Linnéuniversitetet, Institutionen för ekonomistyrning och logistik (ELO)
Abstract
This paper aims to find out what lex Sarah is and how the process looks like when it comes to the investigation, from reporting to registration to the IVO, the inspection of health and social care. Who investigates, the objective of the lex Sarah and how many cases of reports that comes to registration from the year between 2010-2014. Which legal consequences it can be for an employee who has been notified is investigated also. Previous research only deals with freedom of speech, criticism and the complaint goes to the asset, and because of that, this paper focuses on individual cases where employees ' perception of a lex Sarah-registration gives a psychosocial approach. The paper is limited to a municipality where statistics are retrieved and a comparison at a national level is performed. Furthermore, two interviews conducted with a socially responsible Coordinator (SAS)who is the responsible lex Sarah-investigators in the municipality and a Union representative person who can provide a possible picture of how people who have been in a lex Sarah-case, feel about that and also persons who have been suspended from their jobs because of the investigation, experienced the situations. It´s clear that people who ends up in situations like this is feeling very sad and gets in chock when they get a message that says they are involved in a lex Sarah-reporting
