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Review of the regulation on special measures for persons with functional disability that impairs work capacity
Review of the rules on special support measures for people with disabilities
What's at stake: The decision affects how broad an upcoming review of support for people with disabilities will be, and whether employers' financial incentives to hire with wage subsidies - which otherwise risk being eroded over time - are also included.
Case texts and AI reasoning are AI-translated from the Swedish originals; the Swedish text is authoritative.
What the vote decides
The question is whether an upcoming review of the regulation on special support measures for people with disabilities affecting work capacity should explicitly also cover the cap level for wage subsidies, or whether the review should be limited to ensuring the support's terms are fit for purpose without including the cap level.
Yes Yes — the committee proposal
The committee backs a review of the regulation on special support measures for people with disabilities affecting work capacity, to ensure the support's terms are fit for purpose and serve the aim of the labor-market program, and issues this as an instruction to the government. However, the committee does not take a position on the wage-subsidy cap level.
No No — the reservations
Reservation 5 (S, V, C, MP)
The reservation (S, V, C and MP) welcomes that a review of the regulation is carried out, but argues that the committee leaves out an essential part of the audit's recommendation by not including the wage-subsidy cap level, which otherwise risks being eroded over time. The reservation wants the review to explicitly also cover the cap level and indexing of the wage subsidies.
Summarised from the committee report. Party labels in the summary come from the report, not from the vote.
What do the votes mean here?
Yes The committee proposal: a formal request (tillkännagivande) telling the government to act on en översyn av förordningen (2017:462) om särskilda insatser för personer med funktionsnedsättning som medför nedsatt… and rejecting the motions (keeping things as they are).
No Backing the counter-proposal: reservation 5 by S, V, C, MP.
Abstain The party marks a position of its own that is not one of the two final alternatives.
What each plan points to — and how the party voted
For each party: the vote its own election manifesto and party programme point to in this case, next to how the party actually voted. A plan can only point to Yes or No; a party can also abstain.
| Plan | Vote | Confidence | Evidence | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| V | No | No 0/17/0/5 | follows the plan | confidence: medium | derived |
| S | No | No 0/93/0/13 | follows the plan | confidence: medium | not addressed |
| MP | No | No 0/13/0/5 | follows the plan | confidence: medium | not addressed |
| C | No | No 0/21/0/3 | follows the plan | confidence: medium | not addressed |
| L | No | Yes 12/0/0/4 | departs from the plan | confidence: medium | derived |
| KD | No | Yes 14/0/0/5 | departs from the plan | confidence: medium | not addressed |
| M | No | Yes 60/0/0/8 | departs from the plan | confidence: low | derived |
| SD | No | Yes 61/0/0/10 | departs from the plan | confidence: medium | not addressed |
Committee proposal
The Riksdag supports what the committee states regarding a review of Regulation (2017:462) on special measures for persons with functional disability that impairs work capacity and informs the government of this. Thereby, the Riksdag partly approves the motions 2025/26:3872 by Ardalan Shekarabi et al. (S), 2025/26:3878 by Ciczie Weidby et al. (V) motion 2, and 2025/26:3887 by Leila Ali Elmi et al. (MP) motion 2, and rejects the motions 2025/26:3543 by Nils Seye Larsen et al. (MP) motion 15, and 2025/26:3877 by Magnus Persson et al. (SD) motion 2.
Original (Swedish)
Riksdagen ställer sig bakom det som utskottet anför om en översyn av förordningen (2017:462) om särskilda insatser för personer med funktionsnedsättning som medför nedsatt arbetsförmåga och tillkännager detta för regeringen. Därmed bifaller riksdagen delvis motionerna 2025/26:3872 av Ardalan Shekarabi m.fl. (S), 2025/26:3878 av Ciczie Weidby m.fl. (V) yrkande 2 och 2025/26:3887 av Leila Ali Elmi m.fl. (MP) yrkande 2 och avslår motionerna 2025/26:3543 av Nils Seye Larsen m.fl. (MP) yrkande 15 och 2025/26:3877 av Magnus Persson m.fl. (SD) yrkande 2.
Riksdag decision: The Riksdag submits a formal notification—an instruction—to the government to review the regulation on special measures for persons with functional disability that impairs work capacity. Examples of special measures are wage subsidies, contributions toward workplace aids, and interpreter services for persons with visual or hearing impairment. The reason for the review is to ensure that the conditions for the measures contribute to fulfilling the purpose of the labor market policy program. The formal notification is based on proposals in motions in response to the government's letter regarding the National Audit Office's audit report on the Public Employment Agency's support to persons with functional disability. The National Audit Office concludes in the report that there are deficiencies in how effectively the Public Employment Agency works with the target group. Furthermore, the National Audit Office assesses that the government's direction has not been sufficiently effective. The Labor Market Committee considers the National Audit Office's audit to be an important contribution to the work of providing appropriate measures to persons with functional disability that affects work capacity. The committee also notes that the government has already taken several measures to improve support and that additional measures may be needed. The Riksdag rejected the other proposals in the motions and filed the letter with the records.
Counter-proposals
- The counter-proposal wants the Swedish Public Employment Service to halve processing times for support to people with disabilities. (S, V, C, MP) — Reservation 5
Plan vs actual vote
Every party, in chamber order: what its own plan pointed to, how it voted, and the reasoning behind both. Highlighted rows are where the two differ — but a vote that follows the plan is a result too, so the reasoning is there for every party.
The plan establishes that those who live with a disability should be able to rely on receiving the support that is needed and be able to participate in society on equal terms, with work and livelihood as a central part.
Plan documents: 2022 manifesto · party programme
Reasoning and quotes
The plan establishes that those who live with a disability should be able to rely on receiving the support that is needed and be able to participate in society on equal terms, with work and livelihood as a central part. It notes that the group has higher unemployment and wants to create a more inclusive society by strengthening welfare. Letting the review also cover the wage subsidy ceiling and indexation follows from that.
Original (Swedish)
Planen slår fast att den som lever med funktionsnedsättning ska kunna lita på att få det stöd som behövs och kunna delta i samhället på samma villkor, med arbete och försörjning som en central del. Den konstaterar att gruppen har högre arbetslöshet och vill skapa ett mer inkluderande samhälle genom att stärka välfärden. Att låta översynen omfatta även lönebidragens taknivå och en indexering följer av det.
- reliable support with disabilitydecisive»På samma sätt ska du som lever med funktionsnedsättning kunna lita på att du får det stöd du behöver, och på att din rätt att delta i samhället på det sätt du vill inte ständigt ifrågasätts och försvåras.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“In the same way, you who live with a disability should be able to rely on receiving the support you need, and on the fact that your right to participate in society in the way you wish is not constantly questioned and made difficult.”
- unequal position in the labour market»Människor med normbrytande funktionalitet har idag som grupp« (party programme ↗)“People with non-normative functionality today as a group”
- right to work and livelihood»Det handlar om allt ifrån att ha arbete och försörjning, vara med« (party programme ↗)“It is about everything from having work and livelihood, being included”
- inclusive society»Vi vill skapa ett mer inkluderande samhälle genom att stärka välfärden« (party programme ↗)“We want to create a more inclusive society by strengthening welfare”
The plan wants to ensure that persons with disabilities can live and work like others and promises more individually tailored support for employment, which argues for the review also covering the ceiling level of wage subsidies and indexation.
Plan documents: 2022 manifesto · party programme
Reasoning and quotes
The plan wants to ensure that persons with disabilities can live and work like others and promises more individually tailored support for employment, which argues for the review also covering the ceiling level of wage subsidies and indexation. If the ceiling is eroded, precisely the support the plan wants to strengthen is weakened. The structure of wage subsidies is not mentioned in the documents, so the position is derived.
Original (Swedish)
Planen vill säkra att personer med funktionsnedsättning kan leva och arbeta som andra och lovar mer individuellt utformade insatser för jobb, vilket talar för att översynen också omfattar lönebidragens taknivå och en indexering. Om taket urholkas försvagas just det stöd planen vill stärka. Lönebidragens konstruktion nämns inte i dokumenten, så ställningstagandet är härlett.
- individually tailored employment supportdecisive»Vi vill se mer individuellt utformade insatser för att skapa jobb eller utbildning för personer med funktionsnedsättningar.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“We want to see more individually tailored support to create employment or education for persons with disabilities.”
- removed barriers for participation»Undanröjda hinder för personer med funktionsnedsättning att delta i samhällslivet.« (party programme ↗)“Removed barriers for persons with disabilities to participate in social life.”
- employment gives participation»Arbete och sysselsättning är centralt för delaktigheten i samhället.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Employment and occupation are central to participation in society.”
- everyone's work ability is utilized»Allas arbetsförmåga tas tillvara.« (party programme ↗)“Everyone's work ability is utilized.”
The plan wants to see more ways into the labour market and improved labour market policy so that people with disabilities to a higher degree can participate in working life.
Plan documents: party programme · 2022 manifesto
Reasoning and quotes
The plan wants to see more ways into the labour market and improved labour market policy so that people with disabilities to a higher degree can participate in working life. If the wage subsidy ceiling is eroded, this is counteracted, which argues for the ceiling and indexing to be included in the review. The plan also establishes that no one shall be without work because the right conditions are lacking at the workplace.
Original (Swedish)
Planen vill se fler vägar in på arbetsmarknaden och en förbättrad arbetsmarknadspolitik så att personer med funktionsnedsättning i högre grad kan delta i arbetslivet. Om lönebidragens taknivå urholkas motverkas just detta, vilket talar för att taket och en indexering ingår i översynen. Planen slår också fast att ingen ska stå utan jobb för att rätt förutsättningar saknas på arbetsplatsen.
- more ways into the labour marketdecisive»Vi vill se fler vägar in på arbetsmarknaden och en förbättrad arbetsmarknadspolitik för« (party programme ↗)“We want to see more ways into the labour market and improved labour market policy for”
- right conditions for work»Ingen ska heller vara utan jobb för att rätt sorts hjälpmedel inte finns att tillgå på arbetsplatsen.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Nor shall anyone be without work because the right kind of aids are not available at the workplace.”
- improved support»förbättra stödet för personer med funktionsnedsättning och sällsynta diagnoser oavsett var du bor i landet.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“improve support for people with disabilities and rare diagnoses regardless of where you live in the country.”
- equal rights and opportunities»Alla människor ska, oavsett« (party programme ↗)“All people shall, regardless of”
The plan requires that it becomes cheaper and easier to hire especially people who are far from the labour market, and that someone who has a functional impairment shall receive the support they need.
Plan documents: 2022 manifesto · party programme
Reasoning and quotes
The plan requires that it becomes cheaper and easier to hire especially people who are far from the labour market, and that someone who has a functional impairment shall receive the support they need. If the wage subsidy ceiling is hollowed out this is counteracted. To allow the review to also include the ceiling and indexation therefore follows from the plan's commitments.
Original (Swedish)
Planen kräver att det blir billigare och lättare att anställa särskilt personer som står långt från arbetsmarknaden, och att den som har en funktionsnedsättning ska få det stöd han eller hon behöver. Om lönebidragets taknivå urholkas motverkas just det. Att låta översynen omfatta även taket och en indexering följer därför av planens åtaganden.
- easier to hire disadvantaged groupsdecisive»Det måste bli billigare och lättare att anställa, särskilt personer som står långt från arbetsmarknaden.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“It must become cheaper and easier to hire, especially people who are far from the labour market.”
- support for functional impairment»Du som har en funktionsnedsättning ska få det stöd du behöver, och staten ska ta ett större ansvar för att LSS fungerar.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“You who have a functional impairment shall receive the support you need, and the state shall take greater responsibility for LSS to work.”
- more pathways 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 education.”
- accessibility and participation»Tillgängligheten är avgörande för människor med olika funktionsnedsättningar.« (party programme ↗)“Accessibility is crucial for people with different functional impairments.”
The plan calls the difficulty for people with functional disabilities to find self-sufficiency one of society's greatest injustices and makes it a main task to open the labour market for them, among other things through wage subsidies.
Plan documents: party programme
Reasoning and quotes
The plan calls the difficulty for people with functional disabilities to find self-sufficiency one of society's greatest injustices and makes it a main task to open the labour market for them, among other things through wage subsidies. A wage subsidy ceiling that is eroded over time works against precisely that. That the ceiling level and indexation are included in the review is therefore in line with the plan.
Original (Swedish)
Planen kallar svårigheten för personer med funktionsnedsättning att hitta egen försörjning en av samhällets största orättvisor och gör det till en huvuduppgift att öppna arbetsmarknaden för dem, bland annat genom lönesubvention. Ett lönebidragstak som urholkas över tid motverkar just det. Att taknivån och indexeringen ingår i översynen ligger därför i planens linje.
- open labour marketdecisive»En huvuduppgift är därför att öppna arbetsmarknaden för personer med« (party programme ↗)“A main task is therefore to open the labour market for people with”
- self-sufficiency as a justice issue»En av samhällets största orättvisor är svårigheten för personer med funktionsnedsättning att« (party programme ↗)“One of society's greatest injustices is the difficulty for people with functional disabilities to”
- public employers as models»arbetsgivare ska vara föredömen.« (party programme ↗)“public employers shall be models.”
- accessibility as a right»tillgänglighet ska ses som diskriminering.« (party programme ↗)“accessibility shall be considered discrimination.”
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 states that compensatory measures reduce the significance of disability and are therefore necessary, and that the legislative instrument is justified to facilitate the situation for persons with disabilities.
Plan documents: party programme
Reasoning and quotes
The plan states that compensatory measures reduce the significance of disability and are therefore necessary, and that the legislative instrument is justified to facilitate the situation for persons with disabilities. A salary subsidy whose ceiling level is hollowed out over time loses precisely that compensatory function, so a review that also includes the ceiling level and indexing follows from the plan. The requirement that state and municipality should set an example as an employer points in the same direction.
Original (Swedish)
Planen slår fast att kompensatoriska insatser minskar funktionsnedsättningens betydelse och därför är nödvändiga, och att lagstiftningsinstrumentet är befogat för att underlätta situationen för personer med funktionsnedsättning. Ett lönebidrag vars taknivå urholkas över tid förlorar just den kompensatoriska funktionen, varför en översyn som även omfattar taknivån och indexering följer av planen. Kravet på att stat och kommun ska föregå med gott exempel som arbetsgivare pekar åt samma håll.
- compensatory measures necessarydecisive»Även insatser som är kompensatoriska minskar betydelsen« (party programme ↗)“Even measures that are compensatory reduce the significance”
- legislation as a tool»använda lagstiftningsinstrumentet för att underlätta situationen för personer med« (party programme ↗)“use the legislative instrument to facilitate the situation for persons with”
- public sector as a role model»föregå med gott exempel bland annat då det gäller att anställa människor med« (party programme ↗)“set an example among other things by employing people with”
- non-discrimination in working life»Väl fungerande lagar mot all diskriminering i arbetslivet ska finnas.« (party programme ↗)“Well-functioning laws against all discrimination in working life shall exist.”
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 sharply reduce the cost of employing people who are far from the labour market and build more paths into work.
Plan documents: 2022 manifesto · party programme
Reasoning and quotes
The plan wants to sharply reduce the cost of employing people who are far from the labour market and build more paths into work. That the ceiling level and indexation of wage subsidies are also included in the review serves the same purpose, since a hollowed-out ceiling level raises the employer's cost. However, the plan does not address the design of wage subsidies, which is why the support is derived from the work line.
Original (Swedish)
Planen vill kraftigt sänka kostnaden för att anställa personer som står långt från arbetsmarknaden och bygga fler vägar in i arbete. Att även taknivån och en indexering av lönebidragen ingår i översynen tjänar samma syfte, eftersom en urholkad taknivå höjer arbetsgivarens kostnad. Planen behandlar dock inte lönebidragens konstruktion, varför stödet härleds ur arbetslinjen.
- lägre anställningskostnaderdecisive»Kraftigt sänka anställningskostnaderna för den som anställer nyanlända och långtidsarbetslösa« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Sharply reduce employment costs for those who employ newly arrived and long-term unemployed”
- arbetslinjen styr systemen»Skatter och bidragssystem ska utgå från arbetslinjen.« (party programme ↗)“Taxes and benefit systems shall be based on the work line.”
- fler vägar in i arbete»Bygga ut antalet praktikplatser med 30 000« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Expand the number of internship places by 30,000”
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 wishes the review to also cover the ceiling level in wage subsidies and indexation, since the level otherwise erodes over time.
Plan documents: 2022 manifesto
Reasoning and quotes
The counter-proposal wishes the review to also cover the ceiling level in wage subsidies and indexation, since the level otherwise erodes over time. The plan makes exactly the same analysis in the neighbouring area and requires a new long-term calculation model for the assistance allowance's standard amount because compensation levels have successively eroded. The same principle speaks for wage subsidy ceilings to be value-secured, with the aim to strengthen those with functional limitations' participation in working life.
Original (Swedish)
Motförslaget vill att översynen även omfattar taknivån i lönebidragen och en indexering, eftersom nivån annars urholkas över tid. Planen gör exakt samma analys på det närliggande området och kräver en ny långsiktig beräkningsmodell för assistansersättningens schablonbelopp eftersom ersättningsnivåerna successivt urholkats. Samma princip talar för att lönebidragens tak värdesäkras, i syfte att stärka funktionsnedsattas deltagande i arbetslivet.
- compensation levels must not erodedecisive»Ersättningsnivåerna för LSS har successivt urholkats och täcker idag inte kostnadsökningen.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Compensation levels for LSS have successively eroded and today do not cover cost increases.”
- value-secured calculation model»Ta fram en ny beräkningsmodell av schablonbeloppet för assistansersättningen« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Develop a new calculation model for the assistance allowance's standard amount.”
- participation despite reduced capacity»Sverigedemokraterna vill stärka möjligheten för personer med nedsatt arbetsförmåga att delta i arbetslivet och i sysselsättning utifrån individuella förutsättningar.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Sweden Democrats wish to strengthen the possibility for persons with reduced working capacity to participate in working life and in employment according to individual circumstances.”
- strengthened labour market access»Funktionsnedsattas och funktionsvarierades möjligheter till deltagande på arbetsmarknaden måste stärkas.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Those with disabilities and functional variations' possibilities on the labour market must be strengthened.”
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.
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Sources and documents
- The committee report on riksdagen.se (2025/26:AU6)
- Committee report full text (HD01AU6)
- Per-MP voting data (API)
- Case status (API)
Documents under consideration
- Motion 2025/26:1951 — Starkare tillsammans - för en rättvis funktionshinderspolitik som håller ihop Sverige av Mattias Vepsä och Alexandra Völker (båda S)
- Motion 2025/26:3543 — Ett samhälle för alla - stärkt funktionsrätt, trygg personlig assistans och rätt till ledsagning av Nils Seye Larsen m.fl. (MP)
- Motion 2025/26:3590 — Utgiftsområde 14 Arbetsmarknad och arbetsliv av Ardalan Shekarabi m.fl. (S)
- Motion 2025/26:3872 — med anledning av skr. 2025/26:72 Riksrevisionens rapport om Arbetsförmedlingens stöd till personer med funktionsnedsättning av Ardalan Shekarabi m.fl. (S)
- Motion 2025/26:3877 — med anledning av skr. 2025/26:72 Riksrevisionens rapport om Arbetsförmedlingens stöd till personer med funktionsnedsättning av Magnus Persson m.fl. (SD)
- Motion 2025/26:3878 — med anledning av skr. 2025/26:72 Riksrevisionens rapport om Arbetsförmedlingens stöd till personer med funktionsnedsättning av Ciczie Weidby m.fl. (V)
- Motion 2025/26:3887 — med anledning av skr. 2025/26:72 Riksrevisionens rapport om Arbetsförmedlingens stöd till personer med funktionsnedsättning av Leila Ali Elmi m.fl. (MP)
- Motion 2025/26:949 — Fler personer med en funktionsnedsättning i arbete av Daniel Persson (SD)
- Regeringens skrivelse 2025/26:72 — Riksrevisionens rapport om Arbetsförmedlingens stöd till personer med funktionsnedsättning
Source: The Swedish Parliament