In 2017 a wave of interest from the public rose regarding the issue of sexual harassment in the workplace. Questions were posed and included whether or not Swedish labor law and was sufficient enough. The purpose of this paper is to investigate the established law connected to sexual harassment in the workplace and by doing so also investigate the possibilities of repairing some of the flaws in the legislation. Furthermore, the paper studies the balance between repressive and active measures. This will be done by studying the established law, cases from AD and also by studying other literature regarding the subject. And by doing so it has become clear that there are many different legislations in place combat the issue regarding sexual harassment in the workplace. However, the issues still remain. The active measures are not sufficient. The employer has a duty to work to prevent the occurrence of sexual harassment in the workplace. However, the measures taken against an employer that does not do this are slim to none. The legislation regarding retribution after the fact are more efficient however they do not successfully prevent the occurrence of sexual harassment. The main hinderers with the function of the repressive measures are due to the power structures existing in society where woman have difficulty asserting themselves and their rights. By removing the parts of the legislation that have a clear connection to the power structures together with increased supervision from the supervising bodies may result in a more efficient way of combatting sexual harassment in the workplace.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:UPSALLA1/oai:DiVA.org:lnu-99515 |
| Date | January 2020 |
| Creators | Gustavsson, Emma |
| 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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