Answers to the New trade union strategies for new forms of employment questionnaire
Engblom, Samuel ; Lundberg, Magnus
2019
10
3
September
271-280
labour law ; trade union attitude ; self employed ; precarious employment ; collective bargaining ; digital economy ; crowd work
Law
English
"The personal scope of Swedish labour law is almost exclusively defined by the concept of the employee. Few workers other than employees are covered. From a comparative perspective, the Swedish concept of employee is rather wide, and the exemptions from the personal scope are few. There are no intermediary categories between employees and self-employed workers, but the scope of e.g. some occupational safety and health regulations is extended to cover some self-employed workers. Swedish trade unions are allowed to organise self-employed workers and many unions do so. There are some examples of collective bargaining agreements covering or regulating the conditions of self-employed workers. "
Digital
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