If the company has a collective bargaining agreement and want to use short-time work it needs to negotiate with the union. The union can be informed and negotiation take place already now and if there is a central bargaining agreement allowing for short-time work, an agreement with the union can be made. Companies without collective bargaining agreements can agree with at least 70 percent of their employees at the workplace. The agreements can be made first when short-time work is relevant. The agreement should contain information on what employees are affected and how much the worktime should be reduced (20, 40 or 60 percent). The agreements can be made applicable retroactively. The agreements should contain the conditions for starting short-time work and ending the same. The employer thereafter make the decision when to start and when to end. At GreenCounsel you can prepare an agreement for the employees to sign without charge. We handle the flow through our software robot David and you only need to fill out the necessary information and thereafter the employees will be requested to sign the agreement online. Go to the service here: https://greencounsel.se/short-time-work.