A person who, like Christina Lindqvist in Skellefteå who started the appeal and finally got rid of her job, should not be left alone in her conflict with the municipality, he thinks.
- No, instead it should be possible to report somewhere so that an investigation is made, thinks Hans Brettschneider (MP).
He has reacted to, for example, how Skellefteå municipality as an employer acted after Assignment Review's program "Shut up and sound" which was broadcast last week.
In a post that reached up to 9,000 employees on the intranet and then also the public via the website, information about Christina Lindqvist was released.
- She was hung out, it was distasteful.
And she also has no opportunity to defend herself, states Hans Brettschneider (MP).
The municipality changed posts
There were more who reacted.
The local newspaper Folkbladet followed up on the information and the municipality then edited the text on the website.
But then it had been about a day.
- It took too long and I mean that if there had been a body in the community where employees or the municipality could report themselves, such dubious cases could be investigated.
Therefore, he suggests that Sweden should introduce some form of "lex Christina" that could work much like "lex Sarah" or "lex Maria" does.
- Exactly how it could work in practice, I will probably have to leave to the law to sort out, but I really think that something must be done because it is very difficult for individuals to pursue such issues against a large strong municipality.
The municipality's response to Christina
One week after Skellefteå municipality posted the text on the website to give its picture to the program Assignment review, HR manager Joakim Lundin also replied to Christina Lindqvist in an email that:
- We published content that was inappropriate and we regret that.
We have edited the text.
- It is probably the closest thing to an apology I will get, says Christina Lindqvist who in the clip also tells how she herself looks at a "lex Christina".