Sweden: agreement on temporary work to combat social dumping

Working conditions that respect private life better. The agreement will apply from May 1, 2010 until April 30, 2012. It provides for a monthly wage increase of SEK 425 (€44.5) on August 1, 2010 and then on August 1, 2011. This wage increase follows regular progression. Indeed, the idea is to wedge the remuneration of temporary employees with that of the permanent employees of the client firms to prevent the businesses from firing their collaborators to replace them with temporary workers: LO wants to limit the possibilities of social dumping linked to unequal pay and working conditions on the same workplace.
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st 1, 2011. This wage increase follows regular progression. Indeed, the idea is to wedge the remuneration of temporary employees with that of the permanent employees of the client firms to prevent the businesses from firing their collaborators to replace them with temporary workers: LO wants to limit the possibilities of social dumping linked to unequal pay and working conditions on the same workplace.

Working conditions are also going to be improved and better respect agency workers’ private li

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