Section 8 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This is an outdated version of the Working Hours Act.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.
| Övertid | Overtime |
| 8 § | Section 8 |
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När det finns särskilt behov av ökad arbetstid, får övertid tas ut med högst 48 timmar per arbetstagare under en tid av fyra veckor eller 50 timmar under en kalendermånad, dock med högst 200 timmar under ett kalenderår (allmän övertid). Lag (2011:740). |
When there is a special need to increase the number of hours worked, overtime may be worked up to a maximum of 48 hours per employee over a period of four weeks, or 50 hours over a calendar month, with a maximum of 200 hours over a calendar year(general overtime). Act (2011:740). |
| Source: www.riksdagen.se |