Section 17 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This is an outdated version of the Working Hours Act.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. |
| 17 § | Section 17 |
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Arbetsgivaren skall ordna arbetet så att arbetstagarna kan ta de pauser som behövs utöver rasterna. |
The employer shall organise work so that employees are able to take pauses from work as necessary, in addition to breaks. |
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Om arbetsförhållandena kräver det, får i stället särskilda arbetspauser läggas ut. Arbetsgivaren skall i så fall på förhand ange arbetspausernas längd och förläggning så noga som omständigheterna medger. |
If the working conditions so require, special work pauses may instead be scheduled. If so, the employer shall state the duration and organisation of the pauses in advance as precisely as the circumstances allow. |
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Pauser räknas in i arbetstiden. |
Pauses are included in the working time. |
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