Follow-up of labour law conditions

The plan requires collective agreements in public procurement and identifies wage dumping and exploitation as central threats. It wants to give union organizations better opportunities to ensure that laws and agreements are complied with and demands regulations that secure fair conditions even where short-term profit is prioritized. A mandate to strengthen and centralize monitoring of labour law conditions follows directly from the fact that demands without follow-up become ineffective.

• collective agreements in procurementdecisive»Vänsterpartiet ställer krav på kollektivavtal vid offentliga upphandlingar.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“The Left Party requires collective agreements in public procurement.”
• ensure agreements are complied with»till exempel bättre möjligheter att säkerställa att lagar och avtal efter« (party programme ↗)“for instance better opportunities to ensure that laws and agreements”
• stop wage dumping»Lönedumpning, ekonomisk brottslighet och utnyttjande är centrala hot idag.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Wage dumping, economic crime and exploitation are central threats today.”
• regulations against unscrupulous actors»Det behövs regelverk och strukturer som säkrar ett seriöst« (party programme ↗)“Regulations and structures are needed that secure fair”

The election manifesto states that public employers and procurers should be leaders in working for sound competition and that workplace crime should not exist on the Swedish labour market. Requirements without follow-up give precisely the opportunity to win contracts through dumped wages which the plan wants to stop. A commission to strengthen and centralise follow-up of labour-law conditions is therefore supported by the plan.

• procurers as leadersdecisive»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 ↗)“Workplace crime should not exist on the Swedish labour market and public employers and procurers should be leaders in working for sound competition.”
• no competition through dumped conditions»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 should never pay to commit crimes or gain competitive advantages by neglecting employees' right to a safe working environment.”
• combat workplace crime»Bekämpande av kriminalitet på arbetsmarknaden.« (party programme ↗)“Fighting criminality on the labour market.”
• strong labour law»Stark arbetsrättslig lagstiftning.« (party programme ↗)“Strong labour-law legislation.”

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The plan demands strong action against employers that do not respect labour law or collective agreements and emphasizes that oversight is needed so that no one gains competitive advantages through rule-breaking. Requirements in procurement without follow-up give precisely such advantages to disreputable actors, so centralized and strengthened follow-up is in the plan's direction. The plan does not express itself on the organization of follow-up, so the position is inferred.

• stop wage dumpingdecisive»Det krävs krafttag mot arbetsgivare som exploaterar utländsk arbetskraft och inte respekterar svensk arbetsrätt eller gällande kollektivavtal.« (party programme ↗)“Strong action is required against employers that exploit foreign workers and do not respect Swedish labour law or applicable collective agreements.”
• oversight provides fair competition»Tillsynen är också viktig för att skapa rättvisa mellan olika företag – ingen ska få ett övertag i konkurrensen genom att bryta mot miljöregler.« (party programme ↗)“Oversight is also important to create fairness between different enterprises – no one shall gain an advantage in competition by breaking environmental rules.”
• requirements in public procurement»Vid offentlig upphandling ska det ställas tydligare hållbarhetskrav.« (party programme ↗)“In public procurement, clearer sustainability requirements shall be placed.”
• against labour crime»Vi vill också stärka arbetet mot den kriminella ekonomin.« (party programme ↗)“We also wish to strengthen work against criminal economy.”

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 crimes that harm businesses and that the economy has given, foreseeable and competition-neutral rules. Following up on labour rights conditions so that unserious actors do not win contracts by dumping wages protects precisely this healthy competition. However, the plan's strong decentralization principle speaks against centralization as such, so certainty is low.

• foreseeable rulesdecisive»Ekonomin ska ha givna och förutsägbara spelregler« (party programme ↗)“The economy should have given and foreseeable rules.”
• action against crimes against businesses»satsningar på forskning och utveckling och krafttag mot brott emot företag« (2022 manifesto ↗)“efforts on research and development and action against crimes against businesses”
• competition-neutral regulation»Viktigt är också att näringslivet får konkurrensneutrala regelverk« (party programme ↗)“Important is also that business gets competition-neutral regulation.”
• decentralization»Decentralisera mera. Människor ska få bestämma mer själva, och politiska beslut ska fattas nära dem som berörs.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Decentralize more. People should be able to decide more for themselves, and political decisions should be made close to those affected.”

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 stipulates that market economy requires rules to maintain sound competition and wants to establish an independent labour market inspectorate. Requirements in procurement that are not followed up do the opposite: dishonest actors win through undercut terms and equal treatment in procurement is undermined. The counter-proposal's demand for a task of centralized monitoring thus follows from the plan.

• rules for sound competitiondecisive»Marknadsekonomin kräver spelregler för att upprätthålla en sund konkurrens.« (party programme ↗)“Market economy requires rules to maintain sound competition.”
• independent labour market inspectorate»En fristående arbetsmarknadsinspektion bör inrättas.« (party programme ↗)“An independent labour market inspectorate should be established.”
• equal treatment in procurement»Offentlig upphandling ska ske på sätt som ger skattebetalarna låga kostnader, hög kvalitet, säkrar likabehandling och stimulerar konkurrens.« (party programme ↗)“Public procurement shall be conducted in ways that give taxpayers low costs, high quality, ensure equal treatment and stimulate competition.”
• easy to do the right thing»Vi vill ha spelregler som gör det lätt att göra rätt och säkerställer konkurrens på rättvisa villkor även i digitaliseringens och delningsekonomins tid.« (party programme ↗)“We want rules that make it easy to do the right thing and ensure competition on fair terms even in the age of digitalization and sharing economy.”

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 makes monitoring and cost control important political tasks and requires the state to work through advice, support and control for good working conditions. Requirements without monitoring allow disreputable actors to win procurement contracts through wage dumping, which the plan sees as unfair competition and crime that should be prosecuted. Centralized monitoring is not explicitly addressed in the documents.

• monitoring is a political taskdecisive»kostnadsuppföljning och kvalitetskontroll är därför viktiga politiska uppgifter« (party programme ↗)“cost tracking and quality control are therefore important political tasks”
• state control of working conditions»genom rådgivning, stöd och kontroll aktivt verka för en förbättrad« (party programme ↗)“through advice, support and control actively work for an improved”
• counter unfair competition»konkurrenspolitik motverkar oligopol, monopol och illojal konkurrens« (party programme ↗)“competition policy counters oligopoly, monopoly and unfair competition”
• no exceptions from prosecution»Alla brott ska effektivt och utan undantag beivras« (party programme ↗)“All crimes shall be prosecuted effectively and without exception”

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 commits to fighting disreputable actors and fraud and to stopping the waste of tax money, which argues for demands placed in public contracts also being followed up. The counter-proposal requires no new regulation but better monitoring of already existing conditions. The plan's simultaneous demands for reduced administrative burden pulls in another direction, so the assessment is uncertain.

• fight disreputable actorsdecisive»Därför måste vi också bekämpa oseriösa aktörer och fusk.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Therefore we must also fight disreputable actors and fraud.”
• order in tax money»Statens utgifter ska minska – vi ska stoppa slöseriet med skattepengar« (2022 manifesto ↗)“The state's spending shall decrease – we shall stop the waste of tax money”
• avoid increased administrative burden»Ta bort en tredjedel av företagens administrationskostnader och en tredjedel av regelkrånglet« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Remove a third of businesses' administrative costs and a third of regulatory red tape”

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 that fraud and systems that encourage fraud be prevented and that crime affecting serious business owners be combated; a follow-up that prevents unserious actors from winning contracts through wage dumping is in line with this. The plan also opposes the import of cheap labour for unskilled jobs. Making demands without following them up conflicts with the plan's requirement for results from public funds.

• prevent frauddecisive»Både fusk och sådana system som tenderar att locka till fusk och korruption ska motverkas.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Both fraud and systems that tend to encourage fraud and corruption should be prevented.”
• protect serious businesses»Bekämpa brottslighet som drabbar företagare« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Combat crime affecting business owners”
• against wage dumping»Stoppa arbetskraftsinvandring till yrken som kan tillgodoses av inhemsk arbetskraft« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Stop labour immigration to occupations that can be filled by domestic workers”
• follow-up of public funds»Begära tydliga resultat för varje offentlig satsning« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Demand clear results from every public investment”

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.