Measures to reduce the risk of fatal accidents in working life

The plan's decisive commitment is that the law shall prevent the employer's disclaimer of responsibility through chains of contracts, which is the core of the organizational structure a building commission should scrutinize. The plan also requires higher requirements on the work environment and supports union initiatives, which speaks for worker organizations participating in the scrutiny. A focused commission for the construction industry is therefore in line with the plan.

• scrutinize contractor chain accountabilitydecisive»över arbetsmiljön och förhindra arbetsgivarens praktiska ansvarsfriskrivelse genom olika kedjor av kontrakt.« (party programme ↗)“over the work environment and prevent the employer's practical disclaimer of responsibility through various chains of contracts.”
• higher requirements on the work environment»tryggare anställningar, högre krav på arbetsmiljön och en starkare« (party programme ↗)“safer employment, higher requirements on the work environment and stronger”
• unions' role in workplace safety work»Vänsterpartiet stödjer fackliga initiativ och facklig« (party programme ↗)“The Left Party supports union initiatives and union”
• security throughout working life»Trygghet på arbetsmarknaden är också att alla ska orka jobba hela vägen fram till pensionen.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Security in the labour market is also that everyone should be able to work all the way to retirement.”

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 take a position on the form of inquiry, but its explicit commitment is that everyone should feel secure in their life and health at work and that workplace crime should be met with action. This argues for the more comprehensive and faster approach to construction industry fatalities. Since the plan only gives a general principle to derive from, certainty is set low.

• security of life and healthdecisive»Det måste organiseras så att alla kan känna trygghet till liv« (party programme ↗)“It must be organized so that everyone feels secure in their life”
• action against workplace crime»Krafttag mot arbetslivskriminaliteten.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Action against workplace crime.”
• dangerous working conditions must go»Alltför många riskerar sina liv och sin« (party programme ↗)“Too many risk their lives and their”

The plan does not take a position on how investigations of fatal workplace accidents should be organized. The closest underlying principle is the right to a good working environment and that workers' conditions should be improved where risks are greatest, which speaks for the sharper and more focused investigation mandate the counter-proposal requests for the construction industry. The conclusion is derived and uncertain.

• right to good working environmentdecisive»Alla har rätt till friskvård och en god fysisk och psykosocial arbetsmiljö.« (party programme ↗)“Everyone has the right to health promotion and a good physical and psychosocial working environment.”
• improved working conditions»Deras arbetsvillkor måste förbättras.« (party programme ↗)“Their working conditions must be improved.”
• workers' influence»Vi vill värna en fungerande arbetsrätt och ge arbetstagare inflytande över både arbetets innehåll och arbetstiden.« (party programme ↗)“We want to protect a functioning labor law and give workers influence over both the content of work and working time.”

The plan does not address fatal accidents at work and says nothing about how their causes should be investigated. The closest principle is that effective measures should be prioritized over symbolic politics and that the state should do what it is designed for as efficiently as possible, which argues for a broad mapping rather than establishing a special commission for a single industry. The stance is therefore derived and uncertain.

• effective measures over symbolic politicsdecisive»Ett ledarskap som prioriterar effektiva åtgärder framför symbolpolitik eller passivitet.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Leadership that prioritizes effective measures over symbolic politics or passivity.”
• efficient and fair state»Centerpartiets uppgift är att se till att staten gör det den är till för, så effektivt och rättssäkert som möjligt« (party programme ↗)“The Centre Party's task is to ensure that the state does what it is designed for, as efficiently and fairly as possible”
• less bureaucracy»Vi ska rensa upp bland överflödiga regler och byråkrati.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“We will clean up unnecessary rules and bureaucracy.”

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 says nothing about commissions for work environment or deaths in the construction industry. The closest principle is that general measures should be prioritized over industry-specific solutions and that regulatory burden on businesses should be reduced, which argues against an independent commission only for one industry. The conclusion is therefore drawn from general principles and is uncertain.

• general measures over industry-specific solutionsdecisive»Viktigast är generella åtgärder för att förbättra företagsklimatet och infrastrukturen, samt en fungerande offentlig service.« (party programme ↗)“Most important are general measures to improve the business climate and infrastructure, and a functioning public service.”
• reduced regulatory burden on businesses»Regelbördan för små företag ska minska, genom ansträngningar på både kommunal, statlig och europeisk nivå, och offentliga beslut analyseras ur småföretagarperspektiv.« (party programme ↗)“The regulatory burden on small businesses should decrease, through efforts at municipal, national, and European levels, and public decisions should be analyzed from a small business perspective.”
• party responsibility on the labor market»Den svenska arbetsmarknadsmodellen, där villkoren i huvudsak bestäms genom avtal och inte i lag, bidrar till ansvarstagande på arbetsmarknaden.« (party programme ↗)“The Swedish labor market model, where conditions are mainly determined through agreements and not by law, contributes to responsibility in the labor market.”

The plan requires a high ambition level in occupational health work and that the state actively works for improved working conditions through inspection, not just mapping. It also requires great efforts to adapt work tasks and work pace to the employees' conditions. This speaks for the sharper scrutiny of the construction industry's organizational structure that the counter-proposal wants, even though the plan says nothing about the investigation form.

• high ambition for working environmentdecisive»En hög ambitionsnivå ska prägla lagar och arbetet för bra arbetsmiljöer.« (party programme ↗)“A high ambition level shall characterize laws and work for good working environments.”
• state's active working environment responsibility»Staten ska bland annat genom rådgivning, stöd och kontroll aktivt verka för en förbättrad arbetsmiljö.« (party programme ↗)“The state shall through advice, support and inspection actively work for improved working conditions.”
• adapted and safe workplaces»Stora ansträngningar bör göras för att anpassa lokaler, maskiner och utrustning, arbetsuppgifter, arbetstempo och arbetstider till de anställdas behov och förutsättningar.« (party programme ↗)“Great efforts should be made to adapt facilities, machines and equipment, work tasks, work pace and working hours to the employees' needs and conditions.”

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 says nothing about work-related deaths or commissions for individual sectors. The closest principle is that politics should prioritise and leave out and that administration and government structures should become fewer, not more. A special commission only for the construction sector therefore receives no support in the plan.

• politics must prioritisedecisive»Politiken har en viktig uppgift att prioritera och välja bort,« (party programme ↗)“Politics has an important task to prioritise and leave out,”
• clear priorities»Vi vet vad som måste göras – och vad som får vänta.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“We know what must be done – and what can wait.”
• reduced red tape»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 wants to depoliticise workplace safety work and phase out the special position of politically controlled trade unions, which speaks against an independent commission that is to be operated in cooperation with employee organisations. The plan also requires clear results from every public investment, and the ambition that no one should be seriously injured at work is met equally well by a broad fact-finding mandate that covers more vulnerable sectors than the construction sector.

• depoliticised workplace safetydecisive»Sverigedemokraterna vill avpolitisera arbetsmiljöarbetet genom att avveckla politiskt styrda fackförbunds företrädesrätt att utse skyddsombud.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Sweden Democrats want to depoliticise workplace safety work by phasing out the right of politically controlled trade unions to appoint workplace safety representatives.”
• workplace safety without special trade union status»Alla löntagare, oavsett avtal eller facklig tillhörighet, ska inkluderas i arbetsmiljöarbetet.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“All employees, regardless of agreement or trade union membership, shall be included in workplace safety work.”
• results requirement for public investments»Begära tydliga resultat för varje offentlig satsning« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Demand clear results from every public investment”
• safe work environment»Ingen ska behöva avlida eller skadas allvarligt på jobbet.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“No one should have to die or be seriously injured at work.”