the Association also admits that it was wrong to deny the firemen sommarvikariat after the firemen had written a critical op-ed 2014. They both had good scores and several of the required qualifications.

the League’s justification for denying them employment, was that “if you are working in an organization should share its values”. The matter was reported to the parliamentary Ombudsman (JO), which felled the employer for having violated the so-called repressalieförbudet in the freedom of expression and freedom of the press act.

now the parties in the days agreed.

– There is a relatively high amount for Swedish conditions and it shows that the earlier decisions of the Supreme court for damages for [citation needed] beginning to put themselves with the authorities, ” says Anna Rogalska Hedlund, counsel for the two firemen, Law & Agreement.