European Restructuring Monitor (ERM)
Eurofound's ERM database on restructuring-related legal regulations provides information on regulations in the Member States of the European Union and Norway which are explicitly or implicitly linked to anticipating and managing change.
Whole regulation
In the case of employer insolvency, employees are eligible for wage guarantee. The wage guarantee aims at giving employees time to look for other jobs. Claims are not only guaranteed in cases of employer insolvency (permanent inability of the employer to pay the debts), but also in cases of restructuring events (current or foreseeable inability of the employer to pay the debts at due date, but there are activities to make the company survive a temporary crisis and avoid insolvency).
The wage guarantee is independent of the duration of the employment contract. It covers all claims that arose within the previous three months before registering for insolvency and one month after the decision of the insolvency court. The maximum amount per employee changes annually. To view the current maximum, visit Länsstyrelsen Stockholm. The guarantee is financed by the payroll tax and the state; there is no specific fund, but the financial means are registered as a special element in the national budget.
The benefit is paid out to employees by the Swedish government. Non-eligible workers include those who have been hired with the intervention of the public employment service and those who, alone or together with close relatives, own 20% or more of the company.
Examples of wage costs that can be replaced by the wage guarantee
There have been numerous cases of fraud related to the regulation. Wage guarantee payments were originally processed by the county administrative boards. In order to improve the decision-making information base for paying agents, the government decided in 2017 (DS 2017:67) that the state would be responsible for processing wage guarantee payments.
The government can accordingly appoint the authority responsible for the payment. The amendments entered into force on 1 January 2019.
Eurofound (2015), Sweden: Wage guarantee in case of insolvency, Restructuring legislation database, Dublin, https://apps.eurofound.europa.eu/legislationdb/wage-guarantee-in-case-of-insolvency/sweden
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