Direct Request (CEACR) - adopted 2014, published 104th ILC session (2015)

Paid Educational Leave Convention, 1974 (No. 140) - Sweden (Ratification: 1975)

Article 5 of the Convention. Granting paid educational leave. The Committee notes the Government’s report received in October 2013 in which it indicates that various Acts and Ordinances related to paid educational leave have been amended during the reporting period. These include the Employment Grant Ordinance and the Trade Union Representatives Act entitling representatives to paid leave of absence for training. The Committee notes that in May 2013 the Government presented a Bill “Study Grants in a Globalized World” proposing changes in order to create a simpler and more effective system for study grants for studies abroad. The Committee invites the Government to provide updated information on the measures taken to implement its policy on paid educational leave and other information on the manner in which the Convention is applied in practice (Part V of the report form).