The doubling of the minimum salary for a work permit on November 1st last year has had "the biggest impact" on cleaners and restaurant workers, an analysis by the Migration Agency has found, with a sharp increase in the share of rejected permits..
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The leader of Sweden's Centre Party has said that scrapping the salary threshold for Swedish work permits would be 'one of the first decisions' that would be taken if a centrist government takes power in Sweden.
Statistics Sweden has released new median salary figures, which pushes up the work permit salary threshold for all new applicants with immediate effect – just two weeks after it went up by more than 3,700 kronor.
Sweden's government has decided to exempt only 27 professions from the new higher salary threshold for a work permit, choosing to follow the most restrictive recommendation made by the Migration Agency back in March.
The work-life balance and generous support for family life offered by Sweden is the main factor attracting highly skilled workers to the country, eclipsing salary levels, and the opportunities offered by the labour marke…
Sweden’s work permit salary threshold is set to rise once again from the current level of 80 percent of the median salary, to 90 percent on June 1st. How will this affect you if you’re on a work permit?
Sweden's parliament is set to vote on Wednesday afternoon to impose in a new minimum salary for work permits set at 90 percent of Sweden's median wage, with the new requirement in force from June 1st.
Sweden's government has finalised the text of a new law which will see the minimum eligible salary for a work permit hiked to 33,390 kronor a month from next June, but as yet there is no timetable on when it will be vote…
Residents of the Nordic countries ? Sweden, Denmark, Norway, Iceland and Finland ? are eating more meat and less fruit and veg, moving less and getting heavier, a new report on lifestyles in the region has shown.
A full 18 months after a government inquiry proposed it, Sweden's government has finally announced plans to raise the salary threshold for a work permit, albeit to a slightly lower level than originally proposed. Here's…
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No one outside of Sweden has heard of it, and people in Sweden's larger cities farther south tend to speak about it with a drop of disdain, but The Local's Mandy Pipher says she wouldn't want to live anywhere in Sweden b…
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