Section 5 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This is an outdated version of the Working Hours Act.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.
| Ordinarie arbetstid och jourtid | Regular working time and on-call time |
| 5 § | Section 5 |
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Den ordinarie arbetstiden får uppgå till högst 40 timmar i veckan. |
Regular working time may not exceed 40 hours per week. |
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När det behövs med hänsyn till arbetets natur eller arbetsförhållandena i övrigt, får arbetstiden uppgå till 40 timmar i veckan i genomsnitt för en tid av högst fyra veckor. |
Where necessary with regard to the nature of the work or the working conditions in general, working time may amount to an average of 40 hours per week for a period of at most four weeks. |
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Veckan räknas från och med måndag, om inte annan beräkning tillämpas på arbetsstället. |
Monday is considered the first day of the week, unless another arrangement is in place at the workplace |
| Source: www.riksdagen.se |