Section 16 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This is an outdated version of the Working Hours Act.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. |
| 16 § | Section 16 |
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Raster får bytas ut mot måltidsuppehåll vid arbetsplatsen, om det är nödvändigt med hänsyn till arbetsförhållandena eller med hänsyn till sjukdomsfall eller annan händelse som inte har kunnat förutses av arbetsgivaren. Sådana måltidsuppehåll räknas in i arbetstiden. |
Breaks may be substituted by meal breaks at the workplace where necessary in view of the working conditions, or in view of illness or other events that the employer could not have foreseen. Meal breaks of this kind shall be included in the working time. |
| Source: www.riksdagen.se |