Genomförandet av bemanningsdirektivet 2008/104/EG : En problematisk implementering för Sverige?

Sammanfattning: Abstract The use of temporary agency workers has increased significantly during the last decades. Due to considerable differences in the legal status and working conditions of temporary agency workers within the EU, the directive 2008/104/EC on temporary agency work was adopted in 2008. The current directive has a two folded purpose, first and foremost to improve the employment and working conditions for temporary agency workers, by establishing the principle of equal treatment. The second purpose is to create greater acceptance for the temporary work agencies, and also to review and remove any unjustified restrictions or prohibitions against them. There are several different models for labour market regulation represented within the EU. The Swedish and Nordic model has through history relied heavily on regulation via collective agreements, entered into by the social partners, with a minimal amount of state interference and regulation. For Sweden there is a potential problem in the implementation of the directive on temporary agency work, since it follows from case law by the European Court of Justice (ECJ). That the Swedish type of collective agreement, that lacks universal applicability, is insufficient as the sole means of implementing EU directives establishing rights for all workers. The main purpose of this thesis is to analyze if and how it’s possible to implement the directive on temporary agency work, within the established Swedish model for labour market regulation, and at the same meet the requirements of the EU-law.