The region's goal is to be able to notify employees of their holiday two months before it falls.
- Our ambition is for everyone to have a four-week continuous holiday, says Jan Sundqvist, acting HR manager at the Norrbotten Region.
Rental staff can jump in
At the same time, there are major challenges.
Staff have struggled during the corona pandemic and the region has offered employees to move their vacations or take extra shifts, all for an extra fee, to cope with the summer staffing.
Staff from rental companies may also be used.
- It is fixed and tricked quite a lot.
We get to work with all the tools available, says Jan Sundqvist.
Hear him tell you more about the healthcare staff's holiday this summer in the video above.