Sweden: PTK private employees’ federation and Svenskt Näringsliv employers’ organization to bargain for retraining agreements and the criteria for layoff order

cartel for industry and service employees) and Svenskt Näringsliv (key union confederation) announced that they would open talks regarding retraining agreements (omställningsavtal) in April. They are aware that the current provisions, notably those concerning layoff order criteria (turordningsregler) are not fully satisfactory in practice. This is why, in the name of pragmatism, they want to amend some provisions. However, even if they have the same goal in mind, they are not calling on the