Remote work

The plan demands higher requirements for the working environment in legislation and notes that mental ill-health and stress-related illnesses increase without the working environment changing. It also emphasizes that life is more than work and that working life must develop to be sustainable. A review of workplace regulations for remote work, including mental health and isolation, aligns with these principles even though the plan does not specifically address remote work.

• mental working environment neglecteddecisive»Stressrelaterade sjukdomar blir allt vanligare och psykisk ohälsa ökar särskilt bland kvinnor och hos unga utan att det leder till utbyggd vård eller förändrad arbetsmiljö.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Stress-related illnesses are becoming increasingly common and mental ill-health is increasing, particularly among women and young people, without leading to expanded care or changed working environment.”
• higher requirements for working environment»tryggare anställningar, högre krav på arbetsmiljön och en starkare« (party programme ↗)“safer employment, higher requirements for the working environment, and a stronger”
• boundary between work and leisure»Livet är så mycket mer än arbete.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Life is so much more than work.”

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 identifies unregulated working hours and growing demands for constant availability as an occupational health problem and requires an occupational environment that promotes health and well-being and a good balance between work and leisure. A review of the rules and state support with a view to remote work experience, including mental health, points in that direction. Remote work is not explicitly addressed in the documents.

• boundless work as a riskdecisive»arbetstider, för andra handlar det om oreglerad arbetstid och växande krav på ständig« (party programme ↗)“working hours, for others it is about unregulated working hours and growing demands for constant”
• health-promoting occupational environment»Det fordrar en arbetsmiljö, som främjar hälsa och välbefinnande.« (party programme ↗)“It requires an occupational environment that promotes health and well-being.”
• balance work and leisure»Alla har rätt till en god balans mellan« (party programme ↗)“Everyone has the right to a good balance between”
• mental occupational environment counts»hälsa i fysiskt eller psykiskt pressande arbetsmiljöer.« (party programme ↗)“health in physically or mentally demanding occupational environments.”

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 telework as part of the solution for reducing transport needs and at the same time wants everyone to have a good physical and psychosocial work environment. A review of regulations and authority support for telework, including mental health and the risk of isolation, combines these two commitments. The plan also wants to strengthen workers' influence over work content and access to care for mental ill-health.

• psykosocial arbetsmiljödecisive»god fysisk och psykosocial arbetsmiljö.« (party programme ↗)“good physical and psychosocial work environment.”
• distansarbete minskar transporter»distansarbete och klimatsmarta logistiksystem.« (party programme ↗)“telework and climate-smart logistics systems.”
• psykisk ohälsa prioriteras»satsa på primärvården och öka tillgången till vård för psykisk ohälsa.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“invest in primary care and increase access to care for mental ill-health.”
• inflytande över arbetets innehåll»Vi vill värna en fungerande arbetsrätt och ge« (party programme ↗)“We want to safeguard functioning labour law and give”

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 demands that more be done to prevent and counter stress-related mental illness and that employers take greater responsibility for preventive measures. A review of regulations and state support that learns from remote work experience, including mental health, aligns with that. The plan simultaneously wants a flexible labour market, which speaks against new binding requirements.

• prevent mental illnessdecisive»Gör mer för att förebygga, motverka och rehabilitera stressrelaterad psykisk ohälsa.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Do more to prevent, counter and rehabilitate stress-related mental illness.”
• employer's preventive responsibility»Arbetsgivare bör ta ett större ansvar för förebyggande insatser och rehabilitering.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Employers should take greater responsibility for preventive measures and rehabilitation.”
• flexibility with security»Svensk arbetsmarknad behöver både mer flexibilitet och mer trygghet.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Swedish labour market needs both more flexibility and more security.”

The plan wants policy to swiftly remove obstacles so that businesses and people can take advantage of technological development's opportunities, wants more employees to have influence over their own working time and wants mental ill-health to be taken as seriously as physical. A review that takes experience from remote work, including mental health, aligns with this. The plan does not specifically address remote work.

• embrace technology's opportunitiesdecisive»Politikens uppgift måste vara att snabbt undanröja hinder för att underlätta för företag« (party programme ↗)“Policy's task must be to swiftly remove obstacles to facilitate businesses”
• influence over own working time»Fler anställda bör ha inflytande över sin egen arbetstid, till exempel genom en timbank eller en arbetstid som« (party programme ↗)“More employees should have influence over their own working time, for instance through a time bank or working time that”
• mental health treated equally»Rätten till vård och behandling är lika självklar för både fysiska och psykiska sjukdomar.« (party programme ↗)“The right to care and treatment is equally self-evident for both physical and mental illness.”
• preventive occupational health work»arbetsrelaterade skador och sjukdomar och bidra till rehabilitering av anställda ska bli tydligare.« (party programme ↗)“work-related injuries and illnesses and contribute to rehabilitation of employees shall become clearer.”

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 harness new technology that enables decentralization and identifies remote work as something that broadens the labour market. At the same time, it requires occupational safety that takes mental health into account and a working life where anonymity is countered, which is precisely the isolation risk the counter-proposal wants to review. A review of regulations and authority support thus follows from the plan's commitments.

• work environment including mental healthdecisive»arbetsmiljö ska ta hänsyn till såväl fysisk som psykisk« (party programme ↗)“work environment shall take account of both physical and mental”
• remote work harnessed»Arbetspendling, distansarbete och mänsklig kontakt som främjar ekonomisk utveckling« (party programme ↗)“Work commuting, remote work and human contact that promotes economic development”
• new technology harnessed»Ny teknik som skapar stora möjligheter till decentralisering av produktion och beslutsfattande ska« (party programme ↗)“New technology that creates great opportunities for decentralization of production and decision-making shall”
• anonymity in working life countered»helhetssyn uppmuntras medan anonymitet motverkas.« (party programme ↗)“holistic perspective is encouraged while anonymity is countered.”

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.

Remote work's workplace environment regulations are not addressed in the documents. The plan's nearest commitment is to substantially reduce the regulatory burden on businesses and for policy to prioritize and discard, which speaks against a new review of regulations and government support in the area. The plan, however, embraces work from home through broadband investments, which pulls partially in the opposite direction.

• reduced regulatory burdendecisive»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”
• prioritize and discard»Politiken har en viktig uppgift att prioritera och välja bort,« (party programme ↗)“Policy has an important task to prioritize and discard,”
• enables work from home»Bredband måste finnas så att alla har samma möjligheter att koppla upp sig mot en vårdcentral eller att jobba hemifrån.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Broadband must be available so that everyone has the same opportunities to connect to a health centre or to work from home.”

The plan prioritizes work against mental illness, which is described as the most common reason for sick leave, and requires that every workplace has proper occupational health and safety work. A review of regulations and government support that captures the experiences of remote work, including social isolation and mental health, is in line with this. Remote work as such is not addressed in the plan, therefore the position is derived.

• mental health is prioritizeddecisive»Arbetet med att stärka den psykiska hälsan måste prioriteras.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Work to strengthen mental health must be prioritized.”
• mental illness and sick leave»Psykisk ohälsa är också den vanligaste orsaken till sjukskrivning idag.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Mental illness is also the most common reason for sick leave today.”
• proper occupational health and safety work»Varje svensk arbetsplats ska ha ett fullgott arbetsmiljöarbete som skapar trygghet för medarbetarna.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Every Swedish workplace shall have proper occupational health and safety work that creates security for employees.”
• security in working life»Öka tryggheten och säkerheten i arbetslivet« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Increase security and safety in working life”

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.