Employment rate

The plan points out part-time work as a source of insecurity, requires a strengthened statutory right to full-time work and a reinforced labor law with more secure employment, and promises to continue defending a strong labor rights legislation. Making the priority rules fully applicable even when employment levels are reorganized, so that downgrading is not legitimized, aligns with this.

• strong labor lawdecisive»Vänsterpartiet kommer att fortsätta försvara förhandlingsrätten och en stark arbetsrättslagstiftning.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“The Left Party will continue to defend the right to negotiate and strong labor rights legislation.”
• against insecure part-time work»Otryggheten skapas genom tillfälliga anställningar, sms-jobb, gig-jobb, deltidsjobb och bemanningsjobb.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Insecurity is created through temporary employment, SMS jobs, gig jobs, part-time jobs, and staffing jobs.”
• statutory right to full-time»en stärkt lagfäst rätt till heltid« (party programme ↗)“a strengthened statutory right to full-time work”
• reinforced labor law»Vänsterpartiet arbetar för en förstärkt arbetsrätt som innebär« (party programme ↗)“The Left Party works for reinforced labor law that means”

The plan requires strong labour law legislation to protect employees and establishes that more should be able to work full-time in permanent jobs, and that part-time employees should be offered full-time. Planing down the employment rate undermines precisely this security and employee income. That seniority rules be made fully applicable when rearranging employment rate therefore follows from the plan.

• strong employment protectiondecisive»En stark arbetsrättslig lagstiftning behövs som skydd för de anställda.« (party programme ↗)“Strong labour law legislation is needed to protect employees.”
• full-time as norm»Vi vill att välfärden ska gå före och att fler ska kunna arbeta heltid i fasta jobb.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“We want welfare to come first and more to be able to work full-time in permanent jobs.”
• full-time for part-time workers»Det kräver att arbetslösheten pressas ner och att alla som idag arbetar deltid erbjuds heltidstjänster.« (party programme ↗)“It requires that unemployment is pressed down and that everyone who today works part-time is offered full-time work.”
• unions' role»Starka fackliga organisationer är nödvändiga för att hävda de anställdas gemensamma intressen vad gäller löner, arbetsmiljö, arbetstider och anställningsvillkor.« (party programme ↗)“Strong trade union organizations are necessary to assert employees' common interests regarding wages, working environment, working hours and terms of employment.”

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 wants to protect functioning labour law and give employees influence over the content and working hours of work, requires secure employment forms and stipulates that employees in publicly financed activities must have the right to full-time work. Reduction of employment level undermines precisely that security. The plan therefore argues for the seniority rules to be fully applicable even when adjusting employment level.

• protected labour lawdecisive»Vi vill värna en fungerande arbetsrätt och ge« (party programme ↗)“We want to protect functioning labour law and give”
• secure employment forms»anställningsformer i det som i dag är kvinnodominerade branscher.« (party programme ↗)“employment forms in what is today female-dominated sectors.”
• full-time as norm»verksamhet ska ha rätt till heltid med« (party programme ↗)“activity must have the right to full-time with”
• the two-party model is respected»Vi värnar den svenska modellen där arbetsmarknadens parter« (party programme ↗)“We protect the Swedish model where the parties on the labour market”

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 highlights as its own success the labour market reform that gave companies greater flexibility and employees better adjustment, and establishes that laws and regulations must not override the freedom of contract. To make seniority rules in job shortage fully applicable also in the reordering of employment levels would tighten precisely that flexibility. The plan therefore speaks against the counter-proposal's demand.

• flexibility in labour lawdecisive»Den senaste mandatperioden drev Centerpartiet igenom en historisk arbetsmarknadsreform som innebär större flexibilitet för företagen och bättre omställningsmöjligheter för medarbetare.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“During the last term of office the Centre Party pushed through a historic labour market reform which means greater flexibility for companies and better adjustment options for employees.”
• freedom of contract»bör lagar och regler inte köra över den fria avtalsrätten« (party programme ↗)“laws and regulations should not override freedom of contract”
• flexibility and adjustment support»Svensk arbetsmarknad behöver både mer flexibilitet och mer trygghet. Stödet vid omställning och vidareutbildning måste bli bättre.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“The Swedish labour market needs both more flexibility and more security. Support for adjustment and further training must become better.”
• easier to employ»Det måste bli billigare och lättare att anställa, särskilt personer som står långt från arbetsmarknaden.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“It must become cheaper and easier to employ, especially people who are far from the labour market.”

The plan's commitment is that seniority rules in the Employment Protection Act (Las) shall be based on competence instead of employment tenure and that exceptions to the seniority list shall be possible, in order to lower barriers and make the labour market more dynamic. Making seniority rules fully applicable also when adjusting employment levels goes in the opposite direction. The plan also maintains that conditions shall be determined primarily through collective agreements, not by law.

• seniority based on competencedecisive»Turordningsreglerna i lagen om anställningsskydd (Las) ska utgå ifrån kompetens, inte« (party programme ↗)“Seniority rules in the Employment Protection Act (Las) shall be based on competence, not”
• exceptions from the seniority list»anställningstid, samtidigt som det ska vara möjligt att göra undantag från turordningslistan.« (party programme ↗)“employment tenure, while it shall be possible to make exceptions from the seniority list.”
• lower barriers and dynamism»För att sänka trösklarna till arbetsmarknaden och göra den mer dynamisk« (party programme ↗)“To lower barriers to the labour market and make it more dynamic”
• collective agreements before law»svenska arbetsmarknadsmodellen, där villkoren i huvudsak bestäms genom avtal och inte i lag« (party programme ↗)“the Swedish labour market model, where conditions are determined primarily through collective agreements and not by law”

The counter-proposal wants the government to put forward proposals to make the priority rules fully applicable also when rearranging employment levels. The party programme places the design of labour market conditions with the parties and requires that employment protection provides reasonable security without creating unjustified barriers to the labour market. Further legislation beyond the parties' agreement thus lies outside the plan's line, even though the plan's goal that work shall be possible to live on speaks to the unions' objection.

• the parties design the conditionsdecisive»Utformningen ska göras av arbetsmarknadens parter.« (party programme ↗)“The design shall be done by the labour market parties.”
• security without barriers»skapa rimlig trygghet för de anställda utan att leda till« (party programme ↗)“create reasonable security for the employed without leading to”
• reasonable employment protection»Den arbetsrättsliga lagstiftningen ska ge ett rimligt« (party programme ↗)“Labour law legislation shall provide reasonable”
• work shall be liveable»Målet är att alla heltidsarbetande ska kunna leva på« (party programme ↗)“The goal is that all full-time workers shall be able to live on”

The election manifesto promises to reduce involuntary part-time work and to reduce split shifts in public care and welfare, and the plan's basic promise is that those who can should be able to support themselves through their work. Wage cuts that mean employees can no longer live on their wages go against this. The requirement that seniority rules should also apply when employment levels are adjusted is therefore supported, but the plan does not take a position on seniority rules as such.

• against involuntary part-time workdecisive»Minska det ofrivilliga deltidsarbetet« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Reduce involuntary part-time work”
• own support through work»Det är löftet om arbetslinjen; om en fungerande arbetsmarknad där den som kan försörjer sig själv.« (party programme ↗)“It is the promise of the work line; of a functioning labour market where those who can support themselves through their work.”
• secure working conditions»Minska förekomsten av delade turer i offentlig vård och omsorg« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Reduce the occurrence of split shifts in public care and welfare”

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 counter-proposal wants to legislate that the order of layoff rules become fully applicable even when restructuring employment levels, that is go further than the change the labor market parties have agreed on. The plan defends the Swedish model and states that stability requires a well-balanced balance between the parties, which speaks against the Riksdag now rewriting a fresh agreement between the parties. The plan's requirement for increased security in working life points at the same time partly in the opposite direction, which is why the confidence is low.

• defend the parties' modeldecisive»Försvara den svenska modellen« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Defend the Swedish model”
• the parties' model works»Den svenska partsmodellen har varit gynnsam för Sveriges arbetsmarknad och tillväxt.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“The Swedish parties' model has been beneficial for Sweden's labor market and growth.”
• balance between the parties»Stabilitet förutsätter en god balans mellan arbetsmarknadens parter.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Stability requires a good balance between the parties in the labor market.”
• security in working life»Öka tryggheten och säkerheten i arbetslivet« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Increase security and safety in working life”