Employer Responsibility

The plan requires that the law prevent the employer's disclaimer of responsibility through contract chains and notes that work purchasers disclaim responsibility through subcontractors. Extending the principal contractor's responsibility for wage claims to also include rented personnel closes precisely that circumvention possibility, in line with the plan's wish to ban staffing agencies and let collective agreements apply to hired labour. The committee's reference to ongoing preparation is not affected by the plan.

• stop responsibility dodging via contract chainsdecisive»över arbetsmiljön och förhindra arbetsgivarens praktiska ansvarsfriskrivelse genom olika kedjor av kontrakt.« (party programme ↗)“over the working environment and prevent the employer's practical disclaimer of responsibility through various contract chains.”
• subcontractor chains hide responsibility»sig från ansvar genom kedjor av kontrakt med underleverantörer.« (party programme ↗)“themselves from responsibility through contract chains with subcontractors.”
• ban staffing agencies»måste återupprättas och bemanningsföretag förbjudas. Arbetsköpares« (party programme ↗)“must be re-established and staffing agencies banned. Work purchasers'”
• collective agreements also for hired workers»ska gälla även för arbetskraft som tillhandahålls genom utländska entreprenader, privata eller som enskilda bolag eller bemanningsföretag.« (party programme ↗)“shall apply also to labour provided through foreign contracts, private or as individual companies or staffing agencies.”

The stance rests on the quoted commitment in the party's own documents; the actual vote deviated. Click the quote to verify it in the document.

The plan requires action against labour crime and states that it must never pay to gain competitive advantages by neglecting employees' rights. To expand the main contractor's responsibility for wage claims for hired personnel closes precisely the loophole the plan opposes. The plan's view of collective agreements and strong union rights points in the same direction.

• fair competition in working lifedecisive»Arbetslivs kriminalitet ska inte finnas på svensk arbetsmarknad och offentliga arbetsgivare och upphandlare ska vara föredömen i att verka för en sund konkurrens.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Labour crime must not exist on the Swedish labour market and public employers and procurers must be models in working for fair competition.”
• no competitive advantages from rule-breaking»Det ska aldrig löna sig att begå brott eller skaffa sig konkurrensfördelar genom att försumma de anställdas rätt till en trygg arbetsmiljö.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“It must never pay to commit crime or gain competitive advantages by neglecting employees' right to a safe working environment.”
• action against labour crime»Krafttag mot arbetslivskriminaliteten.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Action against labour crime.”
• fair conditions for all employees»Arbetslivet ska rättvist värdera och respektera allas insatser.« (party programme ↗)“Working life shall fairly value and respect everyone's contributions.”

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The party programme wants to cherish functional labor law and the Swedish model, and states that reasonable working conditions and secure employment forms must be achieved where workers have weak attachment and few rights. All actors in the economy have according to the plan a responsibility to take ethical and social considerations. That the main contractor's responsibility for wage claims also covers hired-out personnel, so that responsibility cannot be circumvented, follows from these commitments.

• cherished labor lawdecisive»Vi vill värna en fungerande arbetsrätt och ge« (party programme ↗)“We want to cherish functional labor law and give”
• secure employment forms»åstadkomma rimliga arbetsvillkor och trygga« (party programme ↗)“achieve reasonable working conditions and secure”
• the Swedish model»Vi värnar den svenska modellen där arbetsmarknadens parter gemensamt förhandlar fram vad som« (party programme ↗)“We cherish the Swedish model where labor market parties jointly negotiate what”
• ethical responsibility of businesses»Alla aktörer i ekonomin har ett ansvar att ta etiska,« (party programme ↗)“All actors in the economy have a responsibility to take ethical,”

The plan takes no explicit position on what the committee actually decided — often because the committee's reason was procedural. The stance is derived and fully cited, but it does not show the party broke a commitment.

The party programme states that laws and regulations should not override freedom of contract and that the rules of the labour market should primarily be set by the parties themselves, and that the administrative burden for small businesses should be reduced. The election manifesto wants to clear away regulatory red tape for entrepreneurs and make it cheaper and easier to hire. An expanded statutory employer responsibility that also includes hired staff therefore goes against the plan.

• contract freedom ahead of legislationdecisive»bör lagar och regler inte köra över den fria avtalsrätten« (party programme ↗)“laws and regulations should not override freedom of contract”
• fewer rules for entrepreneurs»Rensa upp i regelträsket för entreprenörer, stora som små.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Clear away regulatory red tape for entrepreneurs, large and small.”
• lower administrative burden»minska den administrativa bördan för små och nystartade företag.« (party programme ↗)“reduce the administrative burden for small and newly started businesses.”
• easier to hire»Det måste bli billigare och lättare att anställa, särskilt personer som står långt från arbetsmarknaden.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“It must become cheaper and easier to hire, especially people who are far from the labour market.”

The plan requires that more is done so that the labour market's system is not misused for undeclared work and observes that even private power can be misused, so rules are needed for fair competition. That the principal contractor's wage claim liability also covers hired personnel prevents precisely a circumvention that distorts competition. At the same time the plan wants to reduce regulatory burden for enterprises, and it does not address contractor responsibility, so the conclusion is uncertain.

• stop undeclared work and abusedecisive»systemet för arbetskraftsinvandring inte ska missbrukas för till exempel svartjobb.« (party programme ↗)“the system for labour immigration shall not be misused for, for example, undeclared work.”
• private power can be misused»Även den privata makten kan missbrukas.« (party programme ↗)“Even private power can be misused.”
• reduced regulatory burden»Regelbördan för små företag ska minska, genom ansträngningar på både kommunal, statlig och« (party programme ↗)“The regulatory burden for small enterprises shall decrease, through efforts at both municipal, state and”

The plan takes no explicit position on what the committee actually decided — often because the committee's reason was procedural. The stance is derived and fully cited, but it does not show the party broke a commitment.

The plan builds market economy on honesty and personal responsibility in contractual relations and seeks good employment security for all employees. The counter-proposal's requirement that the principal contractor's responsibility for wage claims also covers hired personnel prevents responsibility from being circumvented and is thus in line with these commitments, although the plan wants new laws to be tested from a small business perspective.

• honesty in contractual relationsdecisive»Hederlighet och personligt ansvarstagande är« (party programme ↗)“Honesty and personal responsibility are”
• security for all employees»God anställningstrygghet för alla arbetstagare ska« (party programme ↗)“Good employment security for all employees shall”
• protect wage earners' rights»Starka och partipolitiskt oberoende fackföreningar« (party programme ↗)“Strong and politically independent trade unions”
• small business perspective on new laws»Tillkommande lagar bör prövas ur ett småföretagarperspektiv.« (party programme ↗)“Upcoming laws should be tested from a small business perspective.”

The plan takes no explicit position on what the committee actually decided — often because the committee's reason was procedural. The stance is derived and fully cited, but it does not show the party broke a commitment.

The plan's core commitment to business is to remove a third of red tape and administrative costs, because bureaucracy hinders innovation and growth. Expanding the main contractor's responsibility for wage claims for hired workers would instead add a new responsibility and new administration. The plan says nothing about contractor responsibility as such, so the position is derived from the simplification commitment.

• reduced red tapedecisive»Ta bort en tredjedel av företagens administrationskostnader och en tredjedel av regelkrånglet« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Remove a third of companies' administrative costs and a third of red tape”
• bureaucracy hinders growth»Men höga skatter, krångliga tillståndsprocesser och byråkrati sätter käppar i hjulet för innovation och tillväxt.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“But high taxes, complicated licensing processes, and bureaucracy hamper innovation and growth.”
• good business conditions»Villkoren för att starta, växa och expandera behöver vara goda för att fler ska våga lämna trygga och välbetalda jobb för att starta företag.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Conditions for starting, growing, and expanding need to be good so that more people dare leave secure and well-paid jobs to start businesses.”
• protected entrepreneurial freedom»Äganderätten och näringsfriheten ska ha ett starkt skydd i« (party programme ↗)“Property rights and entrepreneurial freedom should have strong protection in”

The plan states that Swedish wage earners' security and position shall be protected and that the Swedish model shall be defended, and opposes employers importing cheap labor for unskilled work. That a main contractor can circumvent wage claim responsibility by hiring personnel is precisely such an undermining of wage earners' position. The counter-proposal's requirement therefore aligns with the plan.

• protected wage earner positiondecisive»Svenska löntagares trygghet och ställning ska värnas på arbetsmarknaden« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Swedish wage earners' security and position shall be protected on the labor market”
• stop for cheap imported labor»För arbetstillstånd behöver Sverige införa en riktig arbetsmarknadsprövning för att förhindra att arbetsgivare importerar billig arbetskraft från fattiga länder för att utföra yrken som kräver liten eller ingen utbildning.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“For work permits, Sweden needs to introduce a proper labor market test to prevent employers from importing cheap labor from poor countries to perform jobs requiring little or no education.”
• the Swedish model»Försvara den svenska modellen« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Defend the Swedish model”
• security in working life»Öka tryggheten och säkerheten i arbetslivet« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Increase security and safety in working life”

The plan takes no explicit position on what the committee actually decided — often because the committee's reason was procedural. The stance is derived and fully cited, but it does not show the party broke a commitment.