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| Original name: | Lag (1997:238) om arbetslöshetsförsäkring. |
| Name: | Unemployment Insurance Act (1997:238). |
| Country: | Sweden |
| Subject(s): | Unemployment benefit |
| Type of legislation: | Law, Act |
| Adopted on: | 1997-05-29 |
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| Published on: | Svensk Författningssamling, 1997-06-06, No. 238, pp. 1-12, ISSN: 0346-5845 |
| ISN: | SWE-1997-L-48711 |
| Link: | https://www.ilo.org/dyn/natlex/natlex4.detail?p_isn=48711&p_lang=en |
| Bibliography: | Svensk Författningssamling, 1997-06-06, No. 238, pp. 1-12, ISSN: 0346-5845 English translation  Swedish Parliament (Riksdagen) PDF (consulted on 2014-08-04)Act online in Swedish, Basic Text Regeringskansliets rättsdatabaser, Notisum AB, www.notisum.se, Sweden, 13 pp. PDF (consulted on 2014-08-24)Act online in Swedish, Consolidated Text Regeringskansliets rättsdatabaser, Notisum AB, www.notisum.se, Sweden, 18 pp. PDF of Act as amended to Act 2015:761 (consulted on 2016-05-10) |
| Abstract/Citation: | The consolidation of the Act includes a total of 59 amending texts through November 2015 (up to Act 2015:761). The consolidated text includes various amendments. Contains 27 sections concerning, inter alia: Section 1: Target groups. Section 2: Basic insurance and loss of income insurance. Section 3: The basic insurance. Section 4: Loss of income insurance. Section 5: General conditions for entitlement to compensation. Section 6: Other conditions for eligibility. Section 7: The work condition. Section 8: Frame time and disregarded time. Section 9: Compensation form. Section 10: The waiting period duration and replacement. Section 11: Standard working hours. Section 12: Daily allowance amounts. Section 13: Basic amounts. Section 14: Earnings-based compensation. Section 15: Deductions from allowance. Section 16: Definition of entrepreneurs. Section 17: Entrepreneurs unemployment. Section 18: Entrepreneurs daily earnings Section 19: Daily earnings for individuals who combined employment with entrepreneurship. Section 20: Part-time and part-time. Section 21: Limitation of seasonal unemployment. Section 22: Duty to provide information. Section 23: Appeals, review and update. Section 24: Appeals on matters concerning the right to compensation. Section 25: Appeals on matters concerning certification. Section 26: Common provisions on appeal. Section 27: Review and update. |
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