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This website provides concise information on wages, working conditions and rights of construction workers for all the European Countries in all the European languages. Construction workers can find useful links and contacts of trade unions representatives ready to help and support them in case of need.
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Sweden

Last updated on 3/12/2019
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Info Salary

Salary per category

Carpenter, concrete worker and bricklayer 202.47 SEK per hour piece rate
Carpenter, concrete worker and bricklayer 184.52 SEK per hour time rate
Carpenter, concrete worker and bricklayer 192.76 SEK per hour overall piece rate and time rate
Plumber 201.14 SEK per hour overall piece rate and time rate
Construction workers 202.47 SEK per hour overall piece rate and time rate
Glass workers 174.2 SEK per hour overall piece rate and time rate
Sheet metal worker 189.3 SEK per hour overall piece rate and time rate

Info Working time

Daily

8 hours per day

Weekly

40 hours per week
Info
The average weekly working hours, including overtime for full-time work for workers, may not amount to more than 48 hours in 4 months.

Overtime

200 hours per year

Info Travel abroad and lodging

Within Sweden

Subsistence/daily allowance

330 SEK
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Paid in addition to the pay. The sum is reduced with 35% if the employer provides lodging and 55% if the employer provides board and lodging.

Info Premiums

Overtime

30 % of salary per hour from 06:00 to 17:00

Evening work

Allowed
From 5:00 pm to 9:00 pm
50 % of salary from 5:00 pm to 7:00 pm
70 % of salary from 7:00 pm to from 22:00 to 05:00

Night work

Allowed
10:00 PM 6:00 am
50 % of salary per hour from 05:00 to 06:00
100 % of salary per hour from 22:00 to 05:00

Working on Saturdays

Allowed
100 % of salary per hour

Working on Sundays

Allowed
100 % of salary per hour

Working on public holidays

Allowed
100 % of salary per hour

Annual holidays allowance

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Holiday pay is 13% of the earnings of the year before

Info Holidays

Number of holidays

25 days per year

Info Wage deductions

Social security contributions

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For information on where taxes and social benefits are paid and the duty to follow the Swedish Work Environment Act, see the website of the Swedish Work Environment Authority which is the liaison office (contact authority) in Sweden when it comes to posting: https://www.av.se/en/work-environment-work-and-inspections/Posting-foreign-labour-in-sweden/

Info Contacts

Byggnads

You can contact us in the following languages
English, Swedish

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This website provides concise information on wages, working conditions and rights of construction workers for all the European Countries in all the European languages. Construction workers can find useful links and contacts of trade unions representatives ready to help and support them in case of need.
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