Monitoring and surveillance in working life

The plan establishes that all people have the right to protection of their personal integrity and explicitly criticizes control systems and bureaucratic surveillance in the workplace. A comprehensive investigation into integrity in working life, limited testing, and strengthened legal protection for those who question surveillance is exactly the development of labor law the plan seeks. Control is also described as a way to lower employees' bargaining power.

• protection of personal integritydecisive»har rätt till skydd av sin personliga integritet.« (party programme ↗)“have the right to protection of their personal integrity.”
• no to surveillance control systems»kontrollsystem och byråkratisk övervakning förstör människors« (party programme ↗)“control systems and bureaucratic surveillance destroy people's”
• strengthened labor law»Vi vill skapa tryggare jobb genom att utveckla arbetsrätten.« (party programme ↗)“We want to create safer jobs by developing labor law.”
• control lowers bargaining power»Utbytbarhet och kontroll sänker människors« (party programme ↗)“Interchangeability and control lower people's”

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 explicitly raises protection for personal integrity among the rights that shall be safeguarded, and requires strong employment legislation and influence for employees over the organisation and conditions of work. A comprehensive investigation of integrity at work, limited testing and regular mapping are measures in that direction. However, the plan does not specifically mention monitoring in the workplace.

• protection for personal integritydecisive»Skydd för den personliga integriteten.« (party programme ↗)“Protection for personal integrity.”
• strong employment law»Stark arbetsrättslig lagstiftning.« (party programme ↗)“Strong employment legislation.”
• employee influence over work»Socialdemokratin vill att varje löntagare ska ha möjlighet att påverka arbetets organisation och« (party programme ↗)“Social Democracy wants every employee to have the opportunity to influence the organisation of work and”
• strengthened safety representatives»Stärka skyddsombuden.« (party programme ↗)“Strengthen safety representatives.”

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 wants to strengthen workers' rights and set clearer requirements on employers, and it states that new technology must be used with respect for fundamental freedoms and rights and protecting privacy. It also emphasises that employees must be involved in decisions that affect them. A comprehensive investigation into privacy in working life with limitations on testing and monitoring follows directly from these commitments.

• strengthened worker rightsdecisive»Miljöpartiet vill stärka arbetstagarnas rättigheter och ställa tydligare krav på arbetsgivare« (party programme ↗)“The Greens want to strengthen workers' rights and set clearer requirements on employers”
• privacy in new technology»Användningen och utvecklingen av AI ska ske med respekt för grundläggande fri- och rättigheter och värna vår integritet.« (party programme ↗)“The use and development of AI must occur with respect for fundamental freedoms and rights and protect our privacy.”
• employee influence»Miljöpartiet vill att de anställda i högre utsträckning ska vara delaktiga i beslut som berör dem.« (party programme ↗)“The Greens want employees to be more involved in decisions that affect them.”
• freedom-based privacy view»Människor ska vara fria från statligt förtryck.« (party programme ↗)“People must be free from state oppression.”

The plan makes privacy protection a cornerstone of democracy and requires that all legislation be tested against its impact on personal integrity, with protection against both government and private interference in private life. A comprehensive investigation into privacy in working life, limited drug testing and background checks, and periodic mapping of surveillance is an application of the proportionality review the plan requires. The plan does not address working life specifically, so the position is derived.

• integrity review of regulationsweak support»All lagstiftning bör prövas mot dess påverkan på människors personliga integritet.« (party programme ↗)“All legislation should be tested against its impact on people's personal integrity.”
• protection against private interferencedecisive»det finnas ett skydd mot både statliga och privata ingrepp i människors privatliv.« (party programme ↗)“there should be protection against both government and private interference in people's private lives.”
• integrity as foundation of democracy»Respekten för den enskildes personliga integritet är en grundsten i varje demokrati.« (party programme ↗)“Respect for individual privacy is a cornerstone of every democracy.”
• strong privacy protection»Ett starkt integritetsskydd är därför en omistlig del av ett öppet och demokratiskt samhälle.« (party programme ↗)“A strong privacy protection is therefore an indispensable part of an open and democratic society.”

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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 establishes that protection for the individual's integrity shall be strengthened and that integrity violations are only justified if a competing interest weighs clearly heavier and the measure is effective. This is precisely the proportionality review the counter-proposal wants to place on surveillance, drug testing and background checks in working life. The plan furthermore requires that introduced laws with strong integrity impact be regularly evaluated, which corresponds to the demand for recurring mapping.

• strengthened integrity protectiondecisive»Skyddet för den enskildes integritet ska stärkas.« (party programme ↗)“Protection for the individual's integrity shall be strengthened.”
• proportionality in integrity violations»Åtgärder som påverkar den personliga integriteten negativt är endast berättigade om ett motstående intresse väger uppenbart tyngre och åtgärden är effektiv.« (party programme ↗)“Measures that negatively affect personal integrity are only justified if a competing interest weighs clearly heavier and the measure is effective.”
• regular evaluation»Redan införda lagar med stark påverkan på den personliga integriteten ska regelbundet utvärderas.« (party programme ↗)“Already introduced laws with strong impact on personal integrity shall be regularly evaluated.”
• insight into corporate data handling»Den enskilde ska ha vidsträckta möjligheter att få insyn i hur de egna personuppgifterna hanteras av privata företag.« (party programme ↗)“The individual shall have extensive opportunities to gain insight into how their own personal data is handled by private companies.”

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 requires strong protection for personal integrity and explicitly states that rights protection applies also in relations between individuals, including between employer and employee. Intrusion into the protected sphere is described as an infringement. A comprehensive investigation into privacy in working life and limiting tests and controls to what is necessary follows from these commitments.

• strong protection of integritydecisive»Den personliga integriteten ska ha ett starkt grundlagsskydd och det« (party programme ↗)“Personal integrity shall have strong constitutional protection and it”
• the protected sphere»Intrång i den fredade sfär som varje person bör vara garanterad innebär att den personliga« (party programme ↗)“Intrusion into the protected sphere that every person should be guaranteed means that personal”
• rights protection even between individuals»vara relaterat till förhållandet mellan det allmänna och den enskilde såväl som mellan« (party programme ↗)“be related to the relationship between the public and the individual as well as between”
• good physical and mental working environment»Ett väl fungerande arbetarskydd och god arbetsmiljö ska ta hänsyn till såväl« (party programme ↗)“A well-functioning worker protection and good working environment shall take into account both”

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 a comprehensive investigation into privacy in working life and wants to restrict drug tests and background checks and place recurring mapping tasks on an authority. The plan's line on employers is the opposite: red tape and companies' administrative burden shall decrease sharply, and companies in security-sensitive operations shall instead receive better state support against espionage and attacks. Personal privacy is a commitment, but it does not carry requirements for new restrictions on employers' controls.

• reduced red tapedecisive»Ta bort en tredjedel av företagens administrationskostnader och en tredjedel av regelkrånglet« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Remove one third of companies' administrative costs and one third of red tape”
• protection against espionage»Ge företag som är engagerade i säkerhetskänslig verksamhet bättre stöd från staten att kunna möta cyberattacker, spionage och stöldförsök från främmande makt« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Give companies engaged in security-sensitive operations better support from the state to meet cyberattacks, espionage and theft attempts from a foreign power”
• personal privacy»Den personliga integriteten ska värnas« (party programme ↗)“Personal privacy shall be safeguarded”

The plan does not address integrity and monitoring in working life. The nearest corresponding principle is that conditions on the labor market should first and foremost be negotiated within the Swedish labor relations model, not through new government investigations and regulations, and that the government apparatus should not grow. The plan's general commitment to increased security in working life points in the opposite direction, but is too weak to support the counter-proposal's demands.

• labor relations model firstdecisive»Försvara den svenska modellen« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Defend the Swedish model”
• parties agree on conditions»Den svenska partsmodellen har varit gynnsam för Sveriges arbetsmarknad och tillväxt.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“The Swedish labor relations model has been beneficial for Sweden's labor market and growth.”
• restrained government expansion»Stoppa slöseriet inom myndigheterna och slå samman myndigheter« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Stop wastage within government agencies and merge agencies”
• security at work»Öka tryggheten och säkerheten i arbetslivet« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Increase security in working life”