Employees’ secondary employment
Secondary employment means any activity alongside a staff member’s work that cannot be regarded as part of his or her private life. Secondary employment can be either paid or unpaid.
Authorised and prohibited secondary employment
Most secondary employment is authorised. However, some may, or must, be prohibited by law or collective agreements that apply to government employees. A secondary employment must not be detrimental to confidence in the sense that it disturbs confidence in the employee, their colleagues or Stockholm University. Secondary employment that hinders work or competes with the university's mission activities may also be prohibited.
R&D activities
Teachers in higher education institutions are expected to interact with society in accordance with the so-called third task. They therefore have a special right to engage in so-called R&D activities that involve research and development in their own subject area. However, according to the Higher Education Ordinance, teachers also have a special obligation to report their subject-related secondary employment to their employer. Like other secondary jobs, R&D jobs must not be detrimental to confidence, hinder work or compete with other work.
Regulations
Authorised secondary employment must be clearly separated from work within the framework of employment at Stockholm University.
The President decided on regulations on secondary employment on 25 February 2016. The information on employees' secondary employment, attached below, is an in-depth study of the subject and contains more detailed reasoning and accounts of practice in the area:
- what can be a secondary employment
- which secondary employment may be unauthorised because it is detrimental to the employer's confidence
- obstructing work or competing with the employer's operations
- the right of teachers to engage in secondary R&D activities
- teachers' obligation to declare subject-related secondary employment
- the employer's obligation to inform about the rules on secondary employment
- who makes decisions and gives information on secondary employment
- handling and storage of information on secondary employment.
Read more about secondary employment.
Register in Primula
Employees report secondary employment themselves in the Primula HR system. University teachers must do this on an ongoing basis and on their own initiative. Other employees are only obliged to report secondary employment in Primula if the employer requests it.
Contact
In the first place, please contact your department.