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Methods
The study uses different methods, both documents and register studies
have been used as well as an examination of judgments from the
Administrative Court of Appeal and the Supreme Administrative Court.
A register on wages and salary structures has been obtained from Statistics
Sweden (SCB) with information on the employed within municipalities and
county councils.
Findings
The study finds that there is a legal uncertainty surrounding on what
grounds temporarily employed people should be granted sickness benefit
— i.e. when is a temporarily employed worker considered to be employed
and when is he or she considered to be unemployed according to the
sickness insurance legislation?
The study also finds (which is consistent with previous research) that the
temporarily employed examined in this study have fewer days of sickness
benefit than the permanently employed; but when they do receive sickness
benefit, it is for the same diagnoses as the permanently employed.