Maud Olofsson, the leader of the Centrist party (currently in the opposition), has proposed to create a "first job contract" comparable to the one that has just been created in France. Sweden is now in a pre-electoral period. (Ref.06173)
Maud Olofsson suggests to give employers the possibility to freely fire youngsters under 26 up to two years after hiring. The fired employee would get compensation: one month of salary if the redundancy takes place the first year and two months if it happens the second year. The Centrist party says this measure would create 14 000 jobs shortly, whereas 51 000 youngsters, (between 16 and 24) are unemployed, according to the Swedish statistics agency. This proposal is inspired from France,...
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