Effects of a free sabbatical year - Effects of a sabbatical year - Substitutes

From 1 February 2002 until 31 December 2004, a free-year trial was conducted in twelve municipalities in Sweden. Employees could apply for a free sabbatical year (a period between 3 - 12 months), and still get 85% of the compensation they would have received if they were unemployed. Under the same time the person be replaced by an unemployed person that got a temporary employee.

Purpose:

The overall purpose of the study was to examine different aspects of health among individuals who were sabbatical leave, and among those who were substitutes.

2002年2月1日至2004年12月31日，瑞典12个自治市开展了一项免费休假试点项目。雇员可申请为期3至12个月的免费休假年，且仍可领取相当于失业时应得失业救济金85%的补贴。在此期间，休假雇员的岗位将由一名以临时雇员身份受聘的失业人员接任。

研究目的：
本研究的总体目标是考察休休假年人员与岗位顶替者的多维度健康状况。