{"id":3337296,"date":"2026-08-21T13:32:27","date_gmt":"2026-08-21T11:32:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/persontrafik.se\/nyheter\/commuter-pass-as-an-employee-benefit\/"},"modified":"2026-08-21T13:32:27","modified_gmt":"2026-08-21T11:32:27","slug":"commuter-pass-as-an-employee-benefit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/persontrafik.se\/en\/nyheter\/commuter-pass-as-an-employee-benefit\/","title":{"rendered":"Commuter Pass as an Employee Benefit"},"content":{"rendered":"

Commuting to and from work isn\u2019t just time-consuming. It can also take up a significant portion of one\u2019s income. In the segment \u201cPublic Transportation as an Employee Benefit\u201d at Persontrafik, the president of the Vision union, Sk\u00e5netrafiken, and Resen\u00e4rerna highlight how subsidized commuter passes can benefit employees, employers, and society as a whole. <\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

Within the Vision labor union, subsidized commuter passes are a popular benefit among its 222,000 members.<\/p>\n

\u2013 As the cost of living rises, how people get to work becomes an important issue. Most of our members spend a significant portion of their income on commuting, which is why there is great interest in discounted public transportation passes,\u201d says Vision Union President Veronica Magnusson, who kicks off the session on public transportation as an employee benefit. <\/p>\n

\u2013 Our members also want to do their part to help the climate, and depending on how public transportation works, they can use their commute time to work or to relax. So there are several interrelated factors that make the issue of discount cards an interesting one. <\/p><\/blockquote>\n

In Sk\u00e5ne, companies have been able to offer commuting as an employee benefit for several years now. The program is called F\u00f6retag Komplett and provides companies with discounts on commuter passes and on-board advertising with Sk\u00e5netrafiken. According to Sk\u00e5netrafiken, which will be presenting the initiative, it\u2019s a way to increase employee satisfaction, reduce the number of parking spaces, and demonstrate a commitment to sustainability. <\/p>\n

\u201cThis is in line with the goal of enabling more people to use public transportation. Many people also appreciate it when their employers are actively committed to sustainability,\u201d says Veronica Magnusson. <\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Karin Svensson Smith, president of the advocacy group Resen\u00e4rerna, also appears on the program. She explains that offering public transportation as an employee benefit kills two birds with one stone. <\/p>\n

\u201cOn the one hand, it expands the customer base for public transportation providers, and on the other, it makes things easier for those who must be physically present at work and cannot work from home. They often have lower incomes, so this achieves something that is both climate-friendly and socially sustainable,\u201d says Karin Svensson Smith. <\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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Text: Paula Isaksson<\/p>\n

\ud83d\udcc5 <\/span>October 20, 2:15\u20133:00 p.m.<\/strong>
\nAt Persontrafik, Karin Svensson Smith<\/strong> from Resen\u00e4rerna, Veronica Magnusson<\/strong> from Vision, and Niklas Sandgren from <\/strong> Sk\u00e5netrafiken will speak at the Persontrafik conference in the seminar \u201cPublic Transportation as an Employee Benefit.\u201d<\/em> <\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Commuting to and from work isn\u2019t just time-consuming. It can also take up a significant portion of one\u2019s income. In the segment \u201cPublic Transportation as an Employee Benefit\u201d at Persontrafik, the president of the Vision union, Sk\u00e5netrafiken, and Resen\u00e4rerna highlight how subsidized commuter passes can benefit employees, employers, and society as a whole. Within the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":30,"featured_media":3337295,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":true,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[88,87],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3337296","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-activities-in-2026","category-news","is-sticky"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/persontrafik.se\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3337296","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/persontrafik.se\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/persontrafik.se\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/persontrafik.se\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/30"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/persontrafik.se\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3337296"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/persontrafik.se\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3337296\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/persontrafik.se\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3337295"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/persontrafik.se\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3337296"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/persontrafik.se\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3337296"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/persontrafik.se\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3337296"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}