(edit title) Arbetstidförkortning! Anyone familiar with this? Seeking some advice Options

[muir318]

Hello again all

As i stated in a previous post my former employer has pulled a fast one on me regarding my employment or lack thereof now!
Does anyone on the forum know anything about arbetstidförkortning?
The reason i ask is that it has came to my attention that this is something i am entitled to but i have never been paid it by my ex employer for the amount of time i worked for them(A little over one and a half years).

another question is regarding semester kassa! If anyone knows exactly how that works please feel free to post advice! As i feel i have been stiffed on this also!

If anyone can give me advice on this that would be great.
Thanks in advance

[Puffin]

By arbetstidförkortning do you mean an account which some employers use to set aside money for pension payments and paid leave or do you mean rights to work shorter time that exist in some collective agreements?

The semester kassa means that a little money is set aside to give a little extra holiday pay - I think it is 0.8% of monthly pay times the number of holiday days. usually you get this paid in the month that you take holiday or some places have a fixed date that they pay it each year - so check your pay slip

If you are in a Union you could check the terms of the workplace agreement

[muir318]

Hello puffin
Thanks for the reply ! As far as I am aware it was money put aside for paid leave! But it's something I was never paid! Also regarding the semester kassa how is that paid ? Would I be paid the semester kassa plus holiday pay for the days a would be entitled to take!? ( for instance I took 3 weeks paid holiday which I am due after working a full year plus the payment of semester kassan?) so in essense two holiday pays or is that wrong ?

[Puffin]

You didn't get paid for your holidays?

The semestertillägg is a small amount extra not 2 days pay - more like 100-150kr before tax - it should show up on your pay slip

I assume you were monthly paid? not hourly

[muir318]

Yeah I was paid monthly but was on an hourly rate ! Regarding the holiday pay , I had 2 weeks holiday last year which I wasn't paid for but I was paid semester kassa ( I presumed I would have been paid semester kassa plus holiday pay for the days I had earned through the year ) if that makes any sense at all !? Which didn't seem correct to me but they assured me it was ! Should I have been paid holiday plus my semester kassa?

[Puffin]

Not necessarily.

When I worked as an hourly paid teacher for a kommun the hourly rate included my holiday entitlement - ie I got a few kronor more per hour but no paid holidays (which was a real doozy when I lost 4 days for bank holidays in May/June)

You should check what it says in your contract

[Yorkshireman]

Arbetstidsförkortning

This is when the employer shortens the working week due to lack of work (arbetsbrist).
With You being hourly paid, I suspect that your employer has not made any agreements either with union or you in contract for compensation when they have shortened the working week.

Holiday Pay.
This is governed by the Semesterlag (Holiday law), and as @Puffin found out whilst everyone according to law is entitled to holiday pay, the law is not specific with regards how it is paid. ie. It does not have to be paid when you take a holiday, they can automatically add it to your normal pay. Check Your contract or pay-advice to see whether it was included or not.

Union agreements can change the holiday law, though it is normally an enhancement to make conditions better than anything worse than the base law.

If there is no special clause in your employment contract, and no collective union agreement then holiday pay is calculated according to the holiday base law.

Holiday pay for monthly paid is calculated with the principle there are 21 working days in a month
Monthly salary / 21 = 1 days holiday pay
Then add in the holiday addition of 0.43% of monthly salary
0.43 x monthly salary = holiday-addition
1 day holiday-pay + 1 day holiday addition = Total pay for 1 day holiday.

When You are hourly paid, then it is slightly different. The Percentage rule should be used. (12% of the holiday pay basis).

It is common that hourly workers is paid directly into their normal pay, not on vacation time. A simple calculation would be:
hourly rate + 12% hourly rate = Total Pay for hour which including holiday pay

There is a more complex calculation on how to calculate the basis that the 12% is used against rather than a monthly pay, but I wont go into that here ...

Simple answer is, your hourly pay probably already incldued holiday pay. If You do not believe that, then ask the employer to explain how the hourly rate is calculated