The collective agreement on establishment jobs that unions and employers have now agreed on means special employment for those who have difficulty entering the labor market.
The initiative is aimed at new arrivals who have been in Sweden for up to three years and the long-term unemployed.
- This is the first time the parties have agreed on something like this, says Mattias Dahl, vice president of the employers' organization Swedish Enterprise, at a press conference.
Through establishment jobs, the person employed receives a salary from the employer and compensation from the state.
The total income must correspond to the minimum wage in ordinary collective agreements.
The wage cost must be divided approximately equally between the state and the employer.
After two years, it is intended that the establishment job will turn into a permanent position.
A decision by the government is required
100,000 people in Sweden are currently counted as long-term unemployed.
For LO, it has been an important input that the new agreement should not be abused.
- With establishment jobs, the long-term unemployed can acquire knowledge and experience required in the labor market.
Establishment jobs must, as a general rule, lead to permanent full-time employment where the establishment employee worked.
Employers should therefore not use establishment jobs in order to lower their labor costs, says Torbjörn Johansson, LO's contract secretary, in a press release.
The agreement comes into force at the turn of the year, but can only be used after the government has given the green light to rule changes in accordance with the demands of the parties.