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A member of the Swedish Municipal Workers' Union was in 2008 employed by an assistance company "for a fixed term for as long as the assignment lasts" ("SLUV")...

Byggnads is the largest Swedish trade union for construction workers. In 2004, Byggnads blockaded the Latvian construction company Laval in order to force Laval to sign a Swedish collective agreement.

The unfair treatment of an employee who is on parental leave is prohibited under the Parental Leave Act ('the Act'). This prohibition includes unfair treatment relating to pay and other employment terms for reasons connected with parental leave.

Two Muslim women, who wore head cloths, were employed as temporary receptionists at a non-profit sports club (the "Sports Club").

The Swedish Parliament is about to vote in favour of a proposal pushed forward by the Left Party to extend paternal leave entitlement to three months.

In 2009, an employee of the Swedish Police Authority suffered from a stroke that resulted in a reduced ability to perform work.

Arbetsdomstolen har nyligen avgjort ett mål om ogiltigförklaring av ett avsked. I domen konstateras det att en arbetsgivare, angående retroaktiv lön till arbetstagaren...

The Ministry of Employment is proposing a new Act on European Works Councils which will replace the current act from 6 June 2011.

A company (the "Company") which conducted a cleaning operation had, since the cleaning assignments had decreased, been affected by shortage of work which resulted in four employees being made redundant.

A company (the "Company") had been undertaking real estate development projects and its subsidiary (the "Subsidiary") had been contracted to perform building operations in relation to these development projects.

A Swedish Labour Court ruling examined whether a trade union's notice of solidarity blockade action against waste handling operations was sufficiently clear in its scope. The employers' association challenged the notice, arguing it failed to specify which of its 4,500+ member companies were affected, while the union maintained it followed customary labour market practices by listing specific addresses.

Sweden becomes the first EU country to release draft local legislation for the EU Pay Transparency Directive, reinforcing that employers must act now to prepare for greater transparency and close gender pay gaps.

A number of amendments to the Act are due to come into force from 1 April 2010. The purpose of the amendments is to simplify the application of the Act.

The current Swedish right of priority legislation, which is set forth in the Right of Priority Act (SFS 1970:979) was amended on 1 January 2004. The new legislation has been preceded by considerable disunion in the Swedish Parliament with several controversial questions being raised. So what are the reasons for changing the legislation?

No jurisdiction has yet fully transposed the Directive, but several jurisdictions have published draft laws. From these draft laws, variations are being seen. In practice, this means that organisations operating across multiple jurisdictions will need to monitor national transposition closely.

Over one-quarter (28 percent) of organizations surveyed in our 2022 Regional Whistleblowing Hotline Benchmark Report did not confirm that an anti-retaliation policy...

Coming just weeks after BusinessEurope formally requested the European Commission to pause the Pay Transparency Directive for two years, Sweden's intervention marks...

We've all heard of the magical work-life balance in Sweden, where companies have been experimenting with shorter workweeks for years. One attempt in Gothenburg saw municipal workers...