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Unification of the Labour Law in the Nordic Countries

Unification of the Labour Law in the Nordic Countries 416 Unification of the Labour Law in the Nordic Countries By Kent Källström * 1. A person who looks at the labour law systems of the Scandinavian countries from outside mostly finds them constituting a unit in the same way as a Scan- dinavian lawyer finds the labour law system of the different states of the United States of America composing a unit. There are differences but to a large extent the regulations have the same structure and are based on the same principles. For example in the Nordic countries, the individual employment is formed primarily by means of collective bargaining and not by statutory rules. Finland is the only country with a general law on employment contract. Another example is that the collective agreements of the Nordic countries are binding upon the organization and on the individual members as well and that the most important obligation of the collective agreement is the peace obligation. The similarities in the labour law systems are, however, not a product of the cooperation between the legislators, at least not a formal one. It is true that the organization representatives and the officials of the state department have established informal contacts and http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Nordic Journal of International Law Brill

Unification of the Labour Law in the Nordic Countries

Källström, Kent
Nordic Journal of International Law , Volume 57 (4): 416 – Jan 1, 1988
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Brill
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© 1988 Koninklijke Brill NV, Leiden, The Netherlands
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0902-7351
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10.1163/157181088X00434
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416 Unification of the Labour Law in the Nordic Countries By Kent Källström * 1. A person who looks at the labour law systems of the Scandinavian countries from outside mostly finds them constituting a unit in the same way as a Scan- dinavian lawyer finds the labour law system of the different states of the United States of America composing a unit. There are differences but to a large extent the regulations have the same structure and are based on the same principles. For example in the Nordic countries, the individual employment is formed primarily by means of collective bargaining and not by statutory rules. Finland is the only country with a general law on employment contract. Another example is that the collective agreements of the Nordic countries are binding upon the organization and on the individual members as well and that the most important obligation of the collective agreement is the peace obligation. The similarities in the labour law systems are, however, not a product of the cooperation between the legislators, at least not a formal one. It is true that the organization representatives and the officials of the state department have established informal contacts and

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Nordic Journal of International Law – Brill

Published: Jan 1, 1988

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