Recent news

Latest items of recent news relevant to Sweden as reported in our fortnightly newswire ‘Dernières nouvelles’.

Sweden: The number of permanently employed women increased

Things are nevertheless looking up for women in the labour market as their participation rate approaches that for men …

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Sweden: Gender inequality from school to retirement

According to Statistic Sweden, 64% of those obtaining degrees were women in 2017 and 35% of University course places in the traditional male domains of technology and manufacturing were filled by women …

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Sweden: New Swedish Trade Secrets Act

The New Swedish Trade Secrets Act, harmonising Swedish Law with the EU Directive 2016/943, shall come into effect on the 9th of June, 2018 …

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Sweden: New law on seasonal employment

The Swedish ‘Seasonal Employment Directive’ effective on June 1st 2018 establish a 90-day limit for third-country nationals undertaking such work …

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Sweden: New Data Protection Act

A new Data Protection Act, is currently being drafted and includes supplementary provisions and safeguards to the EU General Data Protection Regulation ( “GDPR”) that comes into force on the 25th of May 2018 …

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Sweden: Amendment to the Posting of Workers Act

An amendment to the Posting of Workers Act has removed the necessity for unions to gain clear evidence that a foreign employer is treating its workers below the minimum national employment standards before they take collective action against them …

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Sweden: An employee or an independent consultant

It is very important for employers to distinguish whether they intend to hire an individual as an employee or as an independent consultant …

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Sweden: New law on intra-corporate transfer

On the 1st of March 2018, The EU’s ICT Directive (Intra-Corporate Transfer) will be transposed into Swedish law …

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Sweden: Postal operator PostNord

Trade unions are pressing the postal operator PostNord to return SEK1 …

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Sweden: Benteler Automotive SL AB

The labour court has found that Benteler Automotive SL AB was justified in dismissing an employee for refusing to work overtime two weekends in a row – contrary to a collective agreement …

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Sweden: Labour costs in May 2017

Labour costs increased by 2 …

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Sweden: Sick leave increased

There is a slight upward trend in Sweden concerning sickness absence in the business sector …

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Sweden: Faster processing for work and residence permit applications

Until recently work and residence permits could take up to seven months to process …

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Sweden: Sickpay

The Swedish Social Affairs Ministry has announced that from January 1st 2019 sickpay in Sweden will be paid by employers from the first day of absence …

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Sweden: Greater police workplace powers

Sweden’s Justice Ministry is clamping down further on the employment of illegal foreign workers by giving additional powers to the police to undertake random raids on workplaces …

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