EU & Labour Law
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Agency workers should have equal rights
Workers hired through labour agencies should be granted the same rights to salaries, holidays and working hours as if they were hired directly by the company employing them, says a Swedish special investigator.
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Will Lex Laval work?
On 9 September the Swedish Building Workers’ Union (Byggnads) took industrial action against a Lithuanian company building a school in Höllviken in Southern Sweden. The union demanded the company paid its Lithuanian workers according Swedish salary agreements. Are we heading towards a new Laval ruling?
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Curtain fall for the Laval case
Sweden’s Supreme Court has refused to reverse the Swedish Labour Court’s judgement in the Laval case. Now a labour law expert says the state should pay the considerable compensation which trade unions have been ordered to pay.
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Swedish Metall on trusting the adversary
“What you absolutely must not do during wage negotiations is to lie. You don’t have to put all your cards on the table, but if you lie you loose all trust.”
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Swedish unions want annulment of Laval judgement
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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EU Commission critical to Swedish laws
Sweden could be forced to change its rules on temporary employment after pressure from the European Commission. It has voiced doubts over whether Swedish laws comply with EU’s fixed-term work directive (1999:70).
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Laval case brings new Swedish law
After a lot of to-ing and fro-ing the Swedish Parliament passed legislation on 24 March to reflect the Court of Justice of the European Union’s judgement in the much-debated Laval case.
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Finland: New government wants increased immigration
Finland has one of the lowest immigration rates in the EU, while its population is ageing quicker than anywhere else in the Union. That does not bode well for the country’s future labour market. Now the new government wants to increase labour immigration. But the situation for those already in the country must be improved…
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Theme: The hunt for manpower is on
Will there be enough manpower when economies grow year on year while populations are ageing? No, say many employers in the Nordic countries. Their warning is that lack of manpower will jeopardise economic growth and innovation. Governments too are on the alert. Welfare states are dependent on enough workers to keep ticking over.
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