What does the duty of active measures against discrimination mean?
The employer shall continuously investigate, analyse, remedy and follow up risks of discrimination in five areas, and document the work where there are at least twenty-five employees.
What the source says
- Chapter 3: active measures in four steps, continuously through the year.
- Chapter 3: working conditions, pay, recruitment, training and combining work and parenthood.
- Chapter 3: a duty to document where there are at least twenty-five employees.
Source rows
- Discrimination Act (SFS 2008:567)SFS 2008:567 · Equality Ombudsman · Read 2026-08-20 · Content hash 9e98402edd6b8390Official source
- Directive (EU) 2023/970 to strengthen the application of equal payCELEX 32023L0970 · European Commission, implemented nationally · Read 2026-08-20 · Content hash 9ca0b1153bde7a90Official source
For the employer · How the employer puts the question
Keep the documentation annual and tied to the five areas, that is the structure supervision follows.
For the employee · How the employee puts the question
The union is entitled to the information needed to cooperate on the active measures.
Next step
Read the active measures together with the pay survey, they run in the same annual cycle.
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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