The unemployment fund with the highest amount of recipients in Sweden in 2020 was Unionens, paying out unemployment benefits to over 66.3 thousand individuals. Kommunalarbetarnas unemployment fund followed closely with nearly 60 thousand unemployment recipients.
Number of unemployment benefit recipients in Sweden in 2020, by unemployment fund
Unemployment insurance funds (arbetslöshetskassa or a-kassa in Swedish) are economic associations tied to trade unions and since 2002 they are to some extend equal to a government agencies. The primary function of unemployment funds is to administrate and pay unemployment benefits. The membership in an unemployment fund is a voluntary income-related insurance and all members are obliged to pay a monthly fee.
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