In Exchange for Employment Protection – An Analysis on Sweden’s Managerial Position and the UK’s Employee Shareholders
(2023) HARH16 20222Department of Business Law
- Abstract
- This essay describes which categories of employees that are exempted from employment protection in Sweden and the United Kingdom. The focus of the essay will be the UK’s employee shareholders and Sweden’s employees in a managerial or comparable position, since these two categories give up their protection and receive some form of compensation, and/or some other form of protection in return. The essay describes what protection these categories are missing and what they receive instead. The employee shareholder status has a
clearer definition in the law than managerial position has, which leaves less room for uncertainties, while there have been many cases in the Swedish Labour Court regarding who has a managerial position. In exchange for... (More) - This essay describes which categories of employees that are exempted from employment protection in Sweden and the United Kingdom. The focus of the essay will be the UK’s employee shareholders and Sweden’s employees in a managerial or comparable position, since these two categories give up their protection and receive some form of compensation, and/or some other form of protection in return. The essay describes what protection these categories are missing and what they receive instead. The employee shareholder status has a
clearer definition in the law than managerial position has, which leaves less room for uncertainties, while there have been many cases in the Swedish Labour Court regarding who has a managerial position. In exchange for their employment protection, employees in a managerial position receive salary- and employment benefits equal to or greater than the law, as well as still being covered by the law, if the Swedish Labour Court considers the benefits being equal to or less than what the Employment Protection Act provides. Employee shareholders receive shares worth at least £2,000 in the company. However, unlike company managers, they will remain exempted from the law no matter what happens to their benefits (i.e if their shares lose value). (Less) - Abstract (Swedish)
- Denna uppsats beskriver vilka kategorier av anställda som är undantagna från
anställningsskydd i Sverige och Storbritannien. Fokus för uppsatsen är Storbritanniens ‘employee shareholder’ och Sveriges anställda i en företagsledande eller jämförbar ställning, eftersom dessa två kategorier ger upp delar av sitt anställningsskydd och får någon form av ersättning eller kompensation för detta. Uppsatsen beskriver vilket skydd dessa kategorier
har, vilket skydd de saknar och vad de får för kompensation. ‘Employee shareholder’ har en mycket tydligare definition i lagen vilket ger mindre utrymme för osäkerheter, samtidigt som det har varit många mål i Arbetsdomstolen om vem som har en företagsledande ställning. I utbyte mot sitt... (More) - Denna uppsats beskriver vilka kategorier av anställda som är undantagna från
anställningsskydd i Sverige och Storbritannien. Fokus för uppsatsen är Storbritanniens ‘employee shareholder’ och Sveriges anställda i en företagsledande eller jämförbar ställning, eftersom dessa två kategorier ger upp delar av sitt anställningsskydd och får någon form av ersättning eller kompensation för detta. Uppsatsen beskriver vilket skydd dessa kategorier
har, vilket skydd de saknar och vad de får för kompensation. ‘Employee shareholder’ har en mycket tydligare definition i lagen vilket ger mindre utrymme för osäkerheter, samtidigt som det har varit många mål i Arbetsdomstolen om vem som har en företagsledande ställning. I utbyte mot sitt anställningsskydd får anställda i en företagsledande ställning löne- och anställningsförmåner som är lika med, eller bättre än lagen, samt omfattas fortfarande av lagen, om dessa förmåner någonsin skulle understiga lagen. Å andra sidan får anställda aktieägare aktier i företaget till ett värde av minst 2 000 pund. Men till skillnad från företagsledare förblir de undantagna från lagen oavsett vad som händer med deras förmåner. (Less)
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- author
- Ståleker, Noah LU and Nomark, Sofia LU
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- organization
- course
- HARH16 20222
- year
- 2023
- type
- M2 - Bachelor Degree
- subject
- keywords
- Managerial position, Employee shareholder
- language
- English
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- 9106312
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abstract = {{This essay describes which categories of employees that are exempted from employment protection in Sweden and the United Kingdom. The focus of the essay will be the UK’s employee shareholders and Sweden’s employees in a managerial or comparable position, since these two categories give up their protection and receive some form of compensation, and/or some other form of protection in return. The essay describes what protection these categories are missing and what they receive instead. The employee shareholder status has a
clearer definition in the law than managerial position has, which leaves less room for uncertainties, while there have been many cases in the Swedish Labour Court regarding who has a managerial position. In exchange for their employment protection, employees in a managerial position receive salary- and employment benefits equal to or greater than the law, as well as still being covered by the law, if the Swedish Labour Court considers the benefits being equal to or less than what the Employment Protection Act provides. Employee shareholders receive shares worth at least £2,000 in the company. However, unlike company managers, they will remain exempted from the law no matter what happens to their benefits (i.e if their shares lose value).}},
author = {{Ståleker, Noah and Nomark, Sofia}},
language = {{eng}},
note = {{Student Paper}},
title = {{In Exchange for Employment Protection – An Analysis on Sweden’s Managerial Position and the UK’s Employee Shareholders}},
year = {{2023}},
}