Reduced working hours and non-working days for technical and administrative staff

Content on this page:

• Who is entitled to certain shortened and non-working days?
• Days off
  • ’Squeeze days’
• Reduced working hours
• Non working days and reduced working hours
• National Day Compensation

Who is entitled to certain shortened and non-working days?

Technical and administrative staff (T/A staff) covered by the flexitime agreement, as well as those of you with irregular working hours and an average weekly working time of 40 hours, are entitled to certain shortened or completely non-working days during the year.

If you have irregular working hours, please note that your working hours are only reduced if you are scheduled to work on that day. If a day off or a reduced working day coincides with a day on which you are scheduled to have a day off, your working hours will not be affected.

Read more about registration of fixed part-time working hours

Days off

Weekends and public holidays are always non-working days, as are: 

• Midsummer’s Eve
• Christmas Eve
• New Year’s Eve

’Squeeze days’

If you are covered by the flexitime agreement, or work irregular hours but have an average weekly working time of 40 hours, you are also entitled to a non-working day on ’squeeze days’. A ‘squeeze day’ is a working day (Monday to Friday) which falls in between two non-working days. 

For example, if 1 May falls on a Tuesday or a Thursday, then Monday or Friday will be a ‘squeeze day’. 

Reduced working hours

The collective agreements reduce the standard working hours on certain days of the year (see the table below).

If you work part-time, your working hours are reduced in proportion to the extent of your part-time work.

Reduced working hours

Regular working hours are reduced on certain days of the year in accordance with the agreement on terms of employment. The table below provides an overview of which days this applies to and the reduction by number of working hours at full-time. 

• Twelfth Night: 4 hours
• Maundy Thursday: 2 hours
• If 30 April falls on a     
  • a) Monday-Thursday: 2 hours 2
  • b) Friday: 4 hours
• Day before All Saints’ Day: 4 hours
• If the 23 December falls on a Friday: 4 hours

For part-time employees, working hours are reduced in proportion to their total working hours. 

Remember that working hours are only reduced if you are scheduled to work on that day. Your working hours will not be affected if a non-working day or shortened day falls on a day that you are not scheduled to work. 

Read more about flexitime registration for fixed part-time working hours

Non working days and reduced working hours in 2026

National Day Compensation

Lund University has an agreement with the employee organisations whereby the National Days which fall on a Saturday or Sunday are compensated through ‘squeeze days’ according to the flexitime agreement. 

In the years when the National Day falls on a Tuesday or a Thursday, the Monday or Friday respectively are considered ‘squeeze days’ (non-working days).

This compensates for the years in which the National Day falls on a Saturday or a Sunday.