{"id":12545,"date":"2024-02-15T18:15:34","date_gmt":"2024-02-15T17:15:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.arbetsgivarjuristen.se\/lessons\/3-14-uppsagning-pa-grund-av-arbetsbrist\/"},"modified":"2025-03-12T21:24:14","modified_gmt":"2025-03-12T20:24:14","slug":"3-14-dismissal-for-lack-of-work","status":"publish","type":"mpcs-lesson","link":"https:\/\/lewlex.se\/en\/courses\/kurs-i-arbetsratt\/lessons\/3-14-uppsagning-pa-grund-av-arbetsbrist\/","title":{"rendered":"3.14 Termination due to lack of work"},"content":{"rendered":"<h4><\/h4>\n<h1>Termination due to lack of work<\/h1>\n<h4>Initiation of dismissal due to lack of work<\/h4>\n<p>Dismissal due to shortage of work is a common form of dismissal that relates to organizational reasons rather than personal reasons of the individual employee. Short-time working can arise, for example, in the case of business closures, outsourcing or reorganization. It is important to note that poor performance, such as a salesperson's lack of sales, is not considered short-time working but falls under personal reasons.<\/p>\n<h4>1. Reorganization plan<\/h4>\n<p>If the employer is planning a reorganization, a reorganization plan should be drawn up. The plan should describe what the organization looks like today and what it will look like after the change is implemented. It should also include details of any redundancies. The plan should be attached to the notice of negotiation and sent to the trade unions active in the workplace, including those to which the employer is bound by collective agreements.<\/p>\n<h4>2. risk analysis<\/h4>\n<p>In the case of reorganizations, the employer is required by the Work Environment Act and the Swedish Work Environment Authority's regulations on systematic work environment management (AFS 2001:1) to carry out a risk analysis to assess how the reorganization may affect the staff's work environment. It is common for the union to request this risk analysis during negotiations.<\/p>\n<h4>3. roster and redeployment study<\/h4>\n<p>According to the Employment Protection Act (LAS), the order of priority must be determined according to the \"last in, first out\" principle in the event of redundancies due to lack of work. A separate roster must be drawn up for each operational unit. An operational unit is a geographically delimited unit within the establishment. It is important to note that a workplace in a residence is not necessarily a separate operating unit.<\/p>\n<h4><strong>Contract tour list<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p>Employers bound by collective agreements can, in consultation with the union, agree on a different roster than the one set out in the law, called an agreement roster. This gives the employer and the union the flexibility to adapt the roster to the needs of the business.<\/p>\n<h4><strong>Exception<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p>All employers may exempt three employees from the priority list who are of particular importance to the continued operation. It is the employer who makes that assessment, but like everything else in this world, it is a good thing if the employer has a reasonably reasonable basis for their assessment.<\/p>\n<h4>Relocation investigation<\/h4>\n<p>Before an employer can carry out dismissals due to shortage of work, he must, according to \u00a7 7 LAS, examine the possibilities of reassigning the employee to another position within the company. If there is a vacant position for which the employee has sufficient qualifications, the employer is obliged to offer the employee this position in order to avoid dismissal. The position can either be vacant or it can be filled by someone with a shorter period of service than the person who may be dismissed.<\/p>\n<h4>4.Obtaining trade union membership for those who may be affected<\/h4>\n<p>The employer is obliged to negotiate reorganizations with the relevant trade unions. This applies both to trade unions with which the employer has a collective agreement and to trade unions of which employees are members, even if the employer is not bound by a collective agreement with the specific union. This is done in accordance with the Co-determination Act (MBL \u00a7\u00a7 11-13).<\/p>\n<h4>5. Send a summons to a hearing<\/h4>\n<p>There are several reasons why employers are obliged to issue a physical notice stating that the trade union has been summoned to negotiations. Firstly, it is the culture of the labor market to use summonses to indicate that there is a negotiation. But it is also important from an evidential point of view to use a physical summons. The notice must state the time and place where the negotiation will take place. It should also state what the negotiation will be about - in this case, it will be about reorganization with associated possible dismissal due to lack of work. The reason why you write possibly is precisely because of co-determination in working life, which the union has the right to participate in. This does not mean that the union can oppose or in any way hinder the implementation of a reorganization. It is the employer who decides what the organization should look like, so the union has the right to be involved and try to influence before or decision is made.<\/p>\n<h4>6. Conduct negotiations<\/h4>\n<p>At the negotiation, the employer presents its reorganization plan and describes why certain employees may have to be laid off due to shortage of work. If it is redundancy, the employer should specify why these particular employees are affected by the redundancy. The negotiation must be minuted and it is an advantage for the employer to draw up the minutes themselves to ensure that all relevant points are included. It is important that the minutes of the negotiation clearly state that the negotiation has been concluded and that the employer has fulfilled its obligation to negotiate.<\/p>\n<h4>7. Sell<\/h4>\n<p>Once the negotiations have been completed and the obligation to negotiate has been fulfilled, the employer can implement the reorganization and dismiss the workers concerned on the grounds of shortage of work, or follow any agreements reached during the negotiations.<\/p>\n<h4>Tips for further reading<\/h4>\n<article data-id=\"10100\">\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.lewlex.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/lyckas-400x267.jpg\" sizes=\"(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.lewlex.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/lyckas-400x267.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.lewlex.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/lyckas-1200x800.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/www.lewlex.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/lyckas-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.lewlex.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/lyckas-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.lewlex.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/lyckas-2048x1365.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/www.lewlex.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/lyckas-430x287.jpg 430w, https:\/\/www.lewlex.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/lyckas-700x467.jpg 700w, https:\/\/www.lewlex.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/lyckas-150x100.jpg 150w\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"267\" \/><\/p>\n<header>\n<h2><a title=\"Reorganization and dismissal due to labor shortage\" href=\"https:\/\/lewlex.se\/en\/how-is-the-employer-succeeding-with-the-reorganization\/\">Reorganization and dismissal due to labor shortage<\/a><\/h2>\n<\/header>\n<p>Leading a company through a major change Leading a...<\/p>\n<\/article>","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"template":"","mpcs-curriculum-categories":[],"mpcs-curriculum-tags":[],"class_list":["post-12545","mpcs-lesson","type-mpcs-lesson","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lewlex.se\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/mpcs-lesson\/12545","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lewlex.se\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/mpcs-lesson"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lewlex.se\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/mpcs-lesson"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lewlex.se\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12545"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"mpcs-curriculum-categories","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lewlex.se\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/mpcs-curriculum-categories?post=12545"},{"taxonomy":"mpcs-curriculum-tags","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lewlex.se\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/mpcs-curriculum-tags?post=12545"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}