Municipalities and regions often do too poorly control of people to be employed, writes GT.
– We have no picture, we have no control, says Tomas Björck, head of labor law at Sweden’s municipalities and regions, to the newspaper.
– It looks different with our members, and you probably have different requirements across the country, he adds.
GT has reviewed all notices and decisions on dismissal in 71 western Swedish municipalities for more than three years. 155 employees were forced to leave their jobs due to crime or other gross misconduct. 51 of these, ie almost one in three, had within a year got a new job in the same profession with a neighboring municipality or region.
A person who has just been fired often leaves no references from that workplace when applying for a new job. And the hiring manager sometimes does not make his own check.
If the mistake is discovered afterwards, a person who is deemed unsuitable can be dismissed with severance pay, if he has not committed any documented error at the new job.
– Sometimes you can see that if the recruitment had looked different, the person might not have been hired, says Tomas Björck.
It also happens that the person who has been fired immediately leaves false or distorted information when applying for a new job. In such cases, a new employer may have the right to terminate the employment.