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In March 1974 the Swedish Minister of Labour, Mr. Ingemund Bengtsson, appointed a Royal Commission on long-term employment policy. The following is a slightly abridged version of the terms of reference for the Commission.

1 The value of work to the individual and society

Work and working conditions affect a considerable portion of human life. Work is a means of creating material wealth, but it also has an intrinsic value as a source of social community. Work corresponds to a fundamental human need for the development and enrichment of our existence.

Working conditions do a great deal to influence other fund mental conditions of individual life. Material circumstances, health, leisure opportunities, participation in politics and trade union affairs, family and housing conditions - all these factors are to a greater or lesser extent bound up with the conditions of working life.

Good working conditions imply active participation in social affairs and a genereally stable living situation. Conversely, unemployment can lead to a deprication of self-respect and of economic circumstances. This in turn can put additional difficulties in the way of a return to working life. The right to work must therefore be a vital premise of the process of political reform.

Individual participation in working life is also of crucial importance to society as a whole. A society in which there is full employment creates productive values and can guarantee human welfare. In a society where unemployment is accepted, great material and social gaps develop, resulting in the mutual isolation and alienation of different groups. Any social order not based on full employment must imply a restriction of living conditions and a squandering of human resources.

Both the right to work and the conditions of working life are central areas of political activity. If people cannot influence

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