Providing effective and early re-employment support to displaced workers in Sweden

This chapter examines the effectiveness of counselling services, job-search supports and training programmes in Sweden to help displaced workers find a new job quickly. It focuses on both the services provided by Job Security Councils early on, especially in the period between notice and dismissal, and the support available from the public employment service, after a worker has been dismissed. Particular attention is given to the growing gaps in re-employment support in an evolving labour market and to differences in the system and outcomes between blue and white-collar workers.