Support regarding labour law conditions

The election manifesto explicitly states that the party requires collective agreements in public procurement, and the party programme that all employees shall be protected by strong collective agreements. Wage dumping and exploitation are described as central threats, and regulations are required that secure proper conditions also with those who prioritise short-term profit. Tightened requirements for procuring authorities, strengthened supervision of risk sectors and blacklisting of fraudulent companies lie directly in line with this.

• collective agreements in procurementdecisive»Vänsterpartiet ställer krav på kollektivavtal vid offentliga upphandlingar.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“The Left Party requires collective agreements in public procurement.”
• strong collective agreements»anställda i Sverige ska skyddas av starka kollektivavtal.« (party programme ↗)“employed in Sweden shall be protected by strong collective 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 unserious actors»Det behövs regelverk och strukturer som säkrar ett seriöst« (party programme ↗)“Regulations and structures are needed that secure a proper”

The election manifesto demands action against workplace crime and that public employers and purchasers should serve as models in promoting fair competition. Requiring large purchasing authorities to secure reasonable terms, allowing requirements according to collective agreements, strengthening oversight of high-risk sectors and excluding fraudulent businesses is precisely that line. The plan therefore supports the counter-proposal's demand.

• purchasers as modelsdecisive»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 in the Swedish labour market and public employers and purchasers should serve as models in promoting fair competition.”
• collective agreements as the norm»Kollektivavtal som norm, försvar av den svenska modellen.« (party programme ↗)“Collective agreements as the norm, defence of the Swedish model.”
• combat workplace crime»Bekämpande av kriminalitet på arbetsmarknaden.« (party programme ↗)“Combat crime in the labour market.”
• 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.”

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The plan safeguards the collective agreement model and requires measures against employers who do not respect labour law or collective agreements. Requiring large procuring authorities to ensure reasonable working conditions, be able to require conditions compliant with collective agreements, sharpen supervision of high-risk sectors and blacklist fraudulent companies are concrete expressions of that commitment and of the plan's requirement for clearer standards in public procurement. The plan does not comment specifically on blacklisting.

• stop to unscrupulous employersdecisive»Det krävs krafttag mot arbetsgivare som exploaterar utländsk arbetskraft och inte respekterar svensk arbetsrätt eller gällande kollektivavtal.« (party programme ↗)“Measures are needed against employers who exploit foreign labour and do not respect Swedish labour law or collective agreements in force.”
• the collective agreement model»Miljöpartiet värnar den svenska modellen, där fackföreningar och arbetsgivare tillsammans tar stort ansvar för reglerna på arbetsmarknaden.« (party programme ↗)“The Greens safeguard the Swedish model, where trade unions and employers together take great responsibility for rules in the labour market.”
• clearer procurement requirements»Vid offentlig upphandling ska det ställas tydligare hållbarhetskrav.« (party programme ↗)“In public procurement, clearer sustainability requirements shall be set.”
• supervision ensures 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 ↗)“Supervision is also important to create fairness between different companies – no one should gain a competitive advantage by violating environmental regulations.”

The party programme establishes that laws and rules should not override free contracting and that good conditions for small businesses are crucial for new jobs. A requirement for terms according to collective agreements in public procurement excludes businesses without an agreement and increases regulatory burden, contrary to the promise to clean up the regulatory thicket. The proposal's parts on supervision against workplace crime however lie close to the plan's action against crime.

• free contractingdecisive»bör lagar och regler inte köra över den fria avtalsrätten« (party programme ↗)“should laws and rules not override free contracting”
• good conditions for small businesses»Goda villkor för entreprenörer, egenföretagare och små företag är därför avgörande för att skapa nya jobb.« (party programme ↗)“Good conditions for entrepreneurs, self-employed people and small businesses are therefore crucial for creating new jobs.”
• regulatory simplification for business»Rensa upp i regelträsket för entreprenörer, stora som små.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Clean up the regulatory thicket for entrepreneurs, large and small.”
• action against crime»satsningar på forskning och utveckling och krafttag mot brott emot företag« (2022 manifesto ↗)“investments in research and development and action against crime against companies”

The plan establishes that conditions on the labour market shall mainly be determined through agreements and not by law, and that public procurement shall ensure equal treatment and stimulate competition. A requirement that conditions according to collective agreements can be demanded in procurement excludes serious companies without agreements and increases the regulatory burden. The plan's support for an independent labour market inspection, however, speaks for the supervision part of the counter-proposal, but does not bear the collective agreement requirement.

• agreement, not regulationdecisive»Den svenska arbetsmarknadsmodellen, där villkoren i huvudsak bestäms genom avtal och inte i lag, bidrar till ansvarstagande på arbetsmarknaden.« (party programme ↗)“The Swedish labour market model, where conditions are mainly determined through agreements and not by law, contributes to responsibility in the labour market.”
• equal treatment and competition»Offentlig upphandling ska ske på sätt som ger skattebetalarna låga kostnader, hög kvalitet, säkrar likabehandling och stimulerar konkurrens.« (party programme ↗)“Public procurement shall be done in a way that gives taxpayers low costs, high quality, ensures equal treatment and stimulates competition.”
• reduced regulatory burden»Regelbördan för små företag ska minska« (party programme ↗)“The regulatory burden on small businesses shall decrease”
• strengthened labour market supervision»En fristående arbetsmarknadsinspektion bör inrättas.« (party programme ↗)“An independent labour market inspection should be established.”

The plan requires the state through advice, support and control to actively work for good working conditions and to counter unfair competition, and all criminality shall be pursued without exception. Enhanced supervision of risk sectors, work against workplace crime and the ability to exclude fraudulent companies follow from this. The requirement for collective agreements in procurement, however, is in tension with the plan's view of the parties' role.

• state control of working conditionsdecisive»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 oligopolies, monopolies and unfair competition”
• no exceptions from prosecution»Alla brott ska effektivt och utan undantag beivras« (party programme ↗)“All crimes shall be effectively and without exception pursued”
• the parties' model»Utformningen ska göras av arbetsmarknadens parter.« (party programme ↗)“The design shall be made by the parties to the labour market.”

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 business commitment is to remove a third of companies' administrative costs and red tape and to deepen the internal market for services. To impose procurement conditions that require terms according to collective agreements adds new requirements and controls in the opposite direction. The plan does want to combat unserious actors and fraud, but does so with quality and licensing requirements rather than with collective agreement requirements.

• reduced red tapedecisive»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 red tape”
• free mobility for services»Fördjupa den inre marknaden, inte minst för tjänster och digitala produkter« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Deepen the internal market, especially for services and digital products”
• bureaucracy hinders growth»Men höga skatter, krångliga tillståndsprocesser och byråkrati sätter käppar i hjulet för innovation och tillväxt. Det kan vi aldrig acceptera.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“But high taxes, complicated licensing processes and bureaucracy hinder innovation and growth. We can never accept that.”
• combat unserious actors»Därför måste vi också bekämpa oseriösa aktörer och fusk.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“We must also combat unserious actors and fraud.”

The plan's focus is that fraud and systems that encourage fraud shall be countered, that crime affecting serious businesses is combated and that safety in working life increases, which supports the requirements for stricter supervision of risk sectors and the possibility of excluding fraudulent businesses. The requirement for collective agreement terms is, however, not something the plan supports, even though it defends the Swedish tripartite model. Overall, the work against workplace crime carries the most weight.

• counter 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 shall be countered.”
• protect serious businesses»Bekämpa brottslighet som drabbar företagare« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Combat crime that affects business owners.”
• safety in working life»Öka tryggheten och säkerheten i arbetslivet« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Increase safety and security in working life.”
• tripartite model valued»Försvara den svenska modellen« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Defend the Swedish model.”

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.