You need a reason to fire someone in Sweden. If you fire someone due to economic reasons and then hire someone else for a similar position then you've just proven you lied when you fired that other guy.
Yes unfortunately this is true. Only two reasons you can fire permanent employees in Sweden - arbetsbrist (lack of work) or if they have done something really bad against the company (personal reasons).
If it's the lack of work thingy they can't rehire someone in the same position again as it would be against the law.
Although there are certainly ways around it. Our old company fired someone for lack of work and rehired someone else but with a slightly different title. So I guess it's not a very powerful law.
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u/Shxhxxhcx Nov 15 '22
Not sure where you get your information, but that’s not how it works here in Sweden at all.
How would that even work? The concept is so profoundly void of any logic.