rations and in conjunction with emergency rescue operations
(Glavå, 2001). In regard to labour management rights, it generally
applies that the employer has the right to, among other things,
decide who executes tasks, which tasks will be executed, in which
way they will be executed, the location at which they will be exe-
cuted and which equipment will be used. In a corresponding man-
ner, the employee is obligated to execute the prescribed tasks, i.e.
the obligation to execute the work assigned. Labour management
rights thus entail, among other things, that it is the employer who
decides which technical equipment will be at a workplace and
how it will be used, and the employee is obligated to follow
the instructions issued by the employer. Labour management
rights shall also be reasonable from the health and safety per-
spectives and may not conflict with laws or good practices. The
Swedish Work Environment Act (1977:1160) also regulates work
and its execution in different ways. This act thus not only fo-
cuses on preventing accidents and poor health at workplaces,
but also on work content. The intention is that the working
environment shall provide positive yield in terms of rich job con-
tent, job satisfaction, camaraderie and personal development
(Work Environment Authority, 2004).
The employer’s labour management rights also include a right
to enforce regulations (Glavå, 2001). Also note that the employer,
within the framework of this regulatory right, can demand medi-
cal examinations, for example. Even if the employer’s regulatory
right is extensive and applies as a starting point, it is not unrestric-
ted. The employer’s regulations may not conflict with laws, good
practices or in any other way be excessive or unsuitable, and they
may not entail infringement upon the integrity of the individual.
When it comes to the employer’s intentions of regulating the em-
ployer, normally the need for safety regulations should be greater
than efficiency regulations or regulations related to maintaining
order, not the least in conjunction with emergency rescue opera-
tions. Efficiency and order should be regulated using other means
or in other contexts, such as through training.
Working environment responsibility
The employer also has working environment responsibility and this
responsibility in turn has two aspects: safety responsibility and
liability responsibility (Work Environment Authority’s website).