In Sweden, we take care of sick and disabled people. That is why we have built a strong public social insurance system. But the sick leaves are many and long. Therefore, the government has tasked Försäkringskassan (FK) with reducing the number of sickness absences. Which has resulted in FK requesting an examination of the ability to work in 90% of the cases. Doctor's certificate will not be…
Month: January 2018
Improve the social workers' working situation
Social workers carry out many important tasks. They assess people's right to livelihood support (social allowance), they investigate the living conditions of families in crisis and they provide support to people with various forms of addiction problems. The social workers work with society's most vulnerable citizens.