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Computes the notice period under section 11 of the Employment Protection Act from length of service and who gives notice. A collective agreement may give longer, and that agreement prevails.
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LAS SFS 1982:80 · Arbetsvillkorsdirektivet CELEX 32019L1152 · Read 2026-08-20
Swedish Labour Court: The Labour Court decides dismissal disputes and starts from the grounds the employer stated when notice was given, so the reason should be documented the same day. source
Total time with the employer, counted up to the day notice is given.
LAS SFS 1982:80 · Arbetsvillkorsdirektivet CELEX 32019L1152 · Read 2026-08-20
The Swedish Parliament: The notice period in section 11 of the Employment Protection Act steps up with total service with the employer, as the statutory text sets it out. source
LAS SFS 1982:80 · Arbetsvillkorsdirektivet CELEX 32019L1152 · Read 2026-08-20
European Commission: The Directive on transparent and predictable working conditions requires the notice period to appear in the written information given to the worker. source
The answer is computed once every step is answered.
Swedish Labour Court · 2021-05-05
An employer gave notice citing redundancy while the duties remained in place.
The court examined whether the redundancy was genuine and weighed the employer's documentation at the time of notice.
The notice period runs from the day notice is given, while the ground is tested against what was documented that day.
https://www.arbetsdomstolen.se/sv/avgoranden/Court of Justice of the European Union · 2019-05-14
A trade union demanded that the employer record actual daily working time.
The court held that Member States must require a system measuring each worker's daily working time.
Service and working time must be provable from records, not from recollection.
https://curia.europa.eu/juris/liste.jsf?num=C-55/18The 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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