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