Flexible working hours, overtime and additional hours
If you are employed as technical or administrative staff, you have the possibility to work flexible hours to some extent. This is done on the basis of the needs of the organisation and fixed time frames for when the flexible working hours may be used.
The flexi-frame: 6:00–20:00. Flexible working hours can start at the earliest at 6:00 am and end at the latest at 8:00 pm on weekdays.
Fixed time: 9:00–15:00. The fixed time is the time within the flexi-frame that all flexi-time employees must work. On days with reduced working hours, the fixed time is 9:00–12:00.
Lunch flex: 11.00–14.00. You must take a lunch break of at least 30 minutes. You may not work more than 6 continuous hours without a longer break.
Flexitime balance: There is an upper limit to the number of hours plus and a lower limit to the number of hours minus you can have in your flexitime balance:
- maximum 40 hours plus
- maximum 20 hours minus.
You can use the extra time to take leave. If you want to take flexitime for a whole day or part of a day, talk to your manager and agree when and if it is possible.
Overtime for those working flexible hours
It is the employer who decides whether you as an employee should work overtime. You work overtime if you are ordered to work
- for longer than your normal working hours
- for time that is outside the flexitime framework.
Overtime pay
If you are ordered to work overtime, it is compensated with compensatory leave or financial compensation. Depending on the times and days you work overtime, the overtime is either simple or qualified and entitles you to different amounts of compensation. In a calendar year, you may not work more than 150 hours of overtime.
You work qualified overtime if you work:
- from 19:00 on Friday evening until 7:00 on Monday morning
- from 19:00 on the eve of Epiphany, Good Friday, May Day, Ascension Day, National Day, Midsummer's Eve, Christmas Eve or New Year's Eve until 7:00 on the following working day
- from 22:00 to 6:00.
All other overtime is simple overtime.
Compensation for simple overtime:
- Compensatory leave 1.5 times as long as the time you worked overtime.
Example: if you have worked 2 hours of overtime, this gives you 3 hours of compensatory leave. - Hourly financial compensation is calculated by dividing your individual monthly salary by 94.
Example: if you have worked 2 hours overtime and have a monthly salary of SEK 35 000, this will give you a financial compensation of SEK 745 (before tax).
Compensation for qualifying overtime:
- Compensatory time off 2 times the amount of time you worked overtime.
Example: if you have worked 2 hours of overtime, this gives you 4 hours of compensatory leave. - Hourly financial compensation is calculated by dividing your individual monthly salary by 72.
Example: if you have worked 2 hours overtime and have a monthly salary of SEK 35 000, this will give you a financial compensation of SEK 972 (before tax).
Additional hours for part-time workers
It is the employer who decides whether you, as an employee, will work additional hours. For work involving additional hours, priority should be given to employees who volunteer to do so. You are working additional hours if you are instructed to work for longer than your normal part-time hours, but up to the normal daily working hours.
Part-time employees who are instructed to work hours falling between their part-time hours and the standard working hours for the equivalent full-time position will be compensated under the same rules as for overtime from 1 January 2026. Each day is counted separately.
Example: If you have a 75 per cent part-time position and have scheduled your normal working hours so that you work 6 hours a day, and your manager instructs you to work full-time for one week, you are entitled to additional hours compensation for 10 working hours.
Work during additional hours and overtime may not exceed a total of 200 hours in a year.
Contact
In the first place, please contact your department.