{"id":37803,"date":"2004-09-21T07:01:00","date_gmt":"2004-09-21T07:01:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.msdn.microsoft.com\/oldnewthing\/2004\/09\/21\/swedes-struggle-with-the-meaning-of-sick-leave\/"},"modified":"2004-09-21T07:01:00","modified_gmt":"2004-09-21T07:01:00","slug":"swedes-struggle-with-the-meaning-of-sick-leave","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/oldnewthing\/20040921-00\/?p=37803\/","title":{"rendered":"Swedes struggle with the meaning of sick leave"},"content":{"rendered":"

As part of the continuing campaign to shed their hard-working stereotype, perhaps taking a cue from their more well-adjusted Norwegian neighbors<\/a>, Swedes have been taking dubious sick leave in record numbers<\/a>.<\/p>\n

[A] study showed 40 percent believe it is enough to feel tired to stay home and draw benefits. <\/p>\n

A survey of 1,002 Swedes by the board also showed 65 percent believed they could go on sick leave if they felt stressed at work and 41 percent thought a conflict with their boss or workmates was a good enough reason. <\/p>\n

One fifth thought a strike at the child care center also made them eligible for the benefits and 71 percent said family problems entitled them always or sometimes to sick leave. <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Reuters claims Dagens Nyheter<\/a><\/i> as the source, but if you punch “Anna Hedborg” into DN:s search engine, asking for articles within the last week, it finds nothing. But if you ask Google, the article is right there: Trötta sjukskriver sig<\/a><\/i> (The tired call in sick<\/i>). Once again, Google finds a web page that the site itself cannot. <\/p>\n

On a somewhat related note, a different type of sick-leave abuse has been detected<\/a>. <\/p>\n

According to the Social Insurance Board, several people have been drawing sick-leave pay for several years, while simultaneously working another job and receiving unemployment benefits. <\/p>\n

Some cases are of ordinary people who defraud the Board in small amounts but over a long period of time. In the other cases, there are links to serious economic crime where, for example, money was paid out to fictitious employees at nonexistent companies. <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

(Raymond’s bad translation.) <\/p>\n

[Typo fixed 25 September.] <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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