Category Archives: Employment Law

Probationary employment (provanställning) in Sweden: an employer’s guide

Provanställning lets Swedish employers trial a new hire for up to six months. The rules, [...]

Background checks when hiring in Sweden: staying compliant with GDPR and employment law

What can Swedish employers legally check when hiring? A practical guide to background checks, criminal [...]

Employment contracts in Sweden: the written terms every employer must provide

Oral employment is valid, but employers must document the essential terms and the clauses that [...]

AI in recruitment: what the EU AI Act means for hiring in 2026

AI screening tools are high-risk under the EU AI Act. Here is what employers must [...]

Algoritmisk ledning och plattformsdirektivet: det här gäller från december 2026

Direktiv (EU) 2024/2831 ska vara genomfört senast den 2 december 2026. Det inför en presumtion [...]

Algorithmic management and the Platform Work Directive: what changes by December 2026

Directive (EU) 2024/2831 must be transposed by 2 December 2026. It introduces a presumption of [...]

Visselblåsarlagen: vad arbetsgivare med 50 eller fler anställda måste ha på plats

Svenska arbetsgivare med 50 eller fler anställda måste ha interna visselblåsarkanaler enligt lag 2021:890. Läs [...]

Sweden’s Whistleblowing Act: what employers with 50 or more staff must have in place

Swedish employers with 50 or more employees must operate internal whistleblowing channels under Act 2021:890. [...]

Lönetransparensdirektivet: vad arbetsgivare behöver veta

EU:s lönetransparensdirektiv (2023/970) förändrar hur arbetsgivare sätter och redovisar löner. Vad det kräver, var Sverige [...]

The EU Pay Transparency Directive: what employers need to know

The EU Pay Transparency Directive (2023/970) reshapes how employers set and disclose pay. What it [...]