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Nordic countries have minimum wages defined by collective bargaining agreements rather than the law - because unionization is so strong and the agreed minimums are relatively good, they don't really need national legal ones.



Yes, but it's still optional. Only 39% of small companies have signed a collective agreement in Sweden. Companies refusing unionization and paying way below the union rates is a real problem: https://www.breakit.se/artikel/7599/i-spent-two-weeks-delive...

Even most people in Sweden think there is a legal minimum wage and are surprised to hear it's 0 and that you can legally pay someone 0.01 an hour.




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