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The Swedish social security reforms of 2008 as regards the national sickness insurance system – and some reflections from an EU-law and flexicurity point of view

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Author

Editor

  • Rönnmar Mia

Summary, in English

A description of the major reform of the Swedish sickness benefit reform of 2008 and its effects and an analysis of the legal and societal problems it entailed. The major part of the reform being to transfer persons from the sickness insurance social security system to the unemployment insurance system.

Publishing year

2011

Language

English

Pages

199-226

Publication/Series

Labour law: fundamental rights and social Europe. Swedish studies in European law

Volume

4

Document type

Book chapter

Publisher

Hart Publishing Ltd

Topic

  • Law

Keywords

  • sickness
  • unemployment
  • EU-rätt
  • EU law
  • socialrätt
  • social welfare law

Status

Published

Research group

  • Norma Research Programme

ISBN/ISSN/Other

  • ISBN: 9781849462105