The duration of the negotiations depends on the number of personnel that the redundancies are expected to affect.
If the redundancies, i.e. terminations, lay-offs or reducing contracts to part-time contracts are estimated to affect less than 10 employees
- a written proposal for negotiations must be submitted at the latest five calendar days before the start of the negotiations.
- the duration of negotiations is 14 days.
The same time limits are abided by if the lay-offs last no more than 90 days and apply to at least ten employees.
If the employer is considering serving notice of termination, reducing contracts to part-time contracts and lay-offs lasting more than 90 days which apply to at least ten employees
- a written proposal for negotiations must be submitted at the latest five calendar days before the start of the negotiations.
- the duration of negotiations is six weeks.
The negotiations may also end earlier if the parties reach an understanding on the issues.
For further information, please see the page ‘Co-operation negotiations’.
According to the Church’s cooperation agreement, the negotiation proposal must be submitted at the latest 5 calendar days in advance, and the duration of negotiations is always at least 14 days.
Check the collective agreement that your workplace follows and the Act on Co-operation within Undertakings or the Church’s co-operation agreement to see what they say about the matter (only partially available in English).