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Portrait of Annamaria Westregård. Photo.

Annamaria Westregård

Associate professor, Director of third cycle studies Department of Business Law

Portrait of Annamaria Westregård. Photo.

Sweden

Author

  • Annamaria Westregård

Editor

  • Ulla Liukkunen

Summary, in English

Industrial relations in Sweden are part of the Nordic legal tradition. This is characterised by labour law which is largely semi-discretionary law and collective agreements are the most important instrument for regulation of the labour market; these agreements offer a high degree of coverage. Trade unions are well organised and play a central role in the labour law system. During the past 25 years Swedish law has been adapted on a running basis to meet EU legislative requirements. The collective bargaining in Sweden is partly centralized and partly decentralized. In a few decades, wage formation has shifted from strict, fixed going-rate agreements, and sometimes as far as figureless agreements without minimum salaries and that are valid until further notice

Department/s

  • Lund University Centre for Business Law (Swedish abbr: ACLU)
  • Department of Business Law

Publishing year

2019-10

Language

English

Pages

553-576

Publication/Series

Collective Bargaining in Labour Law Regimes : A Global Perspective

Document type

Book chapter

Publisher

Springer Nature

Topic

  • Law

Keywords

  • collective agreement

Status

Published

Research group

  • Lund University Centre for Business Law (Swedish abbr: ACLU)

ISBN/ISSN/Other

  • ISBN: 978-3-030-16977-0
  • ISBN: 978-3-030-16976-3