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Därför bråkar yngre och äldre på jobbet
De yngre fokuserar på sig själva och drivs av lust, de äldre tänker på kollektivet och låter pliktkänslan gå först. Det här en av anledningarna till att olika generationer ryker i hop med varandra på jobbet.
Enligt forskaren Anders Parment uppstår slitningar och konflikter på arbetsplatser eftersom de olika generationerna präglas av den tidsanda som rådde när de växte upp, skriver Computer Sweden.
De äldre känner att de tappar inflytande medan de unga tar för sig och fokuserar på "jag" och "mitt". Men det betyder inte att alla 80- och 90-talister är egoister menar Anders Parmen. Den yngre generationen har vuxit upp i ett individualistiskt samhälle där deras utveckling ständigt hamnat i fokus. 40- och 50-talisterna är däremot fostrade i Folkrörelsesverige där kollektivet går först.
Yngre har också andra krav på vilket jobb man vill ha och tvekar inte att byta arbete. Äldre är trogna arbetsgivaren medan yngre har inställningen att man byter jobb om man är missnöjd.
Jobb är snarare en plikt än självförverkligande för 40- och 50-talisterna, säger Anders Parment till Computer Sweden. Den yngre generationen drivs av lust och jobbar när de har inspiration. Det här skapar irritation hos äldre kollegor som anser att de yngre, oavsett hur ambitiösa de är, gör lite som de vill och när de vill.
Men enligt Anders Parment så går konflikterna att lösa. Försök att inse att vi alla är produkter av samhället vi växte upp i, var öppen och generös är hans råd.
Generationskonflikterna kommer också att minska med tiden spår han. När de 40-talisterna nu går i pension försvinner friktionen mellan de och 80-talisterna. 90-talisterna som kommer in i arbetslivet opponerar sig heller inte lika starkt mot sina föräldrar och samhället som tidigare generationer har gjort.
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No guaranteed wages in Northvolt's US reconstruction
Northvolt's financial troubles continue. Now, the battery manufacturer's hopes rest on a reconstruction in the USA. However, the process means that the state guaranteed wages – lönegaranti – will not apply to Union members.
The clock is ticking for the struggling battery manufacturer Northvolt. During the autumn, debts have piled up with the Swedish Enforcement Authority, and recently several of the company's major shareholders withdrew from negotiations for new financing. Since its inception in 2015, Northvolt has raised SEK 110 billion, but now the money is almost gone. According to CEO Peter Carlsson, they need to raise just over SEK 10 billion in the coming year, but so far the search for new financing has been fruitless.
Maintaining control with Chapter 11
Therefore, Northvolt has now taken the next step to save the company. The management has applied for a so-called Chapter 11 procedure, a type of reconstruction process in the USA that was recently used by the airline SAS. One possible explanation for the battery manufacturer turning to an American court is that it is considered doubtful that Northvolt would be granted a Swedish reconstruction, as it requires the company to be fundamentally viable. Another advantage of Chapter 11 is that the management is likely to retain control over the company.
No guaranteed wages for employees
However, there is a downside – for the employees. In an American process, Northvolt's employees will not be able to benefit from the Swedish state guaranteed wages - lönegaranti - according to several legal experts contacted by Kollega.
– The Swedish state does not pay any guaranteed wages if the company has not initiated a reconstruction or bankruptcy in Sweden. If Northvolt only initiates a Chapter 11 procedure in the USA, all the company's obligations to employees in Sweden to pay wages and other compensation according to the employment contract remain, says Hans Andersson, chairman of the Swedish Association of Restructuring and Bankruptcy Administrators.
If Union members at Northvolt do not receive their wages, the union can, however, request the company to be declared bankrupt in a Swedish court.
– If Northvolt does not pay wages on time, the employee or the union can collect the wages through the Enforcement Authority and ultimately request that the company be declared bankrupt if the wages are not settled, explains Hans Andersson.
Unionen: "Will collect unpaid wages"
Filip Vujcic, a union lawyer at Unionen, also assesses that members cannot benefit from the state guaranteed wages when a corporate reconstruction is initiated in the USA.
– This means that Unionen, in the event of future unpaid wages, needs to safeguard its members' rights through wage collection. According to Swedish bankruptcy rules, a corporate reconstruction in the USA does not prevent a member's bankruptcy application from being examined in a Swedish court, he says.
Will Unionen request Northvolt to be declared bankrupt if members do not receive their wages?
– Unionen does not comment on that question at this time.
*In wage collection, Unionen usually sends a demand letter to the employer, who has seven days to pay the wages. If the wages are still not paid, the employer receives a payment order via service. If that does not help either, Unionen sends a bankruptcy application to the district court.
This text has been translated with the help of AI.
CHAPTER 11
- American reconstruction process aimed at giving a company a chance to continue with all or parts of its operations. Normally, no administrator is appointed, and the debtor continues to run the business themselves.
- The company must present a plan that must be approved by the court. The plan aims to determine which debts the debtor should pay and which debts should be written off. The plan also provides the opportunity to terminate unfavorable contracts and reorganize the business so that it can continue to operate profitably.
- One advantage of turning to a court in the USA instead of using the Swedish reconstruction process is that a Chapter 11 has an impact in several countries. If a group has companies in different countries, they are all drawn under the same process instead of carrying it out in each country and risking different outcomes.
