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FRIDAY 23 OCTOBER· STOCKHOLM · THE DAY IN 5 STORIES

News

Higher productivity leaves room for Swedish real-wage rises

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A glowing furnace and glassblowing pipes at Bergdala glassworks in Sweden.

Essential Work

Wikimedia Sverige staff working with laptops around a table.

News

Swedish managers report more digital monitoring than staff

A Swedish police car drives through Stockholm with its emergency lights activated.

Work & labour

Swedish police detain 20 workers after industrial-site checks

The Discrimination Ombudsman’s sign on an office wall in Solna.

Work & labour

Securitas settles discrimination case over hijab ban

Latest in Work

Visitors and exhibitors move between stands at a job fair in Malmö.

Work & labour

Swedish fund finds no faster job returns after benefit cuts

Two adults learning Swedish together at a computer during a workshop.

News

October benefits bring activity requirements after three months of support

Workers and construction equipment on a barge at Slussen in Stockholm in September 2024.

News

Foreign-born workers lead Sweden's employment gains

The back of a security worker in a black uniform at an entrance.

News

DO says Securitas hijab ban discriminated against job applicant

Editorial illustration of funded job-support booths, with some routes looping into false attendance or ending at a barrier.

News

33 job-coach offices agreed to restrict wives' work

A person uses Försäkringskassan's online service on a laptop.

News

Workers in insecure jobs use sickness benefit less, Swedish report finds

Visitors and exhibitors move between stands at a job fair in Malmö.

Making It

How to find an English-speaking job in Sweden

A close view of the green Arbetsförmedlingen symbol and bilingual agency name on a glass-fronted building.

Politics

Swedish government wants to make firing workers easier

Kista Science Tower office building in Stockholm’s technology district

Making It

Tech pay growth beats Sweden's private-sector average

A caregiver hands a cup of tea to an older woman seated in a care home.

Making It

Forged assistant-nurse certificate triggers nationwide checks

A close view of the green Arbetsförmedlingen symbol and bilingual agency name on a glass-fronted building.

Making It

Sweden’s registered unemployment falls by 22,000 in June

Danvikshem nursing home beside the water in Stockholm.

Healthcare

Sweden expands national workforce plan to eldercare

Simona Mohamsson speaking during an interview at Almedalen.

Politics

Centre and Liberals clash over unemployment figures

Kista Science Tower office building in Stockholm’s technology district

Tech

What Sweden’s tech workers are actually earning in 2026

Kista Science Tower rises above Stockholm’s Kista technology district.

Tech

Sweden’s SEK 34,470 work-permit floor is not the full salary test

Permits & visas

Sweden proposes work permits that follow workers between employers

Stone sculptures and facade details at Stora Nygatan 2B in Stockholm, the Labour Court's address.

Work & labour

Labour Court says employer may end job immediately when worker lacks permit