A report from the national agency of social affairs and health qualifies the results of the governmental policy aimed at lowering the number of sick leaves. The number of people who are recipients of long-term social aid is rapidly growing, because of stricter conditions for sick leaves. (Ref.0196)
In 2003, the Swedish government notices that the country had a very high number of sick leaves compared to other European countries, and that the cost was also much higher in Sweden than elsewhere. So it took legislative action, in order to cut by half the number of days lost for sick leave.
Several measures were taken, and today one can say that the aim of cutting by half the number of days lost will be reached in 2007. But the bad news is that the number of people who rely on social...
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