Table of Contents: Preface. Abbreviations. 1. Introduction. 2. The Legal Framework of Redundancy in Sweden. 3. Private Sector Employment Security Agreements. 4. The SN-PTK Agreement on Transition. 5. State Sector Employment Security Agreements. 6. Municipal Sector Employment Security Agreements. 7. Analysis of Redundancy in the Swedish Model. 8. Comparative Evaluation The Swedish Employment Security Agreements and Redundancy Regulation in Japan and England & Wales. 9. Conclusion. Summaries in Swedish and Japanese. Appendices. References. Index.