Sweden: proposals to simplify holiday entitlement legislation

A committee set up by the Labour Ministry to reflect on the simplification of legislation relating to rights for the various holidays announced its conclusions on 20th April earlier this year. The objective of its work was to simplify these laws and reduce the administrative costs for companies, especially for SMEs. During their work, the idea of establishing semi-retirement was considered and the government is planning to take this up. (Ref. 090500)
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There are currently nine laws which envisage various types of holiday entitlement: the paid leave act; the parental leave rights act; the leave entitlement for professional training or studies act; the right for foreigners to take leave to study the Swedish language act; the right to take leave for urgent family reasons act; the right to take leave to accompany a close relative for medical reasons act; the right to take leave to exercise an economic activity act; the right to take leave to atte

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