“No, we are doing just fine without forcing workers to overwork themselves”
Maximum Weekly Working Hours Adjustment of 2023
Rationale
Balancing productivity with employee well-being, a 35-hour workweek reduces burnout while maintaining economic competitiveness.
Proposed Changes
| Law | Previous | Proposed | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Maximum Working Hours |
Mandatory four-day work week (28 hours maximum)
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35-hour weekly maximum
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Maximum Working HoursProposer
Party
Konservativa
Konservativa is a modern centre-right party committed to building a free, prosperous, secure, and confident country. The party believes in individual liberty, a competitive free-market economy, strong communities, and firm but fair law and order.
Core pillars
Hans Schröder
Activist · Age 45
Hans Schröder traded a lucrative corporate consulting career for politics after delivering a viral speech on individual liberty, quickly becoming the party’s most sought-after speaker and policy architect.
Timeline
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Draft13 June 2023
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Vote Open13 June 2023
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Vote Closed12 August 2023
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Became Law12 August 2023
Vote tally
Live tally across each chamber. Weighted by seats held.
Rikstag
PassedFor: 522 / 349 seats (149.6%)
Against: 92 · Abstained: 0 · Not voted: 0
| Party | Seats | Vote | Reason |
|---|---|---|---|
| Götademokraterna | 0 | Yes | We support this! It allows for better company growth and flexibility |
| Götapartiet | 0 | Yes | Götapartiet support this. |
| Konservativa Proposer | 149 | Yes | No reason given |
| RISET | 373 | Yes | Although it would be more reasonable not to have a maximum limit, we support this as well |
| Vänster | 92 | No | We do not support replacing the four-day workweek with a 35-hour model. The four-day week guarantees workers a genuine three-day break, reduces commuting, and provides a clearer separation between work and personal life. A 35-hour week spread across five days would weaken these benefits without necessarily giving workers greater freedom. |
| Vänsterpartiet | 0 | No | No, we are doing just fine without forcing workers to overwork themselves |
Voting record
Every vote must state a public reason. Most recent first.
“We support this! It allows for better company growth and flexibility”
“Götapartiet support this.”
“We do not support replacing the four-day workweek with a 35-hour model. The four-day week guarantees workers a genuine three-day break, reduces commuting, and provides a clearer separation between work and personal life. A 35-hour week spread across five days would weaken these benefits without necessarily giving workers greater freedom.”
“Although it would be more reasonable not to have a maximum limit, we support this as well”