To not be discriminated against is a right that is expressed by the UN, EU and Sweden's government as a basic human right. Despite that, discrimination occurs daily, not least in the workplace. This essay describes the active measures in the form of preventive work to counter discrimination and promotional work for equal rights and opportunities in the workplace. These rules can be found in the third chapter of the Discrimination Act (2008:567). In the second chapter of the essay, the Discrimination Act is briefly described and what requirements there are as well as how cooperation between the parties takes place. A more detailed description of the employer's obligations can be found in chapter three. These obligations include, among other things, mapping and analyzing possible risks and obstacles within the working relationship, salaries, recruitment, skills development and the possibility of combining work with parenthood. The work is described in an action plan on how risks and obstacles are to be remedied and then followed up. In the essay's fourth chapter, the law's specific regulations are dealt with in areas such as guidelines and policies, salary charting, and documentation. The fifth chapter contains practical examples of how the work is carried out at a couple of different businesses. The law provides very limited guidelines on how the work should be carried out and so far, fines have only been imposed on one occasion. The essay's sixth chapter describes what responsibility DOs have and whether their work creates sufficiently strong incentives to motivate compliance. In the final chapter of the essay, what emerged from the legal investigation and interviews is discussed, as well as what changes could increase employers' willingness to comply with the law.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:UPSALLA1/oai:DiVA.org:lnu-117984 |
| Date | January 2022 |
| Creators | Rogerson, Victoria |
| Publisher | Linnéuniversitetet, Institutionen för ekonomistyrning och logistik (ELO) |
| Source Sets | DiVA Archive at Upsalla University |
| Language | Swedish |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Student thesis, info:eu-repo/semantics/bachelorThesis, text |
| Format | application/pdf |
| Rights | info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess |
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