Kluwer Law International Labour Law in Sweden

Derived from the renowned multi-volume International Encyclopaedia of Laws, this monograph on labour law in Sweden not only describes and analyses the legal aspects of labour relations, but also examines labour relations practices and developing trends. It provides a survey of the subject that is both usefully brief and sufficiently detailed to answer most questions likely to arise in any pertinent legal setting. Both individual and collective labour relations are covered in ample detail, with attention to such underlying and pervasive factors employment contracts, suspension of the contracts, dismissal laws and covenant of non-competition, as well as international private law. The author describes all important details of the law governing hours and wages, benefits, intellectual property implications, trade union activity, employers associations, workers participation, collective bargaining, industrial disputes, and much more. Building on a clear overview of labour law and labour relations, the book offers practical guidance on which sound preliminary decisions may be based. It will find a ready readership among lawyers representing parties with interests in Sweden, and academics and researchers will appreciate its value in the study of comparative trends in laws affecting labour and labour relations. About the Author Axel Adlercreutz 19172013 was Professor of Commercial Law at the University of Lund in Sweden until 1983. In 1940 he received his BA from the University of Lund and in 1943 completed the LLB at that university. After further postgraduate studies and a year at the London School of Economics and Political Science, Professor Adlercreutz had a short period of legal practice at the Lund District Court (19523). In 1954 he received his doctorate in law and was appointed Assistant Professor of Private Law at the University of Lund in that same year. He remained at Lund, becoming Associate Professor of Private Law in the Faculty of Law in 1959 and Professor of Commercial Law in the Faculty of Social Science in 1967. From 1974 to 1977 he was also Dean of the Faculty of Social Science. Professor Adlercreutz is the author of numerous publications, chiefly in the fields of labour law and contract law. His publications are among the most consulted by Swedish lawyers. Birgitta Nyström was born on 23 April 1957. In 1980 she received her LLB at the University of Lund in Sweden. After legal practice at a District Court and as a trade union lawyer she returned to Lund and received her doctorate in law in 1990. She was appointed Assistant Professor of Private Law in 1991 and Professor pro temps of Commercial Law at the Faculty of Social Sciences in 1995. In 19992000 she was Professor of Law at the University of Umeå in Sweden. Since 2001 she has been Professor of Private Law at the Law Faculty, University of Lund. During 20028 she was Deputy Dean of the Law Faculty. During the period 20092115 she has the Swedish Research Councils Chair in Swedish and European Labour Law. She has numerous appointments as board member in research councils and government institutions, i.e. the State Mediation Council. Since 2007 she has been a member of the Social Committee of the European Council. Her publications are mostly in the fields of labour law and European labour law.