Of course you can fire someone. You then can be challenged, you have to show cause and what actions you took to build your case and there is a process to deal with that. And in the end if you got it wrong as the employer you have to pay up. But it's definitely possible to fire someone.
Not like in the US though, without any controls or oversight. Sweden is in that sense probably one of the better countries to be an employee in.
> This still doesn't make sense. The law is the law, and breaking it is just as bad with or without union discussion, no?
Yes. But the problem with these allegations is that you need to prove them and that isn't all that easy.
> Like if the law says you need to give your employees X, Y, Z and you haven't , the that's breaking the saw and the state should immediately intervine.
I agree with you, but in practice that's not how I have found the world to work. For the state to intervene someone has to make a formal complaint first. Otherwise the authorities will not make a move.
Not like in the US though, without any controls or oversight. Sweden is in that sense probably one of the better countries to be an employee in.
> This still doesn't make sense. The law is the law, and breaking it is just as bad with or without union discussion, no?
Yes. But the problem with these allegations is that you need to prove them and that isn't all that easy.
> Like if the law says you need to give your employees X, Y, Z and you haven't , the that's breaking the saw and the state should immediately intervine.
I agree with you, but in practice that's not how I have found the world to work. For the state to intervene someone has to make a formal complaint first. Otherwise the authorities will not make a move.