Sweden, like FI, PT, and UK, meets best practice on definitions and concepts and fields of application. The law recognises victims of indirect and direct discrimination and harassment in the public and private sector based on race/ethnicity, religion/belief and nationality. These laws cover migrants at work, in training, in education, and as users of social security, public goods and services. Enforcement mechanisms would reach best practice if legal entities with a legitimate interest in promoting equality could bring forward cases without specific victims. In addition, antidiscrimination procedures in the Labour Court take on average a lengthy eight months. Only Sweden and CA achieve best practice on equality policies (see box).
