Observation (CEACR) - adopted 2025, published 114th ILC session (2026)

Right to Organise and Collective Bargaining Convention, 1949 (No. 98) - Sweden (Ratification: 1950)

Article 4 of the Convention. Promotion of collective bargaining. Legislative developments. Posting of workers. The Committee previously noted that section 16 of the Posting of Workers Act, introduced in 2020, allowed for trade unions to take industrial action to negotiate collective agreements for posted temporary agency workers, and requested the Government to provide information on the application in practice of the Act. The Committee notes that the Government: (i) reiterates that there are neither public statistics on the number of collective agreements concluded by foreign employers for posted workers nor statistics on the number of foreign employers that became bound by collective agreements through membership of an employers’ organization; and (ii) indicates that the Swedish Work Environment Authority, which is the contact authority for the posting of workers in Sweden, provides guidance on the laws that apply to posted workers, information regarding collective agreements, as well as the contact information of employers and workers representatives. Taking note of the above, the Committee requests the Government to make every effort to provide detailed information on the practical application of the Act in the different sectors of the labour market.