- Working hours, their duration and work schedule This thesis introduces an overview of the current regulation of working hours and related institutes. It is focused on the particular options how to regulate working hours duration and working hours schedule, as well as on legal limits and restrictions. Working hours are crucial not merely for employers, but also for employees. For employees working hours also determine their leisure time. Therefore, this thesis is focused also on work-life balance with suitable work hours schedule. The thesis is divided into four parts. The first part outlines the most important historical development of working hours regulation from medieval rules to the current regulation and its position in the current legal order, which is essential to correct grasp of subsequent parts. In the second, principal part of the thesis, are analysed particular concepts of working hours regulation, there is also an overview of related judicature which defines working hours, working hours duration and possibilities of scheduling. This part also includes a description of minimal rest periods, rest breaks, night work and on-call duty. The third part aims to introduce the special rules for two specific groups of employees. The first are teachers, trainers, and other teaching stuff, and...

Syftet med vår studie är att öka förståelsen för hur oregelbundna arbetstider påverkar livssituationen för undersköterskorna samt vilka konsekvenser som den oregelbundna arbetstiden medför i deras liv. Syftet preciseras i följande frågeställningar: Hur upplever undersköterskorna sin oregelbundna arbetstid? Vilka faktorer påverkar undersköterskornas arbetssituation? På vilket sätt påverkar den oregelbundna arbetstiden undersköterskornas balans mellan arbetsliv och privatliv? Vilka blir de hälsomässiga konsekvenserna av oregelbunden arbetstid? Utgångspunkten för vår studie ligger i den teoretiska referensramen innehållande tidigare forskning, teorier och begrepp om Arbetstidslagen, konsekvenser av oregelbunden arbetstid, arbetsmiljö, psykosocial arbetsmiljö, Krav- och kontrollmodellen, Work life balance, KASAM och utbrändhet. Vi har genomfört en kvalitativ studie där vi har använt oss av intervjuer för att samla in våra data. Sammanlagt har vi genomfört åtta intervjuer och våra respondenter är undersköterskor som arbetar på olika avdelningar inom Landstinget i Värmland. Våra respondenter är mellan 36 och 59 år gamla och samtliga av dem är kvinnor. Genom vår empiri och med hjälp av teorin har vi analyserat fram 17 olika fynd som visar på att: det finns både fördelar och nackdelar med oregelbunden arbetstid, det finns stora krav på flexibilitet i tillvaron, undersköterskorna har ett visst inflytande över den egna arbetstiden, de tvingas prioritera bort delar av privatlivet, det finns en stark sammanhållning mellan arbetskollegorna, det finns olika synsätt på arbetsschemat, de känner ett ansvar för bemanningen genom att överta varandras arbetspass, det finns ett skiftande stöd från närmaste chefen, det finns viss möjlighet att påverka arbetssituationen, arbetstiderna påverkar familjelivet negativt, det sociala livet blir åsidosatt, det finns en stark önskan om deltidsarbete, det finns både fördelar och nackdelar med oregelbunden arbetstid under småbarnsåren, det finns strategier för att hantera varierande dygnsrytm, det finns en upplevelse av otillräcklig sömn, magproblem i relation till nattarbete samt möjligt samband mellan oregelbunden arbetstid och utbrändhet. / The aim of our study is to increase understanding of how irregular hours affect the lives of nurses, as well as the implications of the irregular working hours brings into their lives. The purpose specified in the following questions: How do nurses his irregular working hours? What factors influence the nurses working situation? In what way does the irregular working hours for nurses balance between work and private life? What are the health consequences of irregular working hours?The starting point of our study lies in the theoretical framework containing previous research, theories and concepts of the Working Hours Act, consequences of irregular working hours, occupational health, psychosocial work, Requirements and control model, work life balance, SOC and burnout.We conducted a qualitative study where we have used the interviews to collect our data. In total, we conducted eight interviews and our respondents are nurses working in different departments of the County Council. Our respondents are between 36 and 59 years old and all of them are women.Through our empirical data and using the theory we have analyzed up 17 different findings show that: there are both advantages and disadvantages of irregular working hours, there are great demands on flexibility in existence, nurses have a certain influence over their own working hours, the forced to prioritize delete portions of privacy, there is a strong cohesion between work colleagues, there are different approaches to the work schedule, they feel responsible for manning by taking over each other's sessions, there is a range of support from her manager, there is some opportunity to influence the work situation , working hours affect family life negatively, the social life is infringed, there is a strong desire on part-time work, there are both advantages and disadvantages of irregular working hours during the toddler years, there are strategies to handle variable circadian rhythm, there is a perception of insufficient sleep, stomach problems in relation to night work as well as possible association between irregular working hours and burnout.