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You’re Given 6 Months Paid Leave; What Do You Do?
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For the last 20 or so years, workers in Sweden have enjoyed an unusual perk – a statutory right to take six months off and start their own business. The Right to Leave to Conduct a Business Operation Act is one of a series of rights afforded to Swedish employees, allowing them to take time off to study or care for a family member. It’s also one of the reasons the country’s capital, Stockholm, has become Europe’s start-up capital, second only to California’s Silicon Valley for the number of unicorns (billion-dollar tech companies) that it produces per capita.
Presenter: Richard Bradbury, Arvindh Yuvaraj, & Freda Liu
Producer: Christine Wong
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You’re Given 6 Months Paid Leave; What Do You Do?
19 mins
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12:00, 17 Feb 2020
For the last 20 or so years, workers in Sweden have enjoyed an unusual perk – a statutory right to take six months off and start their own business. The Right to Leave to Conduct a Business Operation Act is one of a series of rights afforded to Swedish employees, allowing them to take time off to study or care for a family member. It’s also one of the reasons the country’s capital, Stockholm, has become Europe’s start-up capital, second only to California’s Silicon Valley for the number of unicorns (billion-dollar tech companies) that it produces per capita.
Presenter: Richard Bradbury, Arvindh Yuvaraj, & Freda Liu
Producer: Christine Wong
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