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Section 13a of the Swedish Working Hours Act
Version 2013:611, English translation

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Arbetstidens förläggning m.m. Organisation of working time, etc.
13 a § Section 13a

Arbetstiden för nattarbetande får under varje period om tjugofyra timmar inte överstiga åtta timmar i genomsnitt under en beräkningsperiod om högst fyra månader. Vid genomsnittsberäkningen skall räknas av från beräkningsperioden tjugofyra timmar för varje påbörjad period om sju dagar. Semester och sjukfrånvaro under tid då arbetstagaren annars skulle ha arbetat skall likställas med fullgjord arbetstid.

Working time for night workers, in any twenty-four hour period, may not exceed an average of eight hours during a reference period of at most four months. When calculating the average, twenty-four hours shall be deducted from the reference period for each seven day period commenced. Annual leave and sickness absence during times when the employee would otherwise have worked shall be treated as hours worked.

Nattarbetande vars arbete innebär särskilda risker eller stor fysisk eller mental ansträngning får dock inte arbeta mer än åtta timmar under varje period om tjugofyra timmar som de utför arbete under natt. Avvikelse får göras tillfälligtvis, om det föranleds av något särskilt förhållande som inte har kunnat förutses av arbetsgivaren, under förutsättning att arbetstagaren ges motsvarande kompensationsledighet.

However, night workers whose work involves special risks or great physical or mental effort may not work more than eight hours in any twenty-four hour period in which they perform work during the night. Derogations may be made on a temporary basis if this is caused by a special circumstance that the employer could not have foreseen, provided that the employee is given a corresponding compensatory rest period.

Med nattarbetande avses den som normalt utför minst tre timmar av sitt arbetspass under natt eller troligen kommer att fullgöra minst en tredjedel av sin årsarbetstid under natt. Med natt avses perioden mellan klockan 22 och klockan 6. Lag (2005:165).

The term ‘night worker’ refers to those who normally perform at least three hours of their working shift during the night or will probably perform at least one third of their annual working time during the night. The term ‘night’ refers to the period between 22.00 and 06.00. Act (2005:165).
Source: www.riksdagen.se