Högre lön
Hello. I am married and we both work here, so i wanted to ask if we are entitled for to a higher salary. Thank you very much.
Lawline svarar
Hello!
Thank you for turning to Lawline with your question.
In Sweden there is no such law that decides which salary you should have. It is your employer who decides your salary based on the wage criteria in the agreement.
If there is a collective agreement (in Swedish "kollektivavtal") at the workplace where you are working, there is also a fixed minimum salary that the employer is not allowed to go under.
In first hand I recommend you to check if you have a collective agreement and see what it says and if the minimum salary is met. Secondarily I recommend you to talk with your employer and try to negotiate why your salary should be higher if the minimum salary isn't met in the collective agreement or if you are missing a collective agreement at all.
I hope that you received an answer on your question, please revisit if you have other thoughts!
Sincerely,
