Observation (CEACR) - adopted 2022, published 111st ILC session (2023)

Freedom of Association and Protection of the Right to Organise Convention, 1948 (No. 87) - Sweden (Ratification: 1949)

Legislative developments. Posting of workers. In its previous comment, the Committee had requested the Government to provide information on the application in practice of the Posting of Workers Act, 2017. The Committee notes detailed information provided by the Government and refers in this respect to its comments on the application of Right to Organise and Collective Bargaining Convention, 1949 (No. 98).

Other developments. In its previous comment, the Committee requested the Government to provide details on the proposals made by the inquiry appointed to review the exercise of the right to industrial action as well as on the bill drafted by the social partners to address the issues in relation to the exercise of the right to strike. The Committee takes due note of the Government’s indication that following the inquiry, the Ministry of Employment decided to proceed with the proposal submitted by the social partners and submitted a bill entitled “Extended obligation to keep the peace in workplaces where there is a collective agreement and in the event of legal disputes” to the Parliament. The Bill was adopted and the amendments to the Act on Co-Determination in the Workplace, which set forth conditions under which the right to industrial action against an employer bound by a collective agreement could be exercised, entered into force on 1 August 2019. The Committee notes the adoption and entering into force of this new law and requests the Government to provide information on developments under the 2019 amendments, including any situations in which the right to industrial action was exercised and situations in which it was not.