In January 2015 the government announced occupational safety as its priority (c.f. article No. 8857) but as psychosocial risks and mental stress continue unabated this has proved insufficient. The Swedish agency for work environments, work and inspections (Arbestmiljöverket) has had to intervene and on 22 September it presented a series of measures that will apply to businesses as of March 2016.
A directive with shared responsibilities. On 22 September the Arbestmiljöverket present new directives entitled “Organisatorisk och social arbetsmiljö” (Organizational, Social and Professional environments) that look to regulate knowledge bases, goals, workloads, working hours, and discrimination. These directives were put out for opinion by both businesses and unions back in December 2014 with a publishing date of autumn 2015. The underlying idea is to make employers more responsible for these
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