SVT's review has shown how the Swedish Work Environment Authority, after pressure from the municipalities' organization SKR, has toned down and backed away from its harsh requirements for oral protection at the Serafen housing in Stockholm.
In at least two cases, documents have been deleted that show the reversal - including an expert opinion from his own expert.
"There were different aspects to the issue," says the authority's director-general Erna Zelmin-Ekenhem, who at the same time rejects that they should have backed down on pressure.
Following SVT's review, managers at the authority have now asked the staff to clear their mailboxes.
Refers to GDPRThe Swedish Work Environment Authority's press department writes in a commentary that, as in the previous cases, it is a completely normal cleansing needed to comply with the so-called GDPR Act.
It is not uncommon for authorities to clean their mail baskets. However, according to SVT's sources, similar calls have not appeared before at the Swedish Work Environment Authority, and the action is linked internally to SVT's review and is perceived as an attempt to reduce the possibility of transparency.
At the same time, the Ombudsman for Justice has received four new notifications from the Swedish Work Environment Authority, including precisely for deletion of documents.
One of the reports comes from a former employee who believes that the authority has acted partially by adapting to pressure. "He has worked for AV himself for 29 years and is recently retired and it was then very important for both parties to bring their case forward."
See the interview with Erna Zelmin-Ekenhem in the video above.
See SVT's review of the mouthguard business here.