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New collective agreement signed – in the Road and Rail agreement’s area
The Swedish Construction Federation and the Swedish Union for Service and Communications Employees (Seko) have reached a collective agreement with a duration of 24 months for the period 1 May 2023 up to and including 30 April 2025.
Negotiated agreement on a new Construction Agreement 2023-2025 is finished
On 4 May 2023, the Swedish Construction Federation and the Swedish Building Workers' Union (Byggnads) reached an agreement on a new collective agreement, The Construction Agreement 2023. The Construction Agreement in its previous wording is extended with a number of changes and additions relating to wages and general terms and conditions.
Payment level and fixed portion 2022 and average wages for staffing in connection with performance pay and time wages
Payment levels and fixed portions that apply from and including the wage period that […]
Personal fees (egenavgifter) that foreign employees themselves pay in another tax country outside of Sweden must not be compensated with wage supplements in the Construction Agreement
It has come to Byggföretagens attention that Byggnads makes demands on, and that there are also examples of wage agreements containing regulation of social security contributions linked to their employee’s home country. Byggföretagen believe that such agreements are contrary to the norms of the Construction Agreement and that these agreements are invalid.
Changed contributions for member companies as the Main Agreements enter into force on 1 October 2022
In connection with the Main Agreements that the Confederation of Swedish Enterprise, PTK and LO have entered into, changes in several areas will take place. Among other things, the contribution to the TRR and TSL job security councils will change.
Changes regarding the ITP plan from and including 1 January 2023 (only covering salaried employees)
he central organisations the Confederation of Swedish Enterprise and PTK (the central organisation for salaried employees in the private sector) have reached an agreement regarding changes to the ITP plan.
Directive on working conditions and new rules on employment protection
Starting from 29 June and 1 October 2022, respectively, a number of important regulatory changes will occur in the labour law area, primarily concerning the Employment Protection Act (LAS).
The Construction Agreement 2020 and rules that enter into force on 1 May 2021
CONTENTS IN BRIEF – Generally– The Construction Agreement in the Employer Guide and for download– […]
New stricter routines for member companies in the event of non-registration of payroll data in Lösen 1, the Construction Agreement
An agreement applies between the Swedish Construction Federation and the Swedish Building Workers’ Union (Byggnads) since 2011 on the obligation of employers bound by construction agreements to register review documentation for time wages through the digital tool Lösen 1 (https://www.bygglosen.se/). The parties use the data, inter alia, for the production of wage statistics for the Construction Agreement’s different geographically divided wage areas.
New collective agreement signed – in the Road and Rail agreement`s area
The Swedish Construction Federation and the Swedish Union for Service and Communications Employees (Seko) have reached a collective agreement with a duration of 29 months for the period 1 December 2020 up to and including 30 April 2023.