On 26 April, the Swedish parliament approved a law which aims to revise certain provisions contained in the so-called ‘Lex Laval’ law. To the satisfaction of trade unions, whose demands have been met, the primacy of collective agreements in Sweden has been re-established. Furthermore, unions can use all means at their disposal to reach collective agreements with companies that post workers in the country. The new provisions will apply as of 1 June 2017.
Changes return power to trade union organisations. The so-called ‘Lex Laval’ was introduced in 2010, following a judgement from the ECJ in 2007 (see article n°070134). The judgement said that trade unions could not force companies which post workers to adhere to collective agreements in the country of posting, when those agreements are not universally applied and particularly when the company is bound to a collective agreement in its home country. For trade unions, this judgement called the Swe
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