On Wednesday, the staff board made the decision to withdraw from the drug tests.

- Under the conditions that have now emerged, it does not feel like the right situation to implement the decision as one of the first municipalities in Sweden. says Evelina Fahlesson (S), chair of the staff committee in a press release.

hesitations

Several authorities are also critical of the tests, the municipality intends to continue to monitor the issue.

- When both the Justice Ombudsman (JO) and the Data Inspectorate and Sweden's municipalities and county councils (SKR) raise doubts about several legal aspects, then it is not possible to go further, says Joakim Lundin, human resources manager in the press release.

Skellefteå municipality also postpones work on guidelines for drug testing in connection with new hires this fall.

Second setback

The municipality has also for some time tried to get voluntary random drug tests for high school youth.

But that has been stopped because the Left Party has decided to appeal the tests.