MedborgarskapskursenGlossary · Chapter 8: The labour market and personal finances
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Swedish word. In English: employee
The person who is employed and receives wages.
Facts about the word
- The labour market has employers and employees. Employers hire and pay wages to employees. Sverige i fokus s. 28
- Both employees and employers have organised themselves in their own organisations to look after their interests. Sverige i fokus s. 28
- Trade union organisations represent the employees, for example LO, TCO and SACO. Sverige i fokus s. 28
Page references are to UHR's study material Sverige i fokus.
Try the word in a sentence
Only one of the sentences uses the word correctly. Which one?
The employee is the person employed. The one who hires is the employer, and a machine is not a person.
The word belongs to Chapter 8: The labour market and personal finances in Sverige i fokus, with the full context and practice questions.