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Sweden - Unemployment benefit - Law, Act

Act (2011:1384) amending the Unemployment Insurance Act (1997:238) (Lag (2011:1384) om ändring i lagen (1997:238) om arbetslöshetsförsäkring.) -

Adoption: 2011-12-01 | Date of entry into force: 2012-01-01 | SWE-2011-L-89527

Amends article 37 concerning the calculation of daily wage for entrepreneurs when determining the amount of daily cash benefit.

Sweden - Unemployment benefit - Regulation, Decree, Ordinance

Ordinance (2011:277) amending the Unemployment Insurance Ordinance (1997:835). (Förordning (2011:277) om ändring i förordningen (1997:835) om arbetslöshetsförsäkring.) -

Adoption: 2011-03-17 | Date of entry into force: 2011-05-05 | SWE-2011-R-89487

Amends article 5e concerning right to unemployment insurance for persons who combined part-time employment with entrepreneurship.

Sweden - Unemployment benefit - Law, Act

Act (2011:128) amending the Unemployment Insurance Act (1997:238). (Lag (2011:128) om ändring i lagen (1997:238) om arbetslöshetsförsäkring.) -

Adoption: 2011-02-24 | Date of entry into force: 2011-04-01 | SWE-2011-L-89526

Amends article 3a concerning the definition of long-term sick leave.

Sweden - Unemployment benefit - Regulation, Decree, Ordinance

Ordinance (2011:9) amending the Unemployment Insurance Ordinance (1997:835). (Förordning (2011:9) om ändring i förordningen (1997:835) om arbetslöshetsförsäkring.) -

Adoption: 2011-01-20 | Date of entry into force: 2012-01-01 | SWE-2011-R-89486

Amends article 6 concerning entrepreneurs engaged in the fishery industry.

Repeals article 6c.

Sweden - Unemployment benefit - Law, Act

Act (2010:2030) amending the Unemployment Insurance Act (1997:238). (Lag (2010:2030) om ändring i lagen (1997:238) om arbetslöshetsförsäkring.) -

Adoption: 2010-12-22 | Date of entry into force: 2011-01-31 | SWE-2010-L-88577

Amends articles 10, 15a, 16, 17, 17a, 23 and 23b concerning the calculation of the working time preceding a period of unemployment used to calculate the unemployment benefits and the right to benefit for the remaining number of days of the period during a new period of unemployment.

Introduces new articles 16a-16c and 18 concerning the calculation of the working time preceding a period of unemployment used to calculate the unemployment benefits.

Sweden - Unemployment benefit - Law, Act

Act (2010:2031) amending the Unemployment Insurance Act (1997:238). (Lag (2010:2031) om ändring i lagen (2009:1597) om ändring i lagen (1997:238) om arbetslöshetsförsäkring.) -

Adoption: 2010-12-22 | SWE-2010-L-88578

Amends article 17 (as amended by Act 2009:1597) concerning the calculation of the working time preceding a period of unemployment used to calculate the unemployment benefits.

Sweden - Unemployment benefit - Law, Act

Act (2010:2032) amending the Unemployment Insurance Act (1997:238). (Lag (2010:2032) om ändring i lagen (1997:238) om arbetslöshetsförsäkring.) -

Adoption: 2010-12-22 | Date of entry into force: 2011-01-03 | SWE-2010-L-88579

Amends article 36 concerning provisions for determination of entitlement to unemployment benefits for entrepreneurs.

Sweden - Unemployment benefit - Regulation, Decree, Ordinance

Ordinance (2010:1700) amending the Unemployment Insurance Ordinance (1997:835). (Förordning (2010:1700) om ändring i förordningen (1997:835) om arbetslöshetsförsäkring.) -

Adoption: 2010-12-02 | Date of entry into force: 2011-01-01 | SWE-2010-R-88439

Amends article 5, 19g and 19h concerning provisions for the unemployment insurance and calculation of the daily allowance amount.

Sweden - Unemployment benefit - Law, Act

Act (2010:1267) amending the Unemployment Insurance Act (1997:238). (Lag (2010:1267) om ändring i lagen (1997:238) om arbetslöshetsförsäkring.) -

Adoption: 2010-11-18 | Date of entry into force: 2011-01-01 | SWE-2010-L-88576

Amends articles 13, 16, 17, 20, 23b and 69 concerning provisions for the granting of unemployment benefits.

Sweden - Unemployment benefit - Regulation, Decree, Ordinance

Ordinance (2010:1179) amending the Unemployment Insurance Ordinance (1997:835). (Förordning (2010:1179) om ändring i förordningen (1997:835) om arbetslöshetsförsäkring.) -

Adoption: 2010-11-11 | Date of entry into force: 2010-12-27 | SWE-2010-R-88438

Amends disposition so the articles 5c and 5d becomes 5d and 5e. Amends disposition so the current title to article 5c is moved to precede the new article 5d.

Introduces a new article 5c concerning unemployment of entrepreneurs.

Sweden - Unemployment benefit - Regulation, Decree, Ordinance

Ordinance (2010:736) amending the Unemployment Insurance Ordinance (1997:835). (Förordning (2010:736) om ändring i förordningen (1997:835) om arbetslöshetsförsäkring.) -

Adoption: 2010-06-17 | Date of entry into force: 2010-07-05 | SWE-2010-R-88437

Amends article 25a concerning the submission of information between unemployment insurance funds.

Introduces new articles 5a-5d and new titles preceding 5a and 5c concerning unemployment of entrepreneurs.

Sweden - Unemployment benefit - Law, Act

Act (2010:445) amending the Unemployment Insurance Act (1997:238). (Lag (2010:445) om ändring i lagen (1997:238) om arbetslöshetsförsäkring.) -

Adoption: 2010-05-27 | Date of entry into force: 2010-07-05 | SWE-2010-L-88574

Amends articles 1, 25a, 34, 35, 36, 37, 39 and title preceding article 34 concerning scope, provisions for self-employed persons and persons combining employment with entrepreneurship.

Introduces new articles 34a, 34b, 34c, 35a, 37a, 37b, 38a, 39a and new titles preceding articles 35, 37, 37b concerning provisions for self-employed persons and persons combining employment with entrepreneurship.

Sweden - Unemployment benefit - Law, Act

Act (2010:458) amending the Unemployment Insurance Act (1997:238). (Lag (2010:458) om ändring i lagen (1997:238) om arbetslöshetsförsäkring.) -

Adoption: 2010-05-27 | Date of entry into force: 2010-07-01 | SWE-2010-L-88575

Amends article 117 concerning the calculation of the working time preceding a period of unemployment used to calculate the unemployment benefits.

Sweden - Unemployment benefit - Regulation, Decree, Ordinance

Ordinance (2010:391) amending the Unemployment Insurance Ordinance (1997:835). (Förordning (2010:391) om ändring i förordningen (1997:835) om arbetslöshetsförsäkring.) -

Adoption: 2010-05-20 | Date of entry into force: 2010-07-01 | SWE-2010-R-88436

Amends article 30a concerning the unemployment insurance fund obligation to document every remission of recovery or interest related to the unemployment insurance.

Sweden - Unemployment benefit - Regulation, Decree, Ordinance

Ordinance (2010:284) amending the Unemployment Insurance Ordinance (1997:835). (Förordning (2010:284) om ändring i förordningen (1997:835) om arbetslöshetsförsäkring.) -

Adoption: 2010-04-22 | Date of entry into force: 2010-05-31 | SWE-2010-R-88435

Amends articles 16, 17, 19f and 19h concerning provisions for the unemployment insurance.

Sweden - Unemployment benefit - Law, Act

Act (2009:1596) to amend the Unemployment Insurance Act (1997:238). -

Adoption: 2009-12-21 | Date of entry into force: 2010-01-01 | SWE-2009-L-84562

Amends article 12 concerning the conditions for being eligible for unemployment benefit; art. 15-16 concerning the calculation of the working time preceding a period of unemployment, used to calculate the unemployment benefits; and art. 17a concerning absence from work that is exempt from the calculations of an applicant's preceding normal working time. Adds article 3a, 7a, 15d and 33a concerning special provisions for applicants affected by long-term sickness.

Sweden - Unemployment benefit - Law, Act

Act (2009:1597) to amend the Unemployment Insurance Act (1997:238). -

Adoption: 2009-12-21 | Date of entry into force: 2013-02-01 | SWE-2009-L-84563

Repeals articles 3a, 7a, 15d and 33a. Amends article 12 concerning the conditions for being eligible for unemployment benefit; art. 15 concerning the calculation of the working time preceding a period of unemployment, used to calculate the unemployment benefits; and art. 17a concerning absence from work that is exempt from the calculations of an applicant's preceding normal working time. In short, this Act repeals the introductions and most of the amendments made in 2009:1596.

Sweden - Unemployment benefit - Regulation, Decree, Ordinance

Ordinance (2009:1599) to amend the Unemployment Insurance Ordinance (1997:835). -

Adoption: 2009-12-21 | Date of entry into force: 2010-01-01 | SWE-2009-R-84567

Adds articles 19d-19h concerning temporary unemployment benefits and conditions for long-term sickness benefits.

Sweden - Unemployment benefit - Law, Act

Act (2009:1596) to amend the Unemployment Insurance Act (1997:238). (Lag (2009:1596) om ändring i lagen (1997:238) om arbetslöshetsförsäkring) -

Adoption: 2009-12-21 | Date of entry into force: 2010-01-01 | SWE-2009-L-85013

Sweden - Unemployment benefit - Regulation, Decree, Ordinance

Ordinance (2009:1435) to amend ordinance (1997:836) concerning unemployment funds. -

Adoption: 2009-12-03 | Date of entry into force: 2010-01-01 | SWE-2009-R-84372

Amends article 2 concerning the responsibility of unemployment funds to provide personal and statistical data on its members. Adds article 7a concerning the specific personal data that unemployment funds are obliged to provide to the Swedish Central Statistics Agency.

Sweden - Unemployment benefit - Law, Act

Act (2009:1437) to amend the Unemployment Insurance Act (1997:238). -

Adoption: 2009-12-03 | Date of entry into force: 2010-05-01 | Date of partial entry into force: 2010-01-01 | SWE-2009-L-84374

Amends article 3 concerning eligibility for compensation. Adds article 47a concerning the deadline for compensation applications.

Sweden - Unemployment benefit - Law, Act

Act (2009:1438) to amend the Unemployment Funds' Act (1997:239). -

Adoption: 2009-12-03 | Date of entry into force: 2010-01-01 | SWE-2009-L-84375

Amends article 21 concerning the election and role of the treasurer of the unemployment fund and article 87 concerning membership regulations, fees, registration and appeal opportunities as well as rules for eligibility as a representative or member or the board of complementary unemployment funds. Adds article 37a concerning exclusion of members, article 48c concerning time limit for changing fees, and article 94b concerning the provision of personal data of members to the Swedish Central Statistics Agency.

Sweden - Unemployment benefit - Regulation, Decree, Ordinance

Ordinance (2009:1185) to amend the Unemployment Insurance Ordinance (1997:835). -

Adoption: 2009-11-19 | Date of entry into force: 2010-01-01 | SWE-2009-R-84508

Amends article 22 and 24 concerning the obligations of the Social Insurance Fund and the Pensions Agency to provide information about applicants to unemployment funds. Adds article 22a and 24a concerning the obligations of unemployment funds to provide information about applicants to the Social Insurance Fund and the Pensions Agency.

Sweden - Unemployment benefit - Law, Act

Act (2009:995) to amend the Unemployment Insurance Act (1997:238). -

Adoption: 2009-10-22 | Date of entry into force: 2010-01-01 | SWE-2009-L-84497

Amends articles 48c-d concerning the mutual exchange of information between the Social Insurance Fund, the Swedish Pensions Agency and the Central Study Grant Agency (CSN).

Sweden - Unemployment benefit - Regulation, Decree, Ordinance

Ordinance (2009:915) to amend ordinance (1997:836) concerning unemployment funds. -

Adoption: 2009-07-23 | Date of entry into force: 2009-08-05 | SWE-2009-R-84413

Amends the following articles:
Article 9 concerning the payment by unemployment funds of a financing fee;
Article 10 concerning the deadline for an unemployment fund's payment of the unemployment fee according to art. 48a and 48b in the Unemployment Act (1997:239);
Article 11a concerning decisions made by the Inspection for unemployment insurance.

Sweden - Unemployment benefit - Regulation, Decree, Ordinance

Ordinance (2009:664) to amend the Unemployment Insurance Ordinance (1997:835). -

Adoption: 2009-06-04 | Date of entry into force: 2009-07-01 | SWE-2009-R-84450

Amends article 3-4b concerning basic and income-related daily allowance according to the unemployment insurance, and the duties and responsibilities of the Inspection for the unemployment insurance.

Sweden - Unemployment benefit - Law, Act

Act (2009:665) to amend the Unemployment Funds' Act (1997:239). -

Adoption: 2009-06-04 | Date of entry into force: 2009-07-01 | SWE-2009-L-84453

Repeals articles 34a and 98. Amends the following articles:
art. 34 concerning the right to join an unemployment fund;
art. 37 concerning the procedure for exclusion of a member;
art. 48-49 concerning a financing fee to be paid from the unemployment fund to the state;
art. 87 concerning the conditions for membership of an unemployment fund; and
art. 95 concerning appeals of the decisions of an unemployment fund.
Adds art. 48a-b concerning the payment of an unemployment fee from the unemployment fund to the state; and art. 94a concerning the obligation of an unemployment insurance scheme to provide an unemployment fund with certain information about the activities of the members.

Sweden - Unemployment benefit - Law, Act

Act (2009:666) to amend the Unemployment Insurance Act (1997:238). -

Adoption: 2009-06-04 | Date of entry into force: 2009-07-01 | SWE-2009-L-84455

Repeals article 30a. Changes art. 28 into art. 23b, and art. 29 into art. 25a. Amends the following articles:
Art. 7 concerning the right to unemployment benefits;
Art. 16, 17, 23, 23b concerning the calculation of an applicant's normal working time;
Art. 24-25, 25a, 26, 27a, 30, 31 and 37 concerning the calculation of full and partial unemployment benefits; and
Art. 48c concerning the right of an unemployment fund to request relevant documents from the Insurance Fund and the Central Student Grant Administration.
Adds the following 12 articles:
Art. 15a-c concerning the time frame for calculating an applicant's normal working time;
Art. 19, 22a-b, 23a and 23c-g concerning the calculation of an applicant's normal working time as the basis for calculating unemployment benefits.

Sweden - Unemployment benefit - Law, Act

Act (2009:667) to amend the Unemployment Insurance Act (1997:238). -

Adoption: 2009-06-04 | Date of entry into force: 2010-01-01 | SWE-2009-L-84456

Amends article 7 concerning conditions for joining an unemployment fund by repealing the second section of the article.

Sweden - Unemployment benefit - Regulation, Decree, Ordinance

Ordinance (2009:334) to amend Ordinance (2007:906) instructing the Unemployment Insurance Inspection. (Förordning (2009:334) om ändring i förordningen (2007:906) med instruktion för Inspektionen för arbetslöshetsförsäkringen.) -

Adoption: 2009-04-29 | Date of entry into force: 2009-06-09 | SWE-2009-R-84387

Amends article 5 concerning the Inspection's obligation to assure that benefits are only paid to those entitled, and article 6 concerning the Inspection's obligation to follow - and include in its function - recent development in the unemployment insurance field.

Sweden - Unemployment benefit - Law, Act

Act (2009:11) to amend the Unemployment Insurance Act (1997:238). (Lag (2009:11) om ändring i lagen (1997:238) om arbetslöshetsförsäkring) -

Adoption: 2009-01-15 | Date of entry into force: 2009-03-02 | SWE-2009-L-84339

Amends art. 68 and 68a concerning repayment of unemployment benefits. Adds art. 68b-68e and 70 concerning the conditions for repayment of excess unemployment benefits (including interest rate, procedure and consequences of non-repayment) and the procedure for possible cancellation of repayment.

Sweden - Unemployment benefit - Regulation, Decree, Ordinance

Ordinance (2008:937) to amend the Unemployment Insurance Ordinance (1997:835). -

Adoption: 2008-11-20 | Date of entry into force: 2009-01-01 | SWE-2008-R-83070

Changes articles 19a and 21 concerning the right to obtain benefits. Adds articles 19b, 19c and 25b defining acceptable reasons for leaving a position while maintaining the right to benefits.

Sweden - Unemployment benefit - Regulation, Decree, Ordinance

Ordinance (2008:409) to amend ordinance (1997:836) concerning unemployment funds. -

Adoption: 2008-05-29 | Date of entry into force: 2008-07-01 | SWE-2008-R-83038

Changes articles 9, 10 and 11 concerning unemployment fees.

Sweden - Unemployment benefit - Law, Act

Act (2008:410) to amend the Unemployment Funds' Act (1997:239). -

Adoption: 2008-05-29 | Date of entry into force: 2008-07-01 | SWE-2008-L-83039

Changes article 41 concerning member fees, article 41a defining the profile of an unemployed person and articles 48 and 87 concerning expenses for the Unemployment Benefit Funds.

Sweden - Unemployment benefit - Law, Act

Act (2008:412) to amend the Unemployment Insurance Act (1997:238). -

Adoption: 2008-05-29 | Date of entry into force: 2008-07-07 | SWE-2008-L-83042

Changes article 21 concerning unemployment benefits.

Sweden - Unemployment benefit - Law, Act

Act (2008:310) to amend the Unemployment Insurance Act (1997:238). (Lag (2008:310) om ändring i lagen (997:238) om arbetslöshetsförsäkring.) -

Adoption: 2008-05-22 | Date of entry into force: 2008-07-01 | SWE-2008-L-83006

Amends article 16 concerning the duration of the unemployment insurance.

Sweden - Unemployment benefit - Regulation, Decree, Ordinance

Ordinance (2008:58) to amend the Unemployment Insurance Ordinance (1997:835). (Förordning (2008:58) om ändring i förordningen (1997:835) om arbetslöshetsförsäkring.) -

Adoption: 2008-02-21 | SWE-2008-R-82769

Replaces former section 8 with former section 6 defining the role of the Unemployment Office. Changes sections 7 and 11 concerning part-time work and sections 21 and 25 concerning the obligations of the Unemployment Benefit Funds.

Sweden - Unemployment benefit - Regulation, Decree, Ordinance

Ordinance (2008:59) to amend Ordinance (1997:836) concerning unemployment funds. (Förordning (2008:59) om ändring i förordningen (1997:836) om arbetslöshetskassor.) -

Adoption: 2008-02-21 | Date of entry into force: 2008-04-07 | SWE-2008-R-82773

Changes section 5 concerning the obligation of unemployment funds to provide information on their members to the Inspectorate for Unemployment Insurance.

Sweden - Unemployment benefit - Regulation, Decree, Ordinance

Ordinance (2008:61) to amend the Ordinance (1996:1100) respecting employment assistance. (Förordning om ändring i förordningen (1996:1100) om aktivitetsstöd.) -

Adoption: 2008-02-21 | Date of entry into force: 2008-04-07 | SWE-2008-R-82833

Changes article 5 concerning unemployment benefit payments.

Sweden - Unemployment benefit - Regulation, Decree, Ordinance

Ordinance (2008:40) to amend ordinance (1997:836) concerning unemployment funds. (Förordning (2008:40) om ändring i förordningen (1997:836) om arbetslöshetskassor.) -

Adoption: 2008-01-31 | Date of entry into force: 2008-03-15 | SWE-2008-R-82640

Amends article 11 concerning the competence of the Inspectorate for Unemployment Insurance to accept certain cases of late fee payment from unemployment funds.

Sweden - Unemployment benefit - Law, Act

Act (2008:33) to amend the Unemployment Insurance Act (1997:238). (Lag om ändring i lagen (1997:238) om arbetslöshetsförsäkring.) -

Adoption: 2008-01-24 | SWE-2008-L-82637

Changes article 40 concerning possible limitations of compensation for unemployed persons undertaking part-time work.

Sweden - Unemployment benefit - Regulation, Decree, Ordinance

Ordinance (No. 898 of 2007) amending the Unemployment Insurance Ordinance No. 835 of 1997.

Adoption: 2007-11-15 | Date of entry into force: 2008-01-01 | SWE-2007-R-79684

Amends sections 6, 7, 20 and 21 concerning the role of the employment office.

Sweden - Unemployment benefit - Law, Act

Act (No. 810 of 2007) amending the Unemployment Insurance Act (No. 238 of 1997).

Adoption: 2007-11-08 | Date of entry into force: 2007-12-01 | SWE-2007-L-79680

Amends sections 9 (respecting conditions for the right to benefit from insurance compensation) and 30 a (applicants having formerly benefited from guaranteed employment for young persons).

Sweden - Unemployment benefit - Law, Act

Act (No. 393 of 2007) amending the Unemployment Insurance Act (No. 238 of 1997).

Adoption: 2007-05-31 | Date of entry into force: 2007-07-02 | Date of partial entry into force: 2008-01-01 | SWE-2007-L-79636

Repealing sections 9 a and 14 a, and amending sections 17, 22-23, 26, 27 a, 28, 30, 39, 48 a-c and 48 g-h (period of payment of benefits, amount of payments, criteria and exchanging of information between relevant authorities).

Sweden - Unemployment benefit - Law, Act

Act (No. 413 of 2007) amending the Unemployment Insurance Act (No. 238 of 1997).

Adoption: 2007-05-31 | Date of entry into force: 2007-10-01 | SWE-2007-L-79639

Amends section 22 respecting duration of compensation.

Sweden - Unemployment benefit - Regulation, Decree, Ordinance

Ordinance (No. 417 of 2007) amending the Unemployment Insurance Ordinance No. 835 of 1997.

Adoption: 2007-05-31 | Date of entry into force: 2007-07-02 | SWE-2007-R-79644

Amending sections 3, 4 (different forms of daily cash allowance) and 20 (information on private persons to be given to the unemployment office by the county labour board).

Sweden - Unemployment benefit - Regulation, Decree, Ordinance

Ordinance No. 44 of 2007 to amend Ordinance (No. 1275 of 1997) respecting employment subsidies.

Adoption: 2007-02-15 | Date of entry into force: 2007-03-15 | SWE-2007-R-75805

Amends section 2 of the entry into force rules.

Sweden - Unemployment benefit - Regulation, Decree, Ordinance

Ordinance No. 31 of 2007 to amend Ordinance (No. 1100 of 1996) respecting employment assistance.

Adoption: 2007-02-08 | Date of entry into force: 2007-02-26 | SWE-2007-R-75804

Amends section 5 (transitional rules).

Sweden - Unemployment benefit - Regulation, Decree, Ordinance

Ordinance No. 9 of 2007 to amend the Unemployment Insurance Ordinance (No. 835 of 1997).

Adoption: 2007-01-11 | Date of entry into force: 2007-01-29 | SWE-2007-R-75800

Amends the Schedule (calculation of benefit in relation to working hours).

Sweden - Unemployment benefit - Regulation, Decree, Ordinance

Ordinance No. 511 of 2006 to amend the Unemployment Insurance Ordinance (No. 835 of 1997).

Adoption: 2006-06-01 | Date of entry into force: 2006-07-01 | SWE-2006-R-75059

Amends sections 12 and 27 and inserts new sections 2a, 4a, 4b and 18 (work performed outside Sweden, calculation of working hours and compensation for vacation periods).