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Section 7 of the Swedish Working Hours Act
Version 2013:611, English translation

Overview of the entire Working Hours Act

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This is an outdated version of the Working Hours Act.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.
Övertid Overtime
7 § Section 7

Med övertid förstås sådan arbetstid som överstiger ordinarie arbetstid enligt 5 § och jourtid enligt 6 §. Om annan ordinarie arbetstid eller jourtid gäller på grund av kollektivavtal som har tillkommit i den ordning som anges i 3 § första stycket, eller på grund av medgivande om avvikelse av Arbetsmiljöverket enligt 19 § 1, skall med övertid i stället förstås sådan arbetstid som vid heltidsarbete överstiger ordinarie arbetstid och jourtid enligt avtalet eller medgivandet.

The term ‘overtime’ means working time in excess of regular working time as defined in Section 5 and on-call time as defined in Section 6. Where other regular working time or on-call time applies under a collective agreement concluded in the manner stated in Section 3, first paragraph, or following a derogation granted by the Swedish Work Environment Authority under Section 19, point 1, overtime shall instead, in the context of full-time work, mean working time in excess of regular working time and on-call time under the agreement or by consent.

Vid beräkning av övertid skall kompensationsledighet eller annan ledighet som förläggs till arbetstagarens ordinarie arbetstid eller jourtid likställas med fullgjord ordinarie arbetstid respektive jourtid. Lag (2000:766).

When calculating overtime, compensatory rest periods or other rest periods that are scheduled during the employee's regular working time or on-call time shall be treated as regular hours worked or time spent on call. Act (2000:766).
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