Using posted workers
If your company plans to use workers employed in other countries to carry out work in Sweden, it may be a case of posting. If so, there are a few things you need to do to avoid the risk of having to pay a sanction charge.
What is posting?
Posting to Sweden means:
- an employer in another country sends a worker to perform a service in Sweden for a limited period of time
- there is a recipient in Sweden of the service that the worker is to perform.
A service is any form of work that the worker is to perform for remuneration. The person purchasing the service and thus using the posted worker is called the recipient of the service.
You are also a service recipient if you temporarily contract workers from a company in another country to perform the service. The workers may be contracted to you directly from an employer abroad or indirectly via another company abroad.
More about posting at the Swedish Work Environment Authority
What do I have to do if I use posted workers?
The employer abroad who posts workers to you must notify the Swedish Work Environment Authority of the posting. The employer must also provide you with documentation stating that they have reported the posting no later than the day the employee starts work in Sweden.
If you have not received any documentation, you must notify the Swedish Work Environment Authority no later than three days after the work in Sweden has started. If you fail to do so, you may have to pay a sanction charge.
Why should I do this?
The Swedish Work Environment Authority needs to be able to check that employers who post workers to Sweden have reported the posting. The aim is for the Authority and the labour market partners to ensure that posted workers in Sweden receive the working and employment conditions to which they are entitled under Swedish law and collective agreements.