Last spring, the Swedish Parliament amended the Posting Act to make it comply with the Laval decree of 2007. The latter stated that unions had to sign a “posting agreement” (utstationeringsavtal) before launching collective action against a foreign company temporarily active in Sweden. Union action was also permitted if it concerned minimum working conditions such as pay, working time or holidays. Besides, for the conflict to be valid, the conditions provided for in the agreement had to be more advantageous than the conditions provided for in Swedish law.
latter stated that unions had to sign a “posting agreement” (utstationeringsavtal) before launching collective action against a foreign company temporarily active in Sweden. Union action was also permitted if it concerned minimum working conditions such as pay, working time or holidays. Besides, for the conflict to be valid, the conditions provided for in the agreement had to be more advantageous than the conditions provided for in Swedish law.
The issue of signing such an agreement therefore
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