The Swedish Work Environment Authority inspected the club Darlings in Sundsvall and found repeated violations of the Working Hours Act. The authority prohibits the club from employing staff between 00:00 and 05:00, a decision based on violations of night rest rules. If Darlings violates the prohibition, it faces a fine of 800,000 kronor, with the ban taking effect on April 23, 2026.
Observations by the authority showed employees sleeping in the premises or changing from work clothes in the middle of the night at Darlings. The owners of Darlings deny employment relationships and claim the women are independent artists who receive cash payment per performance. The police have imposed a recurring fine of 50,000 kronor on Darlings for each occasion specific order rules are not complied with.
Separately, young employees at Leos lekland outside Malmö reported beetles in kitchens and toilets, dirty surfaces, and a very dirty kitchen. Environmental inspectors closed the kitchen at Leos lekland. Employees at Leos lekland also reported broken safety nets, holes where children could fall several meters, dangerous ropes, and foam cushions deemed health hazardous.
At least ten young employees stopped receiving shifts after complaining to managers and regional management at Leos lekland. The site manager at Leos lekland said that hourly employees do not have the right to receive shifts. Leos marketing manager wrote that the company takes the site manager's actions seriously, the attractions are now repaired, and previous work as an hourly employee does not give the right to more job shifts.
Former manager Jessica Måring said the young employees did nothing wrong and faced reprisals. The responsible parties at Leos lekland responded that having worked as an hourly employee previously is neither a right nor a promise from their side to work again. In Luleå, the Swedish Work Environment Authority inspected home care services on March 11, 2026, and found shortcomings in the work environment.
The authority criticizes the home care service's work environment efforts and highlights safety shortcomings regarding violence and threats of violence. Care assistants and assistant nurses in Luleå's home care service strongly criticized the work environment, citing minute management and lack of recovery as causes of unhealthy stress. The Swedish Work Environment Authority discovered shortcomings at a restaurant in Åre and issued a prohibition against performing certain work tasks until the shortcomings are rectified.
The authority also inspected a restaurant in Höör and found that two employees performed work without receiving a continuous rest period of at least 36 hours every seven-day period, known as weekly rest. During a food inspection at Matkassen, a number of shortcomings were discovered, including lack of ability to trace the origin of food items and in some cases missing information about allergens, posing a potential life danger.