Recent news
Latest items of recent news relevant to Sweden as reported in our fortnightly newswire ‘Dernières nouvelles’.
Sweden: Sick leave decreased
Over the year to Q1 2019, the average number of sick days per employee decreased by 0 …
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Sweden: Labour market Q1 2019
During year ending Q1 2019, the number of hours worked increased by 2 …
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Sweden: Employment relationship
In a recent Labour Court case it was held that an individual was, in fact, not employed by the company with which he had entered into a contractual relationship …
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Sweden: SAS reaches deal with pilots’ union to end week-long strike
Scandinavian Airlines (SAS) has reached an agreement with the airline pilots association which gives pilots an annual salary increase of 3 …
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Sweden: Number of permanent employees continues to increase
According to Statistics Sweden, over the year to March 2019, the number of permanent employees continued to increase to 3,884,000 whilst the number of hours worked in Sweden increased by 2 …
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Sweden: Company private healthcare packages to subject to income tax
From the 1st of July 2019, company private healthcare packages will become subject to income tax …
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Sweden: Why Sweden is deporting high-skilled labor migrants
It is so common there is even a name for it “Kompetensutvisnin”, which means the throwing out of the country highly qualified people the economy needs …
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Sweden: Employment participation rate stood at 68.6% over the year to Q4 2018
Over the year to Q4 2018, the employment participation rate for people aged 15-74 in Sweden increased by 1% to 68 …
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Sweden: Muslim job applicant who refused handshake wins discrimination case
A Muslim female job applicant in Sweden who said she was discriminated against for declining to shake hands with a man at a job interview on religious grounds has won 40,000 kr (US$4,417) in compensation …
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Sweden/USA: Absenteeism continues to be a major day-to-day problem facing HR practitioners
Absenteeism continues to be a major day-to-day problem facing HR practitioners – particularly in sectors such as retailing …
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Sweden: The police now have extended powers to visit and search workplaces
The police now have extended powers to visit and search workplaces to determine if they employ undocumented foreign workers …
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Sweden: Written rehabilitation plan
If an employee is absent for more than sixty successive days their return to work must now be subject to a written rehabilitation plan …
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Sweden: Employers must take steps to accommodate the access requirements of disabled employees
Employers in the retail and service sector that have ten or less employees are now no longer exempt from the disability discrimination provisions of the Swedish Discrimination act 2015 …
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Sweden: Limit right to industrial action
Both sides of industry have reached agreement on ways to restrict the use of strike action to further collective disputes …
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Sweden: Act on the Protection of Trade Secrets entered into force
The new Swedish Act on the Protection of Trade Secrets has now entered into force …
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