Section 15 of the Swedish Working Hours Act
Version 2013:611, English translation
Overview of the entire Working Hours Act
Important Notice
This is an outdated version of the Working Hours Act. The Swedish government produced a one-off unoffical English translation of the Working Hours Act in 2015. This page is based on that translation. The Working Hous Act has been revised repeatedly since then. None of the revisions have been translated into English. A summary of the changes is available on lagen.nu.
| Arbetstidens förläggning m.m. | Organisation of working time, etc. |
| 15 § | Section 15 |
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Med raster förstås sådana avbrott i den dagliga arbetstiden under vilka arbetstagarna inte är skyldiga att stanna kvar på arbetsstället. |
The term ‘breaks’ means interruptions in the daily working time during which employees are not obliged to remain at the workplace. |
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Arbetsgivaren skall på förhand ange rasternas längd och förläggning så noga som omständigheterna medger. |
The employer shall state the duration and organisation of breaks in advance as precisely as the circumstances allow. |
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Rasterna skall förläggas så, att arbetstagarna inte utför arbete mer än fem timmar i följd. Rasternas antal, längd och förläggning skall vara tillfredsställande med hänsyn till arbetsförhållandena. |
Breaks shall be organised so that employees do not perform work for more than five consecutive hours. The number, duration and organisation of breaks must be satisfactory with regard to the working conditions. |
| Source: www.riksdagen.se |