Sweden recently implemented major changes in employment law touching on workforce reductions, firing disputes, fixed-term employment and staffing agency workers.
Significant updates to the Swedish Employment Protection Act (EPA) provide new protections to workers and benefits for employers.
“The new EPA brings about multiple new changes for both employers and employees,” said Paula Hogéus, global labor and employment law leader at EY in Stockholm.
“The new EPA implies a careful balance of interests between employers’ needs for flexibility and employees’ needs for employment protection,” said Hogéus, who noted lawmakers revised procedures for handling termination disputes and strengthened rights for employees with fixed-term employment.
