Service Desk: opening hours
Service Desk and the telephone switchboard will be closed from 24 December to 28 December and from 31 December to 6 January.
Please note that the staffing level may vary regarding Service Desk and other support services such as student IT assistance, local IT services and other parts of the Division of IT.
It is high time to apply for annual leave for the Christmas and New Year period
If you are planning to take annual leave days during the Christmas and New Year period, it is high time to put in your application. Bear in mind that your manager must approve your annual leave request in advance and that these days are to be applied for, and approved in, Primula beforehand.
According to the state collective agreement that covers the University, all days of annual leave are to be taken during the year, unless there are special reasons or a staff member has requested to save days of annual leave for a subsequent year.
Only those who are entitled to more than 20 days of paid annual leave per calendar year may carry over one or more of the unused days. This means that you must take at least 20 days of annual leave per year.
You may have a maximum of 30 saved days of annual leave. If you have more than 30 saved days of annual leave on 31 December this year, the excess days of annual leave will be paid with the April salary in 2026.
Read more: Annual Leave | Staff Pages
Flexitime form, squeeze days, reduced working hours for TA staff 2026
The flexitime form for 2026 for technical and administrative (TA) staff will be published on the Staff Pages in December.
The Staff Pages feature a table of normal working hours for 2026 for technical and administrative staff.
Flexitime for technical and administrative staff | Staff Pages
View non-working days and days with reduced working hours for technical and administrative staff for 2025 and 2026:
Reduced working hours and non-working days for technical and administrative staff | Staff Pages
For researchers and associate researchers
Lund University conducted negotiations from August to November with the employee organisations Saco-S and OFR/S on an agreement concerning working hours. The negotiations are in the final stages and more information will be presented soon about the new provisions. The agreement will apply to researchers and associate researchers at Lund University, with the exception of those at MAX IV.
Deadlines to apply for reimbursement for healthcare and medication costs
You can only apply for reimbursement for medication costs once per purchase year. The application must be registered in Primula no later than 31 January the following year. You must substantiate your costs with an extract from the high-cost database (in Swedish).
Regarding healthcare, you can apply for reimbursement several times per year, but no later than two years after the cost has arisen.
Reimbursement for healthcare and medication costs
Confirm delivery, review/approve, or delegate
- Confirm delivery of received goods in Proceedo as soon as you have received your delivery.
- Review/approve invoices in Proceedo before you go on leave, in good time before the invoice due date.
- Or delegate your rights in Proceedo so that someone can handle your orders and invoices during your leave.
Read more about invoice management
New maximum amounts for entertainment as of 1 January 2026
New guidelines for entertainment will begin to apply on 1 January 2026. This means, among other things, new maximum amounts. If you are planning for events, staff gatherings and suchlike in 2026, you need to read the new guidelines: