The Swedish Forest Agency

Type
Internal restructuring
Country
Sweden
Region
Location of affected unit(s)
Sector
Public Administration / Defence
84 - Public administration and defence; compulsory social security
84 - Public administration and defence; compulsory social security
84 - Public administration and defence; compulsory social security
124 jobs
Number of planned job losses
Job loss
Announcement Date
7 February 2019
Employment effect (start)
Foreseen end date

Description

The Swedish Forest Agency has announced plans cut 124 jobs. The dismissals will affect between 5 and 11 full time jobs at offices in all counties apart from the Västernorrland County. The reasons behind the cuts are a lower budget for 2019 and the Swedish Government‘s decisions to terminate certain employment measures and a programme on a national inventory of key biotopes. The agency stated that it will work intensively to keep the number of redundancies as low as possible and to provide support to affected employees. As of February 2019, the Forestry Agency has close to 800 permanent employees.

Sources

Citation

Eurofound (2019), The Swedish Forest Agency, Internal restructuring in Sweden, factsheet number 96734, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://apps.eurofound.europa.eu/restructuring-events/detail/96734.