Unregulated working time 

If you have unregulated working time, you are responsible yourself for how you plan and organise your working time, depending on your duties and goals. It is built on mutual trust between you and your employer. Unregulated working time gives you a great deal of freedom to plan your own working hours, but it does not mean that you can skip scheduled meetings or teaching.  

You do not need to report your working time every day, but it is assumed that you are working at the percentage of full-time employment for which you are employed and that your work is done on time and at the required standard. Your employer is responsible for ensuring that your workload is manageable, and you should inform them if it's not. This does not mean that you have to work more than is stipulated in Chapter 4 of the Villkorsavtal-T collective agreement on terms and conditions of employment. If you have unregulated working time, you are not entitled to compensation for overtime or additional hours.  

Unregulated working hours can be covered by local collective agreements. It is therefore a good idea to check with your local trade union association to find out what rules apply to you. 

If unregulated working time is not covered by a collective agreement and you do not have annual working hours, you can agree with your manager that you will switch to unregulated working time. This will require a formal negotiation, and you will need to draw up an individual agreement on unregulated working time. This agreement should also specify how you will be compensated for not having the right to overtime pay. Usually this means higher pay or more annual holiday leave days per year. The agreement also needs to include information on how it can be terminated. It is important that you talk to your local union representatives before signing any such agreement. 

Unregulated working time or annual working time? 

Unregulated working time should not be confused with annual working time for teachers. These are two completely different ways of setting working time. Annual working time is not the same as unregulated working time, although in both cases there is a high degree of trust in the employment relationship, as in both cases, teachers can organise and plan their working time themselves according to their duties and goals.