Resourcing

Recruitment, training, employment contracts, post-termination non-compete clauses, varying a contract of employment.

Sweden :: Employment status

Companies should take care to distinguish the appropriate basis for hiring staff to work for them …

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Sweden :: Variation of an employment contract

It is possible to change the terms and conditions of an individual employment contract in Sweden if both parties (employer and employee) agree to the changes …

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Sweden :: Recruitment

According to Section 25 of the Employment Protection Act (Lagen om anställningsskydd or LAS), workers who have been terminated by reason of redundancy have priority to re-employment in the activity in which they were previously employed …

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Sweden :: Part-time contracts

In Sweden, it is unlawful to discriminate against part-time employees …

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Sweden :: Non-compete clauses

➤ Are such clauses lawful? They will only be lawful — under Section 38 of the Swedish Contracts Act and the 2016 collective agreement — in certain circumstances …

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Sweden :: Fixed-term contracts

According to section 5 of the Employment Protection Act, a fixed-term contract of employment may be entered into in the following circumstances:  •    For no specific valid reason (general fixed-term employment), provided employment will last for no more than 12 months (wf 10/22) and the employee has not been employed on general fixed-term contracts for more than a total period of two years during the past five years …

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Sweden :: Employment contracts

An employer must provide the employee with written information of all terms and conditions that are materially relevant to the employment contract or relationship …

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Sweden :: Criminal records

A national crime register (belastningregistret) is maintained by the Police agency (Rikspolisstyrelsen) …

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