Direct Request (CEACR) - adopted 1997, published 86th ILC session (1998)

Termination of Employment Convention, 1982 (No. 158) - Sweden (Ratification: 1983)

The Committee notes the Government's report and the information it contains in reply to its previous request as well as the comments of the Swedish Trade Union Confederation. It also notes the provisions of Act No. 260 of 28 April 1994 on Public Employment and Act No. 1685 of 20 December 1994 amending the 1982 Act on the Protection of Employment.

Article 2, paragraphs 4 to 6, of the Convention. Referring to its previous request, the Committee notes that, in the Government's view based on its jurisprudence, workers holding managerial positions in the private sector enjoy protection at least equivalent to that offered by the Convention, though the Act on the protection of employment is not applicable to them. The Committee notes, furthermore that, by virtue of the 1994 Act on Public Employment, the provisions of the Act on the Protection of Employment relating to termination are directly applicable to public servants. Please continue to provide information on legislation and practice in regard to categories of workers excluded from the application of the Convention and, in particular, on whether they enjoy equivalent protection.

Parts IV and V of the report form. Please continue to provide information, including statistical data, on the application of the Convention in practice, as required by the report form approved by the Governing Body.