Nurses and other healthcare staff can look forward to improved working hours this autumn (illustration photo).
It was on July 5, 2021 that Sweden received a complaint from the European Commission that the Swedish collective agreement for healthcare workers and especially for ambulance services was contrary to the working time directive. As a result comprehensive negotiations started in Sweden between employers, represented by the Swedish Association of Local Authorities and Regions, SKR, plus the municipal employers’ organisation Sobona, and workers represented by the Swedish Association of Health Professionals plus 24 additional trade unions.