On 08 June 2022, Sweden’s parliament (Riksdag) passed a number of amendments to its employment protection legislation. The aim of the new rules that were adopted is to make the legislation more flexible and to provide more guarantees for both employees and employers. The transposition of the EU directive on transparent working conditions into Swedish law on 29 June 2022 will also bring further changes to the law.
On 08 June, Sweden’s Riksdag passed new employment protection rules that had been previously negotiated with the employers federations and trades unions and had been presented to the parliament for debate. These rules will come into effect on 30 June 2022 and will apply from 01 October 2022.
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