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Socially responsible restructuring
Effective strategies for supporting redundant workers

Slovakia

Definitions Notification Consultation Statutory payments
Slovakia Various parts The employer must notify the The employer must discuss In the case of redundancies,
of the labour legislation employee and their the proposed redundancies severance payments are a
cover the provision for representatives, plus the PES, with employee legal requirement. However,
collective redundancies – at least one month in advance representatives at least one the level or basis for such
essentially seen as job of the proposed job losses month in advance and payments is not wholly
losses for ‘organisational taking effect. A first official should cove the grounds for prescribed by law and is at
reasons’. A collective notice provides this the job losses, the numbers the discretion of the
redundancy applies information, followed by a involved and the selection employer. Nevertheless, the
where an employer plans second notice that effectively criteria, as well as the guideline is that payments
to dismiss at least 20 begins the implementation timetable. should be as follows:
employees during a 90- process. For those with less than 5
day period. years’ service, two months
salary;
For those with over 5 years’
service, at least 3 months’
salary.

Finland

Definitions Notification Consultation Statutory payments
The relevant legislation Employers must give at least 5 The employer must consult There is no statutory
covering collective days notice for negotiations the employee provision for redundancy
redundancies applies to and provide a range of representatives fully and pay and any entitlement will
establishments that information that includes the provide all the necessary be set out in the social plan
employ at least 20, grounds for the job losses, the information in good time. developed jointly by the
though all dismissals are proposed selection criteria, and The discussions must also employer and employee
covered by law in terms timetable. In general cover how to promote the representatives.
of such factors as employees are entitled to future employment of those
grounds for termination, notice of termination according losing their jobs.
procedures, etc. In to their length of service with
addition, collective the employer. This ranges from
agreements may provide 14 days where the employee
for additional has been with the company for
requirements in the event less than one year, to six
of redundancies. months where the employment
period is more than 12 years.
The employer must also inform
the PES of any job losses
where the employee has been
in work for at least 3 years.

Sweden

Definitions Notification Consultation Statutory payments
Collective redundancies Notification to the County The relevant legislation Employees do not have any
are regulated in the same Employment Board must be requires the employer to statutory right to receive a
way as individual job made where 5 or more consult with the employee severance payment, though
losses and the legislation employees are affected and representatives and such an entitlement is
does not specify how different periods apply negotiate the terms of the normally enshrined in an
many employees would according to the number of job losses. The employer is individual employment
amount to a collective redundancies as follows: required to provide a range contract or collective
redundancy – though the 5-25 redundancies – 2 months of information to aid the agreement.
dismissals must be on the advance notice; process. In normal

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