Shops return to rural Sweden but are now staff-free

Re:Shops return to rural Sweden but are now staff-free by kalleboo on Tuesday March 09, 2021 @11:21AM (#26400327)

I want to add a note to people who aren't familiar - Sweden has a government debt collector[0]. Unlike the US where I'l told you can mostly dodge private debts and it just becomes a massive nuisance and credit nightmare, in Sweden the government will actually garnish your salary and repossess your stuff for private debts.

[0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swedish_Enforcement_Authority

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Re:Shops return to rural Sweden but are now staff-free by Dma54rhs on Tuesday March 09, 2021 @11:38AM (#26400506)

I believe it's also called court bailiff and is fairly usual thing in the EU.

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Re:Shops return to rural Sweden but are now staff-free by mytailorisrich on Tuesday March 09, 2021 @01:16PM (#26401692)

> Sweden the government will actually garnish your salary and repossess your stuff for private debts.*

It's called "attachment of earnings" in the UK there is no special agency for that, it's just a court order sent to the debtor employer.

This also exists in most US states, I believe it's often called "wage garnishment" there.

Repossession or seizure of property also exists in the US and the UK (and indeed most countries). Here in the UK there's even a TV show about that, with the cool name of "The Sheriffs are coming"...

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