Working hours

The plan demands a general reduction in working hours with maintained pay aiming at a six-hour working day and sees it as an equality requirement. It also wants to abolish split shifts, make full-time the norm and enshrine the right to full-time work. The counter-proposal's demands for clearer legal support for daily rest, on-call time in female-dominated professions, the right to expand part-time work and work-hour reduction thus coincide with the plan's commitments.

• general reduction in working hoursdecisive»Med dagens tekniska utveckling finns förutsättningar att inleda en arbetstidsförkortning, med sikte på sex timmars arbetsdag, med bibehållen lön.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“With today's technological development there are opportunities to begin a reduction in working hours, aiming at a six-hour working day, with maintained pay.”
• enshrined right to full-time work»individualiserad föräldraförsäkring och en stärkt lagfäst rätt till heltid,« (party programme ↗)“individualized parental insurance and a strengthened enshrined right to full-time work,”
• abolish split shifts»Avskaffande av delade turer, fasta anställningar på heltid« (party programme ↗)“Abolishment of split shifts, permanent full-time employment”
• work hours as an equality issue»En arbetstidsförkortning skulle vara ett viktigt steg för ökad jämställdhet eftersom det också skulle möjliggöra för en mer jämställd fördelning av det obetalda hemarbetet.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“A reduction in working hours would be an important step toward greater equality since it would also make possible a more equal distribution of unpaid domestic work.”

The party programme explicitly wants to shorten working hours in forms that increase the employee's own influence and requires that all those working part-time are offered full-time. The election manifesto wants welfare to come first so that more people can work full-time in permanent jobs. The counter-proposal's requirement for clearer legal support for daily rest and on-call time, strengthened right to expand employment and general reduction in working hours is thus the plan's own line.

• reduction of working hours with influencedecisive»Vi vill förkorta arbetstiden i former som ökar detta det egna inflytandet och« (party programme ↗)“We want to shorten working hours in forms that increase this own influence and”
• full-time as standard in welfare»Vi vill att välfärden ska gå före och att fler ska kunna arbeta heltid i fasta jobb.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“We want welfare to come first and more people to be able to work full-time in permanent jobs.”
• part-time shall become full-time»Det kräver att arbetslösheten pressas ner och att alla som idag arbetar deltid« (party programme ↗)“It requires that unemployment is pushed down and that all those who today work part-time”
• balance work and leisure»Alla har rätt till en god balans mellan« (party programme ↗)“Everyone has the right to a good balance between”

The stance rests on the quoted commitment in the party's own documents; the actual vote deviated. Click the quote to verify it in the document.

The plan explicitly promises to shorten working hours so that more people can work throughout their entire working life, which is the counter-proposal's demand for general reduction in working hours. It also gives employees in publicly funded activities the right to full-time work with the option to reduce hours, and wants to achieve reasonable conditions in female-dominated sectors, which addresses on-call and overtime work. The plan also wants to raise the value of female-dominated professions.

• general reduction in working hoursdecisive»korta arbetstiden så att fler människor orkar jobba ett helt arbetsliv.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“shorten working hours so that more people can work throughout their entire working life.”
• right to full-time work»finansierad verksamhet ska ha rätt till heltid med« (party programme ↗)“funded activities shall have the right to full-time work with”
• reasonable conditions in female-dominated sectors»anställningsformer i det som i dag är kvinnodominerade branscher.« (party programme ↗)“employment arrangements in what are today female-dominated sectors.”
• raise the value of female-dominated professions»höja lönerna i kvinnodominerade yrken till samma nivåer som i mansdominerade yrken med motsvarande ansvar och utbildningskrav.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“raise wages in female-dominated professions to the same levels as in male-dominated professions with equivalent responsibility and education requirements.”

The stance rests on the quoted commitment in the party's own documents; the actual vote deviated. Click the quote to verify it in the document.

The plan's bearing commitment is that labour market rules to the greatest possible extent are set by the parties rather than through legislation, and that the labour market needs both more flexibility alongside security. New legal regulation of rest periods, on-call work and overtime as well as a general reduction in working hours goes against this and against the work ethic. The plan wants to upgrade women-dominated professions with conditions and career paths, not shorter legally mandated working time.

• parties before legislationdecisive»arbetsmarknadens parter i stället för genom lagstiftning.« (party programme ↗)“labour market parties rather than through legislation.”
• flexible labour market»Svensk arbetsmarknad behöver både mer flexibilitet och mer trygghet.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Swedish labour market needs both more flexibility and more security.”
• valued work ethic»Arbetslinjen måste värnas, och den som kan jobba ska inte leva på skattebetalarnas pengar.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“The work ethic must be valued, and those who can work should not live on taxpayers' money.”
• upgraded women's professions»Vi vill uppvärdera statusen för kvinnodominerande yrken och förbättra arbetsvillkoren inom offentlig sektor, bland annat genom karriärtjänster och rätt till kompetensutveckling.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“We want to upgrade the status of women-dominated professions and improve working conditions in the public sector, among other things through career services and right to skills development.”

The plan wishes to restore the work line and strive for full employment, and it states that working-time conditions shall principally be determined through negotiation and not by law. A general reduction in working hours and more detailed regulation of working time therefore go against the plan's line. The plan wishes instead to give employees more influence over their own working hours and prevent involuntary part-time work, which partially aligns with the counter-proposal.

• the work line firstdecisive»Återupprätta arbetslinjen.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Restore the work line.”
• conditions through negotiation not law»svenska arbetsmarknadsmodellen, där villkoren i huvudsak bestäms genom avtal och inte i lag, bidrar till« (party programme ↗)“the Swedish labour-market model, where conditions are principally determined through negotiation and not by law, contributes to”
• influence over own working hours»Fler anställda bör ha inflytande över sin egen arbetstid, till exempel genom en timbank eller en arbetstid som« (party programme ↗)“More employees should have influence over their own working hours, for example through a time bank or working hours that”
• prevent involuntary part-time work»att motverka ofrivillig deltid, något som särskilt drabbar kvinnor« (party programme ↗)“to prevent involuntary part-time work, which particularly affects women”

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The election manifesto explicitly requires that split shifts disappear and that conditions for care staff improve, and the plan wants there to be good opportunities to work less during certain life stages. The counter-proposal's requirement for better rules on daily rest, on-call time and the right to extend part-time work aligns with that direction, as does ensuring that traditionally female occupations are valued equally. The requirement for general work hour reduction and more legislation clashes with the plan's principle that the parties shape the conditions.

• end split shiftsdecisive»Förbättrade villkor för personalen i äldreomsorgen - bort med delade turer.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Improved conditions for care staff—end split shifts.”
• shorter working hours in certain life stages»ska det finnas goda möjligheter att arbeta lite mindre« (party programme ↗)“there must be good opportunities to work a little less”
• female-dominated occupations valued equally»Traditionellt kvinnliga yrkesområden som vård, omsorg och undervisning« (party programme ↗)“Traditionally female occupational areas such as care, health and teaching”
• parties shape the terms»Utformningen ska göras av arbetsmarknadens parter.« (party programme ↗)“The design must be made by labor market parties.”

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The plan takes no explicit position on what the committee actually decided — often because the committee's reason was procedural. The stance is derived and fully cited, but it does not show the party broke a commitment.

The plan's crucial commitment is the work line: taxes and benefit systems shall be based on it, and more people need to work more for households to manage the economic times. A general reduction in working hours and expanded statutory regulation of working hours goes directly against this. The plan instead shares the counter-proposal's view on split shifts and involuntary part-time work, which it wants to reduce, which makes the assessment partly contradictory.

• the work line bears the welfaredecisive»Skatter och bidragssystem ska utgå från arbetslinjen.« (party programme ↗)“Taxes and benefit systems shall be based on the work line.”
• restored work line»Att återupprätta arbetslinjen är det bästa sättet att se till att Sveriges hushåll har styrka nog att komma igenom den tuffa tid som ligger framför oss.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“To restore the work line is the best way to ensure that Sweden's households have strength enough to get through the tough time ahead of us.”
• fewer split shifts»Minska förekomsten av delade turer i offentlig vård och omsorg« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Reduce the occurrence of split shifts in public care and nursing”
• less involuntary part-time»Minska det ofrivilliga deltidsarbetet« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Reduce involuntary part-time work”

The plan defends the Swedish model where the parties themselves negotiate on terms and emphasizes that stability requires a good balance between labour market parties. Steering working time through legislation—night rest, on-call time and general working time reduction—shifts decisions away from the parties and increases employment costs. The plan shares the counter-proposal's view on split shifts, which according to the plan should be abolished, but it does not bear the entire requirement.

• the party model is defendeddecisive»Försvara den svenska modellen« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Defend the Swedish model”
• balance between the parties»Stabilitet förutsätter en god balans mellan arbetsmarknadens parter.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Stability requires a good balance between labour market parties.”
• profitable to employ»Det måste också bli mer lönsamt att anställa och att arbeta.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“It must also become more profitable to employ and to work.”
• abolish split shifts»Delade turer ska slopas och skiftarbete, främst inom vår vård och omsorg, behöver ses över.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Split shifts should be abolished and shift work, primarily in our care and nursing, needs to be reviewed.”