Labor & Employment Law Strategic Global Topics: Summer 2017 – Religion in Workplace

This report by EY Labor and Employment Law provides brief overviews of how religious freedom in interplays with rights of the employer in their workplace in 24 countries. https://www.ey.com/Publication/vwLUAssets/ey-labor-law-strategic-global-topics-summer-2017-edition-cover/$FILE/ey-labor-law-strategic-global-topics-summer-2017-edition.pdf

Sweden: Article “Introduction of statutory protection for whistleblowers”

This article considers the legislation introduced in 2017 specifically to protect whistleblowers (both permanent employees and temporary workers) who report serious wrongdoings by their employer (be it whether the employer …

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Article “Discrimination Damages – Promoting or Preventing Access to Justice?”

A central aim of Swedish (and EU) labor law is to combat unlawful discrimination in the workplace and critical to this aim is ensuring that claimants are able to obtain …

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Sweden: Article “Atypical Work in the Digital Age – Outline of a Trade Union Strategy for the Gig Economy”

This article considers the trend towards more uncertain forms of employment in the gig-economy and the challenges this presents for trade unions. The article outlines a union strategy to respond …

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“UK government to ban restaurant owners from taking share of tips”

[Direct Quote of Online Abstract (in front of paywall): “Trade unions have experienced significant turbulence over the past three decades. In the UK and Ireland, a key change has been …

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Trade Unions, immigration and immigrants in Europe revisited: Unions’ attitudes and actions under new conditions

This paper is a follow-up report of the authors’ comparative approach used in their book “Trade Unions, Immigration and Immigrants in Europe, 1960-1993. New York: Berghahn Books.”  The report examines trade …

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OECD Case: Swedwach vs. MöInlycke

NCPs involved: Sweden NCP COUNTRY OF OPERATIONS: Thailand DATE: 9 April 2013 STATUS: Rejected ISSUE: The complaint alleged that MöInlycke engaged in anti-union practices following wage negotiations with a local …

OECD Case: Swedwach vs. Electrolux

NCPs involved: Sweden NCP COUNTRY OF OPERATIONS: Thailand DATE: 9 April 2013 STATUS: Rejected ISSUE: The complaint alleged that an Electrolux subsidiary in Thailand engaged in anti-union practices following wage …

Swedish trade unions and European Union migrant workers

The article shows that intra-national variation can be explained by sectoral-based issues: that is, variation at both a country and sectoral level influences unions’ strategic choices towards migrant workers. The …

CASE OF SCHMIDT AND DAHLSTRÖM v. SWEDEN

The applicants, trade union members, complained that they had been denied certain retroactive benefits in their capacity as members of organisations which had engaged in strike action. Article 11 “presents …

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