{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/77ca3392-3d6f-434f-8821-6472a6c25d8d/6630a100caefee0012554fb7?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"Why businesses want Sweden to ease wage requirements for work permits","description":"<p>Host <strong>Paul O’Mahony</strong> is joined by regular panelists <strong>Becky Waterton </strong>and<strong> Emma Löfgren </strong>to discuss the how far the government has got with its plan to further increase the salary requirement for work permit holders from 80% to 100% of the median wage.</p><p>The episode also features a chat Richard Orange had recently with <strong>Karin Johansson,</strong> deputy director general of the Swedish confederation of enterprise.&nbsp;</p><ul><li><a href=\"https://www.thelocal.se/20240422/it-will-be-messy-half-of-foreign-workers-blocked-by-salary-threshold-will-be-graduates?tpcc=podcast-article\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Half of those blocked by Sweden's work permit salary threshold will be graduates</strong></a></li></ul><p><br></p>","author_name":"The Local"}