To guarantee that workers in Sweden have good working life with employment conditions that work well, plus a good and motivating working environment; the Swedish government has initiated a work life policy.

This work life policy covers issues that concern:

• employment terms and conditions such as work atmosphere, working hours, and employment laws;
• organization of work;
• continuing professional development;
• wage formation;
• arbitration in labor disputes; and
• government wage guarantees in case of bankruptcies.

Work life policy, also, aims to add something to growth and development of employment and business sector in Sweden by promoting a good, invigorating working environment that causes neither injury nor harm with the people in the labor market.

Work life policy shall, thus, contribute to:

• a good and stimulating work environment;
• a working life characterized by integration and diversity;
• greater awareness of work life conditions;
• increased levels of competence in work life;
• employment legislation that creates security, flexibility and participation; and
• deliberate and long-term gender equality work.