Privat- och offentliganställdas yttrandefrihet i ljuset av nya visselblåsarlagen
(2023) JURM02 20231Department of Law
Faculty of Law
- Abstract (Swedish)
- I Sverige finns det idag ett antal lagar och prejudikat ämnade att reglera och skydda den svenska yttrandefriheten. Något speciellt blir det när yttrande friheten nyttjas av en arbetstagare i förhållande till arbetsgivaren. Det finns skydd för arbetstagares yttrandefrihet i Europakonventionen, svensk grundlag, EU direktiv, speciallagstiftning främst i form av visselblåsarlagen och praxis. Arbetet redogör ingående för respektive lags omfattning för arbetstagare som vill nyttja sin yttrandefrihet, både i form av kritik mot sin arbets-givare och när det kommer till att slå larm om missförhållanden på arbets-platsen. Arbetsdomstolen har också i ett antal mål genom åren upprättat ett ramverk för hur långt yttrandefriheten sträcker sig i... (More)
- I Sverige finns det idag ett antal lagar och prejudikat ämnade att reglera och skydda den svenska yttrandefriheten. Något speciellt blir det när yttrande friheten nyttjas av en arbetstagare i förhållande till arbetsgivaren. Det finns skydd för arbetstagares yttrandefrihet i Europakonventionen, svensk grundlag, EU direktiv, speciallagstiftning främst i form av visselblåsarlagen och praxis. Arbetet redogör ingående för respektive lags omfattning för arbetstagare som vill nyttja sin yttrandefrihet, både i form av kritik mot sin arbets-givare och när det kommer till att slå larm om missförhållanden på arbets-platsen. Arbetsdomstolen har också i ett antal mål genom åren upprättat ett ramverk för hur långt yttrandefriheten sträcker sig i relation till den lojalitetsplikt en arbetstagare står under gentemot sin arbetsgivare.
Syftet med uppsatsen är att på ett lättöverskådligt sätt beskriva de gällande rättsreglerna för en arbetsgivare som nyttjar sin yttrandefrihet. Uppsatsen utreder också de skillnader som finns i lagstiftningen när det gäller arbetstagare som är anställda av det offentliga kontra arbetstagare inom den privata sektorn på arbetsmarknaden. Uppsatsen konstaterar att det finns flertalet skillnader i det skydd offentlig- och privatanställda åtnjuter av lagstiftningen. Offentliganställda i Sverige åtnjuter bland annat det skydd som Europakonventionen och Yttrandefrihetsgrundlagarna ger gentemot det allmänna även gentemot sin arbetsgivare. Privatanställda får i stället enbart skydd genom den av Arbetsdomstolen framarbetade praxis på området och visselblåsarlagen som infördes 2021. Avsaknaden grundlagsskydd, gentemot sin arbetsgivare, innebär för privatanställda att det är svårare att vända sig direkt till media vid fall av missförhållanden på arbetsplatsen. Det ställer också högre krav på visselblåsare inom privat sektor att informera sig om sannings-halten på de rapporterade missförhållandena. Uppsatsen föreslår därför en ny lagstiftning där arbetstagarens yttrandefrihet stärks samt där rättsläget sammanfattas på ett mer lättöverskådligt sätt för att öka förutsägbarheten för arbetstagare. (Less) - Abstract
- In Sweden today there are variety of laws and legal precedents intended to regulate and protect Swedish freedom of expression. It becomes even more complex when freedom of expression is used by an employee in relation to their employer. The employee’s freedom of expression is, among others, protected in the European Convention on Human Rights, the Swedish constitution, EU directives, the whistle-blowers act (sv. visselblåsarlagen) and by legal precedents. The essay describes in detail the scope of each law for employees who want to exercise their freedom of expression, both in the form of criticism of their employer and when it comes to blowing the whistle on misconduct in the workplace. In several cases over the years, the Labor Court... (More)
- In Sweden today there are variety of laws and legal precedents intended to regulate and protect Swedish freedom of expression. It becomes even more complex when freedom of expression is used by an employee in relation to their employer. The employee’s freedom of expression is, among others, protected in the European Convention on Human Rights, the Swedish constitution, EU directives, the whistle-blowers act (sv. visselblåsarlagen) and by legal precedents. The essay describes in detail the scope of each law for employees who want to exercise their freedom of expression, both in the form of criticism of their employer and when it comes to blowing the whistle on misconduct in the workplace. In several cases over the years, the Labor Court (sv. Arbetsdomstolen) has also established a framework for how far freedom of expression extends in relation to the loyalty clause an employee is bound to adhere towards his employer.
The purpose of the essay is to describe, comprehensibly, the current laws and precedents affecting an employer who exercises his freedom of expression. The thesis also examines the differences in legislation when it comes to employees employed by the public sector versus employees in the private sector of the labormarket. The thesis notes that there are several differences in the protection that public and private employees enjoy from the legislation. Public employees in Sweden enjoy the protection that the European Convention on Human Rights and the constitutional laws on Freedom of Expression provide against the state, vis-à-vis their employer. In contrast, private employees only receive protection through the, by the Labor Court, developed precedents in employee’s freedom of expression and by the Whistle-blower Act introduced in 2021. The lack of constitutional protection, vis-à-vis their employer, means that private employees lack protection when going straight to the public when reporting malpractices. Because of this private employee’s also has a bigger need to inform themselves about the validity of the reported claim of misconduct. The thesis therefore proposes new legislation where the employee's freedom of expression is strengthened and where the legal situation is summarised in a more understandable way to increase predictability for employees. (Less)
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- author
- Jademyr, Jonathan LU
- supervisor
- organization
- alternative title
- Private- and public employees right to freedom och expression in light of the Swedish whistle-blowers act
- course
- JURM02 20231
- year
- 2023
- type
- H3 - Professional qualifications (4 Years - )
- subject
- keywords
- arbetsrätt, konstitutionellrätt, Visselblåsarlag, Kritikrätt, Yttrandefrihet
- language
- Swedish
- id
- 9116273
- date added to LUP
- 2023-06-12 11:45:56
- date last changed
- 2023-06-12 11:45:56
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abstract = {{In Sweden today there are variety of laws and legal precedents intended to regulate and protect Swedish freedom of expression. It becomes even more complex when freedom of expression is used by an employee in relation to their employer. The employee’s freedom of expression is, among others, protected in the European Convention on Human Rights, the Swedish constitution, EU directives, the whistle-blowers act (sv. visselblåsarlagen) and by legal precedents. The essay describes in detail the scope of each law for employees who want to exercise their freedom of expression, both in the form of criticism of their employer and when it comes to blowing the whistle on misconduct in the workplace. In several cases over the years, the Labor Court (sv. Arbetsdomstolen) has also established a framework for how far freedom of expression extends in relation to the loyalty clause an employee is bound to adhere towards his employer.
The purpose of the essay is to describe, comprehensibly, the current laws and precedents affecting an employer who exercises his freedom of expression. The thesis also examines the differences in legislation when it comes to employees employed by the public sector versus employees in the private sector of the labormarket. The thesis notes that there are several differences in the protection that public and private employees enjoy from the legislation. Public employees in Sweden enjoy the protection that the European Convention on Human Rights and the constitutional laws on Freedom of Expression provide against the state, vis-à-vis their employer. In contrast, private employees only receive protection through the, by the Labor Court, developed precedents in employee’s freedom of expression and by the Whistle-blower Act introduced in 2021. The lack of constitutional protection, vis-à-vis their employer, means that private employees lack protection when going straight to the public when reporting malpractices. Because of this private employee’s also has a bigger need to inform themselves about the validity of the reported claim of misconduct. The thesis therefore proposes new legislation where the employee's freedom of expression is strengthened and where the legal situation is summarised in a more understandable way to increase predictability for employees.}},
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note = {{Student Paper}},
title = {{Privat- och offentliganställdas yttrandefrihet i ljuset av nya visselblåsarlagen}},
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