Sweden

New and updated

• Sweden: Health and safety

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  International

  Updated to include additional information on the employer's duty to provide a job adaptation and rehabilitation scheme for disabled employees.

• Sweden: Employee rights

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  International

  Updated to reflect changes to the rules on processing personal data under the General Data Protection Regulation.

• Sweden: Useful resources - legal service providers

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  International

  Information on legal service providers for Sweden employment law.

• Sweden: Recruitment and selection

  Type:

  International

  Updated to include additional information on background checks during recruitment.

• Sweden: Pay and benefits

  Type:

  International

  Updated to reflect legislative changes to employers' obligations to prevent gender differences in pay.

• Sweden: Equal opportunities

  Type:

  International

  Updated to reflect legislative changes to employers' obligations to bring about equal rights.

• Sweden: Contracts of employment

  Type:

  International

  Updated to reflect legislative changes to the rules on fixed-term contracts, effective from 1 May 2016.

• Sweden: Training and development

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  International

  An employment law guide to training and development in Sweden, covering apprenticeships.

• Sweden: Industrial relations

  Type:

  International

  An employment law guide to industrial relations in Sweden, covering trade unions and recognition, collective bargaining, informing and consulting employees - general, informing and consulting prior to redundancies, informing and consulting prior to transfers, trade union right of veto, European Works Councils, industrial action and board-level employee representation.

• Sweden: Termination of employment

  Type:

  International

  An employment law guide to termination of employment in Sweden, covering notice periods, grounds for dismissal with notice, summary dismissal, dismissal procedures, redundancies, severance compensation, termination at the age of 67 and unfair/unlawful dismissal.