Regulation and control of the haulage industry

The election manifesto points to wage dumping, economic crime and exploitation as central threats, and the programme describes how unscrupulous companies drive out conscientious ones and make decent working conditions impossible. Strengthened inspection and road checks as well as a special occupational traffic inspection are direct tools against this. The plan also requires a strengthened employment law with higher requirements for working environment, even if the inspection is not specifically mentioned.

• stop wage dumpingdecisive»Lönedumpning, ekonomisk brottslighet och utnyttjande är centrala hot idag.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Wage dumping, economic crime and exploitation are central threats today.”
• unscrupulous companies drive out conscientious ones»Massor av seriösa företag« (party programme ↗)“Lots of conscientious companies”
• strengthened employment law»Vänsterpartiet arbetar för en förstärkt arbetsrätt som innebär« (party programme ↗)“The Left Party works for a strengthened employment law that means”
• shirking responsibility in transport chains»sig från ansvar genom kedjor av kontrakt med underleverantörer.« (party programme ↗)“themselves from responsibility through chains of contracts with subcontractors.”

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 demands action against labor crime and establishes that it must never pay to gain competitive advantage by neglecting employees' working conditions, which is precisely why strengthened road checks and an occupational traffic inspection are needed. The party programme establishes that all employees shall have good working conditions and secure livelihood. A separate inspection authority is not named in the documents, but the case for the demand is clearly supported.

• action against fraud in the sectordecisive»Krafttag mot arbetslivskriminaliteten.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Action against labor crime.”
• no competition through fraud»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 advantage by neglecting employees' right to a safe working environment.”
• good working conditions»goda arbetsvillkor, trygg försörjning och inflytande över det egna arbetet.« (party programme ↗)“good working conditions, secure livelihood and influence over one's own work.”

The party programme gives the state the task of ensuring, through legislation and supervision, that sound conditions prevail in the market and establishes that working conditions must be improved where workers have weak attachment and little influence. Strengthened supervision and a special occupational transport inspection makes it more difficult for unscrupulous transport companies to compete through fraud, which also benefits the plan's ambition to shift goods to rail and shipping. The requirement is therefore supported.

• the state ensures sound conditionsdecisive»Staten ska genom lagstiftning och övervakning se« (party programme ↗)“The state shall, through legislation and supervision, see”
• improve precarious working conditions»till arbetsmarknaden. Deras arbetsvillkor måste« (party programme ↗)“to the labour market. Their working conditions must”
• goods from road to rail»utveckla järnväg, sjöfart och kombiterminaler så att« (party programme ↗)“develop rail, shipping and combined terminals so that”

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 requires action against crime that affects businesses and that the business sector gets competition-neutral regulations, which speaks for sharpened oversight that prevents dishonest hauliers from competing with fraud. The plan also wants to make roads safer for all road users. Occupational traffic controls are not treated explicitly, and a new inspection authority lies outside the plan's line of less bureaucracy, so the conclusion is uncertain.

• action against crime against businessesdecisive»satsningar på forskning och utveckling och krafttag mot brott emot företag« (2022 manifesto ↗)“investments in research and development and action against crime against businesses”
• competition on equal terms»Viktigt är också att näringslivet får konkurrensneutrala regelverk« (party programme ↗)“It is also important that the business sector gets competition-neutral regulations”
• road safety»Vi vill rusta upp vägarna, göra dem mer trafiksäkra för alla trafikanter« (2022 manifesto ↗)“We want to upgrade the roads, make them safer for all road users”
• predictable rules of the game»Ekonomin ska ha givna och förutsägbara spelregler« (party programme ↗)“The economy shall have given and predictable rules of the game”

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 does not address the supervision of commercial transport, but establishes that rules of the game shall ensure competition on fair terms and make it easy to do right. That unscrupulous hauliers can cheat distorts precisely that competition, which speaks for tighter supervision and control. At the same time the plan wants to reduce the regulatory burden, which makes support for a completely new inspection authority weaker than support for the control ambition itself.

• competition on fair termsdecisive»säkerställer konkurrens på rättvisa villkor även i digitaliseringens och delningsekonomins tid« (party programme ↗)“ensures competition on fair terms also in the digitalization and sharing economy age”
• clear rules of the game»Vi vill ha spelregler som gör det lätt att göra rätt« (party programme ↗)“We want rules of the game that make it easy to do right”
• reduced regulatory burden»Regelbördan för små företag ska minska« (party programme ↗)“The regulatory burden on small companies shall be reduced”

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 states that effective competition policy shall counter disloyal competition and that all crimes shall be pursued without exception, which entails requirements for stricter supervision and more roadside checks against unreliable transport companies. The election manifesto notes particularly that transport companies face increasingly tough conditions, which presupposes fair terms in the industry. To establish a special inspection is however a government agency expansion that the plan does not comment on.

• counter disloyal competitiondecisive»effektiv konkurrenspolitik motverkar oligopol, monopol och illojal konkurrens.« (party programme ↗)“effective competition policy counters oligopoly, monopoly and disloyal competition.”
• consistent rule compliance»Alla brott ska effektivt och utan undantag beivras« (party programme ↗)“All crimes shall be effectively and without exception pursued”
• uphold the transport industry»lokala företag, jordbruk och åkerier får det allt tuffare« (2022 manifesto ↗)“local businesses, agriculture and transport companies face increasingly tough conditions”
• state supervision and control»Staten ska bland annat genom rådgivning, stöd och kontroll aktivt verka för en förbättrad« (party programme ↗)“The state shall among other things through advice, support and supervision actively work for an improved”

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 does not address the supervision of commercial traffic. The closest commitments point in the opposite direction: a third of red tape and company administrative costs should be removed and the processing times of authorities should be shortened, not expanded with a new commercial traffic inspection. The conclusion is therefore derived from the plan's principles of a limited and efficient state apparatus.

• reduced red tape for businessesdecisive»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”
• faster authority processing»Korta myndigheternas handläggningstider genom en bortre tidsgräns« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Shorten the processing times of authorities through a final deadline”
• limited state apparatus»En stat som sträcker ut långtgående ambitioner över alla« (party programme ↗)“A state that stretches far-reaching ambitions over everything”

The plan demands zero tolerance for crime, that even minor crimes are investigated and that crime affecting entrepreneurs is combated, which speaks for stricter supervision and more road checks of unserious transport companies. It also wants authorities' cooperation and tools for detecting and prosecuting to be improved. The requirement for a new professional traffic inspection is instead in tension with the plan's desire to reduce the number of authorities, why certainty is low.

• zero tolerance for crimedecisive»Införa nolltolerans mot brott så att även mindre allvarliga brott utreds och lagförs« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Implement zero tolerance for crime so that even minor serious crimes are investigated and prosecuted”
• protect serious businesses»Bekämpa brottslighet som drabbar företagare« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Combat crime that affects entrepreneurs”
• better authority cooperation»Rättsväsendets samverkan mellan myndigheter och verktyg för att upptäcka och lagföra kriminella ska förbättras.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“The justice system's cooperation between authorities and tools for detecting and prosecuting criminals shall be improved.”
• fewer authorities»Stoppa slöseriet inom myndigheterna och slå samman myndigheter« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Stop waste within authorities and merge authorities”

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.