Two recent Labour Court judgments – How has the court applied the “objective reasons” criteria?

Insights|December 19, 2024

In this episode of Hire & Fire, Hilda Kristoffersson Cangemark and Aylin Bahmanyar Strand talk about the “objective reasons” criteria in the Swedish Employment Protection Act, recently applied by the Labour Court.

As of October 1, 2022, the law changed from “objective grounds” to “objective reasons,” impacting dismissals for personal reasons. Now, only one redeployment attempt is needed, and employers don’t have to consider other factors outside the circumstances leading up to the termination. Hilda and Aylin discuss two recent court cases and how the Labour Court evaluated the fairness of these dismissals. Find the episode in your podcast app! Please note that the podcast is in Swedish.