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Act to amend the Act (1991:433) concerning equal opportunities (1994:292)

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First Region

Sweden
Equality of opportunity and treatment
1994-05-05
National
Law, Act

Second Region

Provides that employers and workers shall cooperate to attain equality at work; they shall, in particular, endeavour to ensure that pay differentials are eliminated as between women and men who perform equal work or work considered to be of equal value. Inserts a new section 9a obliging employers to delineate pay differentials between women and men (on a yearly basis; employers with less than 10 workers are excluded). Provides that collective agreements on matters referred to in sections 4 to 11 do not exempt employers from the obligations under these sections. Other amendments include prohibited sex discrimination (section 18) and the right to institute proceedings (section 46).

Entry dates region

    Date of entry into force
    1994-07-01
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Amended Text region

Serial region

    Serial title
    Svensk författningssamling
    Date
    1994-05-18
    Number
    No. 292
    Page range
    pp. 1-2