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Swedish social partners warn against EU directive on employment conditions

Mar 01, 2018 Is the EU about to take over member states’ prerogative to regulate employment and working conditions? Yes, this is what may happen if the Commission’s proposal for a directive ‘for more transparent and predictable working conditions in the European Union’ is passed, warn both trade unions and employers in Sweden.
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Swedish Sofia is a nurse in Norway – wants simplified rules

Apr 30, 2025 Swedish Sofia Krogh is happy in her job in Indre Østfold municipality in Norway. The pay and pension scheme are good, and her colleagues are nice. Nevertheless, the nurse has considered leaving her job in her neighbouring country several times. The paperwork is demotivating.
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Swedish strip club challenges ban on night work

Oct 22, 2024 Should the employees at the strip club Club Heartbeat be allowed to work all night? No, says the Swedish Work Environment Authority. Yes, says the club’s owner, referring to a new collective agreement that allows exceptions to the Working Hours Act.
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Swedish strip club lost the first round

May 27, 2025 The ban on night work for employees at the strip club still applies, despite the fact that they created a trade union that entered into a collective agreement with the club’s owner, Flirt Fashion AB, for an exemption from the Working Hours Act.
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Swedish Transport Union: minimum wage could stop social dumping

Feb 07, 2015 There is strong opposition to a statutory minimum wage in Sweden. But the parties in the transport trade have started talking about making collective agreements universally applicable. The reason: pay cuts and social dumping resulting from the freedom of movement.
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Swedish unions want annulment of Laval judgement

May 18, 2010 The Swedish Supreme Court must annul the judgment of the Swedish Labour Court in the Laval case! That's what the Swedish Building Workers' Union and the Swedish Electricians' Union demand.
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Swedish women in blue-collar jobs lose out

Mar 06, 2019 The gender wage gap continues to narrow in Sweden. But take a closer look at the numbers, and you see that not everyone is part of the positive development. Ahead of the 8th of March, LO again warns that women in blue-collar jobs are lagging behind.
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Swedish work environment tempts Chinese

May 10, 2010 Oscar Berger is Sweden's Counsellor of Labour Market Affairs in Beijing. His job is to study the Chinese labour market and employment issues for the future - including Chinese competence and labour immigration.
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Swedish youths’ first job in Norway

Jun 28, 2012 Anyone moving to another Nordic country must have some money - the first pay check doesn’t come immediately, but the living costs do. In Norway you normally have to pay a three months’ deposit on top of the first month’s rent - enough to stop many young people in their tracks.
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Swedish-speaking Finns

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