Support for those whose employment with Northvolt has been terminated

Help is available at the government service centres in Västerås and Skellefteå

You can get help and information at a service centre from the Swedish Public Employment Service (“Arbetsförmedlingen”), the Swedish Social Insurance Agency (“Försäkringskassan”), the Swedish Migration Agency (“Migrationsverket”), the Swedish Tax Agency (“Skatteverket”) and the Swedish Pensions Agency (“Pensionsmyndigheten”).

A service centre can offer you help with relatively straightforward matters, such as general information or guidance on using the digital services provided by the government agencies above. We can help you to register as a job seeker, submit activity reports, use computers for self-service, find and fill in forms, and make applications. We can also provide updates on your ongoing requests or cases.

Help is available in Swedish and English at our service centres. If you need help in another language, we can arrange an interpreter for you.

Register with the Swedish Public Employment Service for targeted support

If your employment with Northvolt or one of its subcontractors has been terminated, it is important to register as a job seeker with the Swedish Public Employment Service (“Arbetsförmedlingen”) on your first day of unemployment. Register details of your work experience and previous employers. Then the Swedish Public Employment Service will be able to provide targeted support to help you find a new job.

Unemployed – what happens now? (the Swedish Public Employment Service)

Dismissed from Northvolt? Register with us on your first day of unemployment (the Swedish Public Employment Service)

Information from the Swedish Migration Agency on work permits at Northvolt

Many Northvolt employees are citizens of countries outside the EU, with work permits based on their employment at the company. If you have a Swedish residence permit based on employment, and your employment is terminated, you have three months to find a new job. If you do not find a new job within three months, or if your work permit expires before then and you do not have the right to reside in Sweden on any other basis, you must leave the country.

If you change employer or profession or stop working (the Swedish Migration Agency)

The Swedish Tax Agency

The Swedish Tax Agency makes wage guarantee payments to you, but the bankruptcy administrator or business reorganisation officer decides on the amount that you receive.

The wage guarantee means that you can receive compensation for unpaid salary or wages when your employer undergoes bankruptcy or business reorganisation.

Wage guarantees for employees (the Swedish Tax Agency)

Here's what to do if your employment in Sweden has been terminated (the Swedish Tax Agency)

The Swedish Social Insurance Agency

It is important to register with the Swedish Public Employment Service on your first day of unemployment in order to protect your sickness benefit qualifying income (this is called SGI in Swedish (“sjukpenninggrundande inkomst).

The income on which sickness benefit is based forms the basis for benefits such as sickness benefit, parental benefit and parental leave.

Job Seeker (the Swedish Social Insurance Agency)

The Swedish Pensions Agency

Compensation from unemployment insurance (“arbetslöshetskassa” or “a-kassa”) is pensionable. This may be an unemployment insurance daily allowance, or an activity allowance paid to those on a government employment programme. This means that you still earn your state pension contributions while you are unemployed.

Information compiled by Skellefteå municipality

Information regarding Northvolt's bankruptcy and the impact on local businesses (Skellefteå municipality)