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Employment law

Swedish statutes, EU directives and US federal rules in one coordinate system. Every row carries its SFS number, CELEX number or USC citation, the supervising authority and the date the row was read from the official text.

About the employment law layer

Employment law is read here as a chain: statute, preparatory works, case law and the supervisory authority's own guidance. Every row carries publisher, read date and a link to the official source, so a position can be verified rather than trusted.

The layer is maintained against the Swedish Code of Statutes, Labour Court rulings and the authorities exercising supervision. Changes enter the change journal the same day they are read, with hashes before and after.

  • Start from the question, not the paragraph: each question links onwards to the provisions it rests on.
  • The source list under each node shows publisher and read date for every statement.
  • The calculators apply the rule as written, with no estimates.

Coverage

Sweden
10
EU
6
United States
6
Provisions
45
Leading rulings
5
Read
2026-08-20

Tools that compute the answer

Statutory notice periodComputes the notice period under section 11 of the Employment Protection Act from length of service and who gives notice. A collective agreement may give longer, and that agreement prevails.Non-compete clause, does it hold?Walks the conditions set by section 38 of the Contracts Act and the Trade Secrets Act: protectable secret information, compensation during the binding period and a duration proportionate to the protection.Whistleblowing channel, what is required?Gives the requirement level under the Swedish whistleblowing act and Directive (EU) 2019/1937, from the size and sector of the organisation.Leave and overtime, what applies?Sets the days in the Annual Leave Act and the ceilings in the Working Hours Act against the floor in the Working Time Directive, and shows what a collective agreement may change.

Source rows, Sweden

  • Employment Protection Act (SFS 1982:80)
    SFS 1982:80 · Labour Court decides disputes

    Governs forms of employment, notice periods, objective grounds, order of selection and priority for re-employment.

    Job protectionRestructuring
  • Co-Determination in the Workplace Act (SFS 1976:580)
    SFS 1976:580 · Labour Court decides disputes

    Right to negotiate, duty to inform and the standing of collective agreements between employer and union.

    RestructuringJob protection
  • Work Environment Act (SFS 1977:1160)
    SFS 1977:1160 · Swedish Work Environment Authority

    The employer's responsibility for the work environment, systematic work environment management and the safety representative's powers.

    Work environment
  • Working Hours Act (SFS 1982:673)
    SFS 1982:673 · Swedish Work Environment Authority

    Regular hours, overtime ceiling, daily and weekly rest, with room for deviation in collective agreements.

    Working time and leave
  • Annual Leave Act (SFS 1977:480)
    SFS 1977:480 · Labour Court decides disputes

    The right to annual leave, holiday pay and saved leave, and how the qualifying year is counted.

    Working time and leavePay and compensation
  • Discrimination Act (SFS 2008:567)
    SFS 2008:567 · Equality Ombudsman

    Prohibition of discrimination at work, active measures and pay surveys.

    DiscriminationPay and compensation
  • Act (2021:890) on protection for persons reporting wrongdoing
    SFS 2021:890 · Work Environment Authority and designated competent authorities

    Internal and external reporting channels, who is protected and the prohibition on retaliation.

    Whistleblowing
  • Trade Secrets Act (SFS 2018:558)
    SFS 2018:558 · General courts and the Labour Court

    What a trade secret is, when an attack is unauthorised and which sanctions follow.

    Confidentiality and non-compete
  • Contracts Act (SFS 1915:218)
    SFS 1915:218 · General courts and the Labour Court

    Section 38 is the provision that adjusts a non-compete clause reaching further than can be considered reasonable.

    Confidentiality and non-compete
  • Parental Leave Act (SFS 1995:584)
    SFS 1995:584 · Equality Ombudsman

    The right to leave for childcare and the prohibition on disadvantaging a person on parental leave.

    Working time and leaveDiscrimination

Source rows, EU

Source rows, United States

  • Fair Labor Standards Act
    29 U.S.C. §201 et seq. · U.S. Department of Labor, Wage and Hour Division

    Federal minimum wage, overtime pay and the white-collar exemptions, plus recordkeeping rules.

    Pay and compensationWorking time and leave
  • Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964
    42 U.S.C. §2000e et seq. · Equal Employment Opportunity Commission

    Prohibition of employment discrimination based on race, color, religion, sex or national origin.

    Discrimination
  • Family and Medical Leave Act
    29 U.S.C. §2601 et seq. · U.S. Department of Labor, Wage and Hour Division

    A right to unpaid, job-protected leave of up to twelve weeks in a twelve-month period for eligible employees.

    Working time and leave
  • National Labor Relations Act
    29 U.S.C. §151 et seq. · National Labor Relations Board

    The right to organise, bargain collectively and take concerted action in the private sector.

    Job protection
  • Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act
    29 U.S.C. §2101 et seq. · U.S. Department of Labor, Employment and Training Administration

    Advance notice of plant closings and mass layoffs at larger employers.

    Restructuring
  • Age Discrimination in Employment Act
    29 U.S.C. §621 et seq. · Equal Employment Opportunity Commission

    Protection against age discrimination for workers aged forty and above.

    Discrimination

Questions answered from the register

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Rulings the layer rests on

  • C-55/18 CCOO
    Court of Justice of the European Union · 2019-05-14

    Member States must require a system enabling the duration of each worker's daily working time to be measured.

    Official source
  • C-684/16 Max-Planck
    Court of Justice of the European Union · 2018-11-06

    The right is not lost automatically where the employer has not enabled the worker to take the leave.

    Official source
  • C-341/05 Laval
    Court of Justice of the European Union · 2007-12-18

    Collective action for terms beyond the posting rules is assessed against the freedom to provide services.

    Official source
  • Bostock v. Clayton County, 590 U.S. 644 (2020)
    Supreme Court of the United States · 2020-06-15

    An employer who fires someone for being homosexual or transgender discriminates because of sex.

    Official source
  • Epic Systems Corp. v. Lewis, 584 U.S. 497 (2018)
    Supreme Court of the United States · 2018-05-21

    Agreements for individualised arbitration are to be enforced under the Federal Arbitration Act.

    Official source

The rows reproduce what the source says. They are not legal advice, and applying them to a specific case is the reader's or their counsel's decision.

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