From 1 January 2025, the Swedish Social Insurance Agency will be able to check applications for VAB compensation by comparing them with working hours from the employer via the Tax Agency. This is to be able to stop incorrect payments and reduce ongoing fraud.
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Criticism from Swedish Industry
However, the new law has met with criticism, including from the Swedish Business Confederation. They believe that employers are getting unnecessary extra work, because they now have to submit information about their employees’ absences when they make their regular reports to the Tax Agency.
– It is very unfortunate that an additional burden is placed on the companies. The application for vab compensation should be the individual’s responsibility, says Catharina Bäcksocial security expert at Swedish Enterprise, to SVT.
Catharina Bäck also proposes that the previous “kindergarten certificates” that were abolished ten years ago should be reintroduced. The certificates meant that preschools confirmed whether a child had been sick. Försäkringskassan is open to discussing the proposal.
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