Healthcare workers have finally managed to win the right to enough rest between shifts, after the European Commission criticised the country for not conforming to the European Working Time Directive. The Commission criticised Sweden in July 2021, after a complaint they received about the conformity between the directive and a collective agreement. The matter primarily concerned healthcare workers and their right, according to the directive, to a minimum of 11 hours rest between shifts, and daily rest regularly alternated with work. The criticism from the Commission triggered negotiations between employers and trade unions with the purpose to rewrite certain parts of a collective agreement from 2020.
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