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Home Country: SWEDEN Ice-hockey players sign Sweden's first collective agreement in sport A collective agreement for 250 top ice-hockey players, the first in professional sport in Sweden, was concluded in October 1999 by the Salaried Employees' Union on behalf of the players, and by the Employers' Alliance on behalf of the clubs. The deal contains significant variations from statutory provisions on issues such as working time, holidays and negotiation rights. On 28 October 1999, Sweden's first-ever collective agreement in top-level professional" sport" was concluded by the Elite Ice Hockey Subcommittee of the Sport Sector Committee of the Employers' Alliance ( Arbetsgivaralliansen ) and the Salaried Employees' Union ( Tjänstemannaförbundet HTF HTF ). The agreement governs the working conditions for the 250 (male) "elite" ice hockey players and is valid until 27 October 2001. The Employers' Alliance ( Arbetsgivaralliansen ) is an independent confederation for employers in areas such as sporting and educational associations. It has 1,500 employers in membership, mostly among sport associations. Sports professionals may join HTF, which has about 155,000 members in the private service sector, of whom 22% work in organisations and associations in sport and other areas. | |
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