Law and provisions

The statutory foundations are laid in the Work Environment Act (AML), passed by the Riksdag (Sweden’s parliament). The Work Environment Act defines the outer framework of work environment regulation.

The Work Environment Authority has been tasked by the Government with issuing more detailed regulations on the subject. This we do by issuing, in our own statute book, AFS, Provisions and General recommendations specifying the requirements to be met by the work environment.

Provisions can, for example, refer to hazards, mental and physical strain, dangerous substances or machinery. They are drawn up in consultation with the labour market parties.

Read more about the framing of Provisions by the Work Environment Authority.