Do I have a right of priority to re-employment?
Yes, where the employment ended for redundancy, you have worked more than twelve months in total during the last three years and have sufficient qualifications. The right runs nine months from the end of the employment.
What the source says
- Section 25: priority to re-employment for nine months after the employment ends.
- Section 25: the qualifying threshold is more than twelve months of service in the last three years.
- Section 25: priority applies within the same operating unit and bargaining area.
Source rows
- Employment Protection Act (SFS 1982:80)SFS 1982:80 · Labour Court decides disputes · Read 2026-08-20 · Content hash c09acdb6cbc7a227Official source
For the employer · How the employer puts the question
Keep a list of those with priority, it must be checked before a new post is filled.
For the employee · How the employee puts the question
Register the claim in writing, the priority must be asserted to be relied on.
Next step
Read the priority together with the selection order, both rest on the same service record.
The rows reproduce what the source says. They are not legal advice, and applying them to a specific case is the reader's or their counsel's decision.
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