Section 6 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This is an outdated version of the Working Hours Act.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 |
| 6 § | Section 6 |
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Om det på grund av verksamhetens natur är nödvändigt att en arbetstagare står till arbetsgivarens förfogande på arbetsstället för att vid behov utföra arbete, får jourtid tas ut med högst 48 timmar per arbetstagare under en tid av fyra veckor eller 50 timmar under en kalendermånad. Som jourtid anses inte tid då arbetstagaren utför arbete för arbetsgivarens räkning. |
If, due to the nature of the activity, it is necessary that an employee be at the disposal of the employer at the place of work to carry out work activities as needed, on-call time may be claimed up to a maximum of 48 hours per employee over a period of 4 weeks or 50 hours per calendar month. The time during which an employee performs work on behalf of the employer is not considered on-call time. |
| Source: www.riksdagen.se |