Additional hours for part-time employees

Additional hours means any extra hours that a part-time employee is asked to work beyond the working time specified in their employment contract. 

If you work additional hours, you are entitled to compensation. If you are employed in the state sector, the compensation can be in the form of either time off or money, as stipulated in the Villkorsavtal-T central collective agreement on terms and conditions of employment. 

Limitations 

The Villkorsavtal-T collective agreement states that additional hours may not result in an employee having the equivalent of more than full-time employment. The employer must first ask the employee to work additional hours voluntarily. If you have valid reasons for not working additional hours, you should be able to be exempt from doing so. Talk to your manager if you cannot work additional hours. 

If you are on part-time sick leave, statutory part-time leave or leave to care for a sick child, your employer cannot ask you to work additional hours. If you work more than planned, this could affect your right to compensation from the Social Insurance Agency.  

Local regulations 

In some cases, some or all of the provisions of the Villkorsavtal-T collective agreement can be replaced or supplemented by local collective agreements. Contact the local Saco-S association or the local SULF association at your higher education institution for more information on any local rules regarding additional hours. 

Further information

The full text of Villkorsavtal-T can be found on the Swedish Agency for Government Employers’ website (in Swedish).