This report uses research findings from the European Foundation for the Improvement of Living and Working Conditions (Eurofound) to outline important features of the Swedish labour market in general, and the industrial relations system in particular, as well as the issues both are currently facing.

In companies across Europe several different channels of employee representation are prevalent; these include workscouncils, trade unions, special committees, health and safety representatives and workers’ delegates. This report exploresthe main employee representation structures at workplace...

Initiatives promoting reconciliation of work and family life have become popular across Europe as part of employment policies as well as social policies dealing, among other things, with the challenges of competitiveness, the renewed Lisbon targets for increased participation in the labour...