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It was on January 2 when 13 young fixed-term employees working at the Skistar facility in Vemdalen gathered at a cabin to watch the youth hockey World Cup and play games. According to information from DN, seven of them were sitting around the kitchen table, seven in the TV room and three in one of the bedrooms when the Skistar destination manager and two men from a security company entered the cabin .
According to a relative of one of the 13, the group received an insult and was fired the next day with immediate effect.
– They were rescinded despite the fact that the agreement establishes that the notice period is 14 days and despite the fact that they were not informed that they were not allowed to have guests in their cabins, the relative tells DN.
According to Skistar, the notice period applies, but all 13 are out of work for the 14 days. In addition, Skistar communications director Petra Hallenbrant claims there were 18 people in the cabin, 13 fixed-term employees and five “outsiders.”
In an internal email from Skistar CEO Stefan Sjöstrand, which DN received through Skistar, Sjöstrand writes that it is against the rules for staff accommodation to gather the way employees did. Rules that have also been tightened as a result of the corona pandemic.
“Given the prevailing situation In the situation with the corona pandemic, we see this type of violation of internal regulations as a risk of the work environment, ”writes the CEO. The family member does not consider this:
– They met with the same colleagues they worked with throughout the day, the relative tells DN.
Also someone who was present is very critical of Skistar’s actions.
– Me and other colleagues who went out together on a daily basis had gotten together to just hang out. I think it is completely morally defensible to meet with colleagues that you still meet on a daily basis despite the restrictions that exist. In closed companies, there are also no statutory requirements or laws. We act on the basis of what was said in our lease and employment agreement, Alexander Ek tells DN.
According to an alleged incident report from two guards from a security emergency patrolling the area, loud music was played and intoxicants were drunk in the cabin. They then called Skistar’s destination manager and together the three of them returned to the cabin.
When the three entered the cabin The destination manager explained that the employees had broken the rules and could no longer continue their work.
According to the relative, they did not drink alcohol but some who did not drive drank beer while the others drank soft drinks:
– The soda was described as grog wood, but it was not. The soda was drunk by those who were driving the car, says the father.
It also does not say that any of the 18 would have been drunk in the incident report.
In an email to Skistar’s destination manager in Vemdalen, Alexander Ek and another of the 13 write:
“By your actions you have shown evidence of bad judgment and have committed a crime. In Sweden, you are constitutionally protected to socialize in private in your own home in any way you want. This is a cornerstone of our democracy. We want to inform you of all this so that we hopefully come out of this stronger and so that you understand that you have made a serious mistake. A police report has been made against him for domestic violence. “
The relative of one of them other young people also criticize how Skistar reported on what applies to the cabins. Her son and the others had been informed that the families were not allowed to spend the night in the cabins, but not that they were not allowed to spend time with their co-workers.
– After the layoffs, CEO Stefan Sjöstrand writes on the Skistar intranet that they have now assumed their social responsibility. He writes that if an employee doesn’t follow the rules, one-on-one conversations will take place with the employees involved, then a risk assessment is conducted, and then appropriate action is taken. But none of this was done, says the relative.
