal's requirements.

• low thresholds in insurancedecisive»Försäkringen ska vara bred, ha låga trösklar för« (party programme ↗)“Insurance shall be broad, have low thresholds for”
• abolished waiting day»slopa karensdagen i sjukförsäkringen.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“abolish the waiting day in sickness insurance.”
• better unemployment insurance»höja studiestödet och förbättra studenters a-kassa och sjukförsäkring.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“raise student support and improve students' unemployment insurance and sickness insurance.”
• right to economic security»Alla har rätt till grundläggande ekonomisk« (party programme ↗)“Everyone has the right to basic economic”

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 election manifesto establishes that the work principle must be protected, that those who can work should not live on taxpayers' money and that more money should go to the core of welfare and less to benefits. Lowering the work requirement significantly and completely abolishing the waiting period instead expands compensation and reduces incentives to move from benefits to work. The party programme sees unemployment insurance as a transition insurance, not as general income security.

• protect the work principledecisive»Arbetslinjen måste värnas, och den som kan jobba ska inte leva på skattebetalarnas pengar.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“The work principle must be protected, and those who can work should not live on taxpayers' money.”
• less on benefits»Mer pengar ska läggas på välfärdens kärna, mindre på bidrag.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“More money should be spent on the core of welfare, less on benefits.”
• unemployment insurance as transition»Arbetslöshetsförsäkringen ska vara en allmän och tydlig omställningsförsäkring.« (party programme ↗)“Unemployment insurance shall be a general and clear transition insurance.”
• profitable to take a job»Vi vill att det ska löna sig mer att gå från bidrag till arbete« (2022 manifesto ↗)“We want it to pay more to move from benefits to work”

The plan establishes that there must always be a deductible in social insurance, which directly speaks against abolishing the qualifying period entirely. Qualification rules shall support the work line while the insurance is broadened, and the plan wants to replace the work condition with an income condition rather than lowering hour limits. The counter-proposal's requirements therefore go further than what the plan supports.

• deductible in insurancedecisive»Även om det alltid behöver finnas en självrisk ska ersättningen motsvara större delen av inkomstbortfallet« (party programme ↗)“Even though there must always be a deductible shall the compensation correspond to larger part of income loss”
• qualification rules support work line»Kvalifikationsreglerna måste stödja arbetslinjen men utformas så att försäkringen breddas.« (party programme ↗)“Qualification rules must support the work line but be designed so that the insurance is broadened.”
• income condition instead of work condition»ska arbetsvillkoret i arbetslöshetsförsäkringen ersättas med ett inkomstvillkor.« (party programme ↗)“shall the work condition in unemployment insurance be replaced with an income condition.”
• the work line»Det ska alltid löna sig att arbeta.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“It shall always be worthwhile to work.”

The plan requires that benefit systems be designed so that people's own efforts are encouraged and benefit dependency is countered, and that compensation levels stimulate return to work. It furthermore wants to see insurance elements to avoid an overly large share of tax-financed expenditure. Significantly lowering the work condition and abolishing the waiting period requirement entirely goes against this, even though the plan requires a general mandatory unemployment insurance with basic security.

• countered benefit dependencydecisive»utformas så att människors egen kraft och engagemang« (party programme ↗)“designed so that people's own efforts and engagement”
• compensation that encourages work»Nivåerna på ersättningarna ska utformas så att den enskilde stimuleras att delta i åtgärder« (party programme ↗)“The levels of compensation shall be designed so that the individual is stimulated to participate in measures”
• insurance-based financing»Inslag av försäkringssystem bör finnas för att undvika alltför stor andel skattefinansierade« (party programme ↗)“Elements of insurance systems should exist to avoid an overly large share of tax-financed”
• basic security in unemployment»grundläggande ekonomisk trygghet ska en allmän obligatorisk arbetslöshetsförsäkring finnas.« (party programme ↗)“basic economic security, there should be a general mandatory unemployment insurance.”

The counter-proposal wants to lower the work condition sharply and abolish the waiting period entirely. The plan states that the work-first line has been weakened by the raised unemployment insurance, that total benefits must never become so high that it does not pay to work and promises a benefits cap. A more generous unemployment insurance therefore directly contradicts the plan's work-first line.

• generous unemployment insurance damages the work-first linedecisive»Arbetslinjen försvagas ytterligare av att regeringens höjning av a-kassan gjort att även de som nyss blivit arbetslösa tackar nej till jobb.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“The work-first line is further weakened by the government's raising of unemployment insurance having made even the newly unemployed decline jobs.”
• work must pay»De samlade bidragen ska aldrig bli så höga att det inte lönar sig att jobba.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Total benefits must never become so high that it does not pay to work.”
• benefits cap»Införa ett bidragstak så att de samlade bidragen aldrig kan bli högre än lönen från ett arbete« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Introduce a benefits cap so that total benefits can never become higher than the wage from work”
• the work-first line guides benefits»Skatter och bidragssystem ska utgå från arbetslinjen.« (party programme ↗)“Taxes and benefit systems should be based on the work-first line.”

The election manifesto wants to make unemployment insurance part of the state's welfare commitment, abolish the membership requirement so that the right to compensation is based on hours worked, and points out thresholds that cause people to fall out when jobs disappear. The counter-proposal's requirement for lowered work requirements and abolished waiting period lowers precisely these thresholds and increases economic security for wage earners, which the plan is seeking. The plan however does not specify any hour limits, which is why the support is derived.

• compensation based on hours workeddecisive»Kravet på medlemskap i en a-kassa ska avskaffas så att rätten till ersättning ska istället utgå från arbetad tid.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“The requirement for membership in an unemployment insurance fund shall be abolished so that the right to compensation should instead be based on hours worked.”
• lowered thresholds in unemployment insurance»kravet om långvarigt medlemskap i en a-kassa en tröskel för många« (2022 manifesto ↗)“the requirement for long-term membership in an unemployment insurance fund a threshold for many”
• economic security»Öka den ekonomiska tryggheten för löntagare« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Increase economic security for wage earners”
• raised compensation initially»Höja ersättningen de första 100 dagarna« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Raise compensation the first 100 days”

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.