obekväm arbetstid

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Swedish

Alternative forms

  • OB, ob (abbrevation)

Etymology

Compound of obekväm (uncomfortable; inconvenient) +‎ arbetstid (working hours).

Noun

obekväm arbetstid c

  1. unsocial hours (UK), shift differential (US); an additional pay added on top of the normal wage for working during evenings or nights, weekends, or holidays; or these working hours themselves.
    • 1922 February 6, “Uppgörelse inom textil- industrien. [Settlement within the textile industry]”, in Göteborgs Handels- och Sjöfartstidning, number 30, page 8:
      Slutligen ha fastställts bestämmelser för obekväm arbetstid samt beslutats, att de kostnader, som vissa arbetsgivare åtagit sig för medicin, skola reduceras till hälften.
      At last, regulations concerning inconvenient working hours have been determined, and it has also been decided that the expenses for medicine, which certain employers had undertaken to cover, shall now be reduced by half.
    • 1924 September 23, “Hotande konflikt vid textilfabriker i Norrköping. [Impending conflict at the textile factories in Norrköping]”, in Arbetaren, number 222, page 5:
      Den andra tvistefrågan är den om ersättningen för s. k. "obekväm arbetstid" varvid åsyftas arbetstid, som ej infaller mellan kl. 6 f. m. och 6 e. m.
      The second matter in dispute pertains to the compensation for so-called "inconvenient working hours," referring to hours worked outside the customary period between 6 in the morning and 6 in the evening.
    • 2016 February 8, Linnea Andersson, “Arbetstid hetaste frågan inom handeln [Working hours the hottest issue in retail]”, in Kollega:
      En viktig fråga för medlemmarna inom handeln är hur övertid och obekväm arbetstid ska ersättas.
      A key concern for members in the retail sector is how overtime and unsocial working hours should be compensated.
    • 2024 February 28, Anne Torvinen, “Tusen kommunalare skrev under för likvärdiga OB-tillägg i Region Kronoberg [A thousand municipal workers signed for equal unsocial hours supplements in Region Kronoberg]”, in SVT Nyheter:
      Över 1100 namunderskrifter lämnades in till regionfullmäktige i Kronoberg under onsdagen. Kommunal kräver att alla anställda i regionen ska ha lika ersättning på obekväm arbetstid.
      Over 1,100 signatures were submitted to the regional council in Kronoberg on Wednesday. The union demands that all employees in the region receive equal compensation for unsocial working hours.

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