Business groups take up fight over sick-pay deduction and warn of steep costs
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- The Confederation of Swedish Enterprise is making the sick-pay deduction a major election issue.
- It warns that scrapping the deduction could cost up to 42 billion Swedish kronor.
- The Social Democrats dispute the calculation and accuse the organization of serving employers’ interests, while the sides disagree over the likely effect on sick leave.
The sick-pay deduction has become one of the Confederation of Swedish Enterprise’s biggest battles ahead of Sweden’s election. The business organization warns that abolishing it could bring costs of up to 42 billion kronor.
The Social Democrats are challenging that calculation. They argue that the Confederation of Swedish Enterprise is running a campaign on behalf of employers.
At the heart of the dispute is a question with major consequences for the debate: how much would sickness absence increase if the deduction disappeared?
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Originally published by Dagens Nyheter in Swedish. Translated, summarized, and contextualized automatically by DistantNews, with a note on how the source frames the story. Not individually reviewed before publishing. How this works.
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