Sweden:  agreement to include final year internships for students in the real estate sector

On September 4, 2014, the partners in the real estate sector agreed on a program of student cooperation: “studentmedarbetareavtal”. This initiative originates from Denmark where for a long time now, students have the right to work between 10 and 15 hours per week in jobs related to their field of study. The real estate sector follows moves by the public sector. Other sectors that are also facing recruitment issues may well do the same.
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Real estate follows the public sector. Up until now apprenticeships were covered by “lärlingsavtal” agreements struck between unions and businesses. These agreements do not include students. The idea to include studentmedarbetareavtal” into the agreements comes from Denmark, that has for many years now allowed students to work between 10 and 15 hours a week in jobs directly related to their area of study. The idea behind this is to allow students access to businesses before they officially ent

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