Sweden · Employment & Labor
Hiring rules, employment contracts, payroll, social insurance, and EOR options.
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The most important thing to understand about Swedish employment is where the rules come from. There is no statutory minimum wage: pay levels, and often working time, overtime and pensions too, are set by the collective agreement covering the sector, negotiated between unions and employer organisations. Statute supplies the frame — the Employment Protection Act on termination, the Working Hours Act, the Annual Leave Act — and Arbetsmiljöverket supervises the work environment.
- No statutory minimum wage exists — the sector collective agreement sets pay.
- Ask which collective agreement applies before comparing an offer to another country.
- Termination, working time and leave are governed by statute alongside the agreement.
Official authorities
- Arbetsmiljöverket
Work environment supervision and employer duties.
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