Sweden

Since the introduction of the Work Environment Act in the late 1970’s, and especially during the last ten years, the Swedish labour market has undergone major changes. Today, between 100 000 and 130 000 people in Sweden perform work in businesses where it is unclear if there is an actor with a responsibility for the […]

Author: Karolina Sundqvist The Swedish Labour Court ruled that the dismissal of an employee at the Police Authority with multiple sclerosis (MS), a disease, who did not have the ability to perform work of any significance to the employer, was based on objective grounds. The Labour Court also ruled that the dismissal did not constitute […]

Author: Karolina Sundqvist Legislative changes to the Employment Protection Act (Sw. Lag (1982:90) om anställningsskydd) consist of new regulations regarding, inter alia, termination of employment, exemptions from the order of priority, costs during disputes regarding the validity of a termination, general fixed-term employment and temporary agency work. The following legislative changes to the Employment Protection […]

Author: Karolina Sundqvist An employee was summarily dismissed from his employment at Samhall, a state-owned company employing people with disabilities, due to his behaviour towards female colleagues. The Labour Court found that higher demands can be placed on Samhall than on other employers as regards measures to remedy shortcomings in the behaviour of employees, provided […]

Author: Niclas Johansson The Labour Court found that it was not a breach of the Parental Leave Act to reassign employees to other duties during their part-time parental leave, as the employees’ leave would otherwise have led to significant disturbances in the employer’s business and therefore, the reassignments were necessary consequences of their leave. Three […]