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Abstract

Is Försäkringskassan, one of Sweden’s largest organizations, an equal place to work in? Do

sex, ethnical background or age matter when being treated by colleagues and managers?

In this thesis I try to, through interviews with both the Human Resources-departement and

some administrators at Försäkringskassan, find the answers to how the organization’s internal

work regarding equality functions. To help me with the analysis I use both discourse theory

and gender theory. I find a discrepancy between the Human Resources-department’s and the

administrators’ view of how the internal equality work is run. The administrators points at a

heavy work load as a strong contributing element for not having the time to discuss questions

related to equal treatment. Few of them have read the equal opportunities plan. The plan

gets lost in the rest of all the information coming ”from above”. However, everyone being

interviewed agree that Försäkringskassan is a very equal place to work at.