What the law says in Sweden about rest, hours, breaks, night work and workers under 18, with the provision behind each figure, and what helloswap checks when a shift is planned, swapped or taken.
Each figure is the law's, with the number of its source. The last column says what helloswap does with a shift that breaks it.
| Rule | What the law says | In helloswap |
|---|---|---|
| Rest between two shifts | At least 11 hours in a row1 | Blocks the shift |
| Average working week | At most 48 hours a week on average over 4 months2 | Blocks the shift |
| Weekly rest | 36 hours in a row every week3 | Warning |
| Break | A break when the working day is longer than 5 hours; the law sets no length for it4 | Warning |
| Night period | 22:00 to 06:005 | Definition |
| Night work | Someone who normally works at least 3 hours of the day in the night period is a night worker5 | Definition |
| Limit for night work | At most 8 hours on average in every twenty-four hours, over 4 months6 | Blocks the shift |
Someone who is under 18 on the day of the shift gets these figures. helloswap goes by the date of birth on the person's profile. An empty cell means the law has no figure there that this page can state.
| Rule | Under 15 | Age 15 | Ages 16–17 | In helloswap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rest between two shifts | 14 hours7 | 14 hours8 | 12 hours9 | Blocks the shift |
| Longest working day | 2 hours on a school day107 hours on a day without school10 | 7 hours on a day without school82 hours on a school day8 | 8 hours11 | Blocks the shift |
| Longest working week | 12 hours in a school week1035 hours in a week without school10 | 12 hours in a school week835 hours in a week without school8 | 40 hours11 | Blocks the shift |
| No work between | 20:00 and 06:0012 | 20:00 and 06:0013 | 22:00 and 06:0014 | Blocks the shift |
| Weekly rest | 2 days off a week1536 hours in a row16 | 2 days off a week1536 hours in a row16 | 2 days off a week1536 hours in a row16 | Blocks the shift |
| Break | 30 minutes when the day is longer than 4.5 hours17 | 30 minutes when the day is longer than 4.5 hours17 | 30 minutes when the day is longer than 4.5 hours17 | Warning |
The law's figure is one thing, the check another. Where the two differ, it says so here.
The split is the product's own and the same for every company.
Nobody can override these, whether a manager plans the shift, someone takes it from the swap board or it is part of a swap.
The shift can still be saved. The warning names the rule and says why.
These are the figures a company in Sweden starts with, on every plan. On the Enterprise plan a company admin can change each of them in Settings, on the Compliance rules tab, to follow a collective agreement or a sector exception.
Every figure on this page carries the number of the provision it was read in. The links go to the official text.
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