In English: Tanvir, 32, hasn’t received his salary from Northvolt: “Six kronor left in my account”
Publicerad 2025-03-27, 15:30
The state wage guarantee is delayed for former Northvolt employees.
Tanvir Reza Akash doesn’t know how he will pay his bills.
– I’m very disappointed. We came here to work but don’t get paid on time. It’s a huge problem and an extremely large number of people are affected, he says.
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On Friday, Tanvir Reza Akash received notice of termination from Northvolt along with the news that his salary would not be paid as usual on the 25th. Instead, he and around 4 000 colleagues will have to wait until early next week at the earliest.
The reason is that the Swedish Tax Agency, which administers the state wage guarantee, has a processing time of five to ten days.
– I’m devastated. My bills are fixed, and I still haven’t paid for my housing or phone this month. I have six kronor left in my account today, says Tanvir Reza Akash.
To cover this month’s expenses, he needs between 10 000 and 15 000 kronor. But he doesn’t know how to get the money.
– I’ve applied to the municipality for financial assistance. But I don’t know how it will go, or how long it will take for them to make a decision. I’ve contacted my friends across Sweden as well, but it’s hard to borrow money. Everyone knows I don’t have a job anymore—there’s no security.
Now his wife is covering all their shared expenses with her income from working at a café:
– We usually split everything, but now she has to pay for everything. So it’s becoming a problem with her bills too — we have to prioritize which ones to pay, because it won’t be enough.
Even though the couple has been told they can postpone certain bills and payments, that also causes problems, he says:
– It might solve the situation in the short term, but it costs us even more to delay payments — we’ll have to pay double and more with interest if we pay next month. It’s incredibly stressful, says Tanvir Reza Akash.
According to the Swedish Tax Agency, the delay is due to the need to receive all necessary decisions and verify their accuracy.
– In total, it concerns just over 4 000 employees, divided among several companies that are entitled to the wage guarantee, says Helena Jangel Stridh, business developer at the Swedish Tax Agency, to SVT News.
This article has been translated from Swedish using AI.
