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Precarity of new forms of employment under Swedish labour law

Westregård, Annamaria LU (2019) p.99-113
Abstract
The precarious employment types growing most rapidly in Sweden are on-call with zero hour contracts, umbrella organizations and crowdwork in the gig economy. In the Swedish binary system, those in precarious work often fall between the regulations for employees and those for the self-employed. Both the legislator and the social partners in Sweden work with these problems in the field of employee protection and social security to improve the conditions for precarious workers. The aim of the chapter is to analyse the consequences of the legal system for precarious workers. The focus is on working protection for self-employed and short fixed term employees in the labour legislation and collective agreements and the impact of the Swedish... (More)
The precarious employment types growing most rapidly in Sweden are on-call with zero hour contracts, umbrella organizations and crowdwork in the gig economy. In the Swedish binary system, those in precarious work often fall between the regulations for employees and those for the self-employed. Both the legislator and the social partners in Sweden work with these problems in the field of employee protection and social security to improve the conditions for precarious workers. The aim of the chapter is to analyse the consequences of the legal system for precarious workers. The focus is on working protection for self-employed and short fixed term employees in the labour legislation and collective agreements and the impact of the Swedish attempt to improve conditions for precarious workers within the Swedish model, where the collective agreement is the most important regulatory instrument of wages and working conditions. (Less)
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subject
keywords
Precarius work, GIG economy
host publication
Precarious Work. The Challenge for Labour Law in Europe
editor
Kenner, Jeff ; Florczak, Izabela and Otto, Marta
pages
15 pages
publisher
Edward Elgar Publishing
external identifiers
  • scopus:85137522694
ISBN
9781788973267
9781788973250
DOI
10.4337/9781788973267.00014
project
Egenföretagare från i huvudsakligen låglöneländer inom EU ersätter anställd personal i svenska företag. En rättsvetenskaplig studie om risk för snedvriden konkurrens och social dumping
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English
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yes
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2019-11-25 15:03:13
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