The employer's responsibility for working environment

The plan demands regulations and structures that ensure serious occupational health and safety work at all workplaces, explicitly also where short-term profit is prioritized. The counter-proposal's idea that occupational health and safety requirements can be adapted based on company size instead of applying equally to all is at odds with that. The plan sees the protection level as a matter of legislation and strong labour law, not simplification for employers.

• equal occupational health and safety requirements everywheredecisive»arbetsmiljöarbete på alla arbetsplatser, också de som idag prioriterar« (party programme ↗)“occupational health and safety work at all workplaces, also those that today prioritize”
• legislation's protection level»ska behöva dö på jobbet för att lagstiftningen inte ger ett tillräckligt« (party programme ↗)“should have to die at work because legislation does not provide sufficient”
• strong labour law»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 labour law.”
• developed labour law»Vi vill skapa tryggare jobb genom att utveckla arbetsrätten.« (party programme ↗)“We want to create more secure jobs by developing labour law.”

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's core commitment is that employees' right to safe working conditions must never become a competitive advantage to compromise on, and the party programme requires the same rights and the same protection for employees regardless of form of operation. The counter-proposal wants to be able to adapt workplace safety requirements according to company size, which means different levels of protection for different employees. The plan argues against this, even though support for small employers in itself is not controversial.

• equal workplace safety protectiondecisive»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 be worthwhile to commit crime or gain competitive advantages by neglecting employees' right to safe working conditions.”
• same protection for all employees»samt att de anställda har samma rättigheter och samma skydd oavsett driftsform.« (party programme ↗)“and that employees have the same rights and the same protection regardless of form of operation.”
• strong employment law»arbetsrättslig lagstiftning behövs som skydd för de anställda.« (party programme ↗)“employment law is needed as protection for employees.”

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 gives all employees the right to fitness care and good physical and psychosocial working conditions, without exception based on employer size. The counter-proposal's core is that working environment requirements can be adjusted based on company size instead of applying equally, which the plan does not support. That the plan wants to see regulatory simplification and relief for small businesses concerns fees and bureaucracy, not the level of protection in the working environment, and therefore weighs less.

• equal right to good working conditionsdecisive»god fysisk och psykosocial arbetsmiljö.« (party programme ↗)“good physical and psychosocial working conditions.”
• working conditions for all employees»Alla har rätt till friskvård och en« (party programme ↗)“Everyone has the right to fitness care and”
• regulatory simplification»Onödig byråkrati ska undvikas genom ett aktivt« (party programme ↗)“Unnecessary bureaucracy shall be avoided through active”
• relief for small businesses»arbetsgivaravgift och mindre sjuklöneansvar än« (party programme ↗)“employer contribution and less sick pay responsibility than”

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 proceeds from the fact that small and newly started businesses find it harder to bear extensive bureaucracy and promises to reduce their administrative burden. This leads directly to the counter-proposal's requirement for simplified rules and support adapted to the company's size. The same line recurs in the promise to clear out the regulatory maze and make it cheaper and easier to employ.

• limited capacity of small businessesdecisive»Små och nystartade företag har svårare att få tillgång till kapital och att bära omfattande byråkrati« (party programme ↗)“Small and newly started businesses find it harder to access capital and bear extensive bureaucracy”
• reduced administrative burden»minska den administrativa bördan för små och nystartade företag.« (party programme ↗)“reduce the administrative burden for small and newly started businesses.”
• regulatory simplification for micro-enterprises»Rensa upp i regelträsket för entreprenörer, stora som små. Vi vill införa en ny och förenklad företagsform för mikroföretag, så att fler ska våga testa att driva företag.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Clear out the regulatory maze for entrepreneurs, large and small. We want to introduce a new and simplified business form for micro-enterprises, so that more people dare to try running a business.”
• 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 far from the labour market.”

The party programme requires that regulatory burden on small businesses decreases and that public decisions are analyzed from a small business perspective, which is exactly what the counter-proposal demands regarding size-adapted occupational safety requirements and strengthened support for small employers. The plan simultaneously wants that employers' incentives to prevent work-related injuries become clearer, thus stronger but simpler preventive work. According to the plan, the rules should make it easy to do right.

• reduced regulatory burden for small businessesdecisive»Regelbördan för små företag ska minska, genom ansträngningar på både kommunal, statlig och europeisk nivå, och offentliga beslut analyseras ur småföretagarperspektiv.« (party programme ↗)“Regulatory burden on small businesses shall decrease, through efforts at both municipal, national and European level, and public decisions analyzed from a small business perspective.”
• clearer preventive incentives»Företagens sjuklöneansvar bör slopas på sikt, samtidigt som arbetsgivarnas incitament att förebygga arbetsrelaterade skador och sjukdomar och bidra till rehabilitering av anställda ska bli tydligare.« (party programme ↗)“Employers' responsibility for sick pay should be abolished in the long term, while at the same time employers' incentives to prevent work-related injuries and diseases and contribute to rehabilitation of employees shall become clearer.”
• easy to do right»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 right and ensure competition on fair terms even in the age of digitalization and the sharing economy.”
• easier for small businesses»Därför vill vi att det ska bli enklare och billigare att anställa genom att arbetsgivaravgifterna sänks för både småföretagare och för dem som vill anställa unga.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Therefore we want it to become easier and cheaper to hire by reducing employer contributions for both small business owners and those who want to hire young people.”

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 new laws are tested from a small business perspective and that regulations do not disadvantage small and medium-sized enterprises, which should also be at the centre of business policy. The counter-proposal's demand for strengthened support for employers' preventive occupational health work with particular focus on small enterprises and simplified rules follows directly from this, at the same time as the plan gives the state responsibility to work through advice and support for better occupational health.

• small business perspective in regulationdecisive»Tillkommande lagar bör prövas ur ett småföretagarperspektiv.« (party programme ↗)“New laws should be tested from a small business perspective.”
• state support for occupational health»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 inspection actively work for improved”
• regulations must not disadvantage small enterprises»landet och inte missgynnar små och medelstora företag« (party programme ↗)“the country and not disadvantage small and medium-sized enterprises”
• high ambition in occupational health work»En hög ambitionsnivå ska prägla lagar och« (party programme ↗)“A high level of ambition shall characterise laws and”

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's key commitment in the business area is to remove a third of regulatory burden and companies' administrative costs, with explicit criticism of bureaucracy that hinders progress. The counter-proposal's requirement for strengthened support for small businesses' preventive occupational health and safety work and simplified, size-adapted regulations follows directly from this. The plan wants it to be easy to do right, not that requirements should be equally burdensome for the smallest employer as for the largest.

• a third less regulatory burdendecisive»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 regulatory burden”
• easy to do right»Där det är lätt att göra rätt – för att en tredjedel av regelkrånglet tagits bort.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Where it is easy to do right – because a third of the regulatory burden has been removed.”
• bureaucracy hinders business»Men höga skatter, krångliga tillståndsprocesser och byråkrati sätter käppar i hjulet för innovation och tillväxt.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“But high taxes, complicated permit processes and bureaucracy hinder innovation and growth.”
• rules at minimum level»Minska regelkrånglet och onödig byråkrati, bland annat genom att motverka överimplementering i Sverige av EU-beslut – som huvudregel ska EU-direktiv genomföras på miniminivå« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Reduce regulatory burden and unnecessary bureaucracy, among other things by counteracting overimplementation in Sweden of EU decisions - as a general rule, EU directives should be implemented at minimum level”

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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 wants to remove unnecessary rules where costs to businesses do not match the benefit and particularly relieve small enterprises of administrative burden. The counter-proposal's demand for strengthened support for preventive occupational health work and size-adjusted rules is directly in line with this, while the plan wants to increase safety and security in working life. That smaller actors are disadvantaged by unnecessarily strict conditions is pointed out particularly in the plan.

• deregulation for small businessdecisive»Verka för regelförenkling och avlasta småföretagens administrativa börda« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Work for deregulation and relieve small enterprises of administrative burden”
• proportionate rules»För att få fler och växande företag är det viktigt att ta bort onödiga regler där kostnaderna för företagen inte motsvarar nyttan för samhället.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“To get more and growing enterprises, it is important to remove unnecessary rules where the costs to businesses do not match the benefit to society.”
• consideration for smaller actors»Onödigt stränga villkor i branschstandarder och i upphandlingar gör det ofta svårt för mindre aktörer att slå sig in på marknaden.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Unnecessarily strict conditions in industry standards and in public procurement often make it difficult for smaller actors to break into the market.”
• safer working life»Öka tryggheten och säkerheten i arbetslivet« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Increase safety and security in working life”

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.