2024-09-21 09:06:25
Hello,
On Friday, Swedish public radio broke a story about how an undisclosed number of migrant workers were let go this week from Northvolt on their first day at work, due to the battery maker’s financial crisis. We too covered the story on The Local.
It has been a difficult year for the technology sector and I know many of our readers may have lost their jobs, are looking for work or are worried that they are at risk of being laid off.
We’ve written a lot of guides recently about how to navigate losing your job in Sweden, so I thought I’d put them in one place, hopefully some of you find them useful.
By the way, don’t miss the latest news and analysis about working in Sweden by downloading the Community app (available on Apple we had Android) and then selecting Work in Sweden in your notification options via the user button.
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In other news
On the bright side, there is a glimmer of hope that the Swedish labor market is picking pace – albeit at a very slow pace – after a few slow years.
The biggest news this week is not Northvolt, but the budget for 2025, which was unveiled by Finance Minister Elisabeth Svantesson on Thursday. We look What can a foreigner in Sweden expect? as well as who wins and who loses in terms of 27 billion kronor of tax cuts the government promised.
This week there is an episode Sweden is the Focus podcast also looks at how the new budget is emerging The Local’s readers, as well as a lottery scandal rocking the Social advocate and some of our favorite expressions in the Swedish language.
What’s new on Sweden’s tougher requirements for residency and citizenship? We talked about that inside this week’s episode of Sweden in Additional Focus for users + Group.
Sweden plans to cause the number of school years for elementary and junior high school students from the current nine to ten years. One thing I have always heard is that Swedish children start school very late, so I was really surprised to learn that it is not much of a big protest when compared to other countries.
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This week the Community’s Richard Orange spoke to a technology services company which has been recruiting Indian workers in Sweden from its office in Gothenburg for years. They told him that The talk of the Indian “Exodus” from Sweden is exaggerated.
There is a month “What Changes” Guide: October is set to be a busy month in Sweden this year, with Nobel Prize announcements and new laws on citizenship on the cards, as well as festivals and events like Halloween and Diwali at the end of the month.
Sweden has a strict law when it comes to naming a baby, as some parents have discovered over the years. This is it five names you can’t give your child.
And finally, are you looking for ways to improve your Swedish? Learn some of these phrases and use them in your speech will definitely impress the Swedes in your life.
Have a nice weekend,
Emma Löfgren
Editor, The Local Sweden
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