IV‑ Substantive Terms and Conditions of Employment
•Determination by Negotiations
•Industry‑wide v Local issues
–Typically industry agreements specify minimum wages
–Widespread use of piecework (2/3 of employees)
–Piecework negotiations major activity of factory clubs
•Less vacation and holiday time than Germany and France but more than other countries in course
•Quality of Worklife Issues
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•Sex Discrimination
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Less vacation and holiday time than Germany and France but more than other countries in course
   1600 work hours per year, 2003, again more than only Germany or France

Quality of Worklife Issues
   In the 1970's the government passed series of laws aimed at increasing scope of employee decision making
   Series of job re‑design experiments best known at Saab‑Scania & Volvo

Discrimination
   Best in the world (measured by index of inequality)
   Including wages, job opportunities, and political representation
   Discrimination based on sexual orientation is illegal