Agreement on Part-Time Work

recommendable to make the agreement in writing.

In the case of part-time work based on social or health reasons, the employer and employee must make a fixed-term contract in force for a maximum of 26 weeks at a time. The parties can, however, make several fixed-term contracts in a row where they have agreed upon shorter working hours. Also contracts valid until further notice are allowed.

Part-time contracts should indicate at least the daily and weekly working hours. In addition, it is recommendable to agree upon pay, mechanism for implementing the shortening of working hours as well as the right to terminate an indefinite contract and upon the notice period of an indefinite contract.

The parties can freely choose the mechanism for implementing the shortening of working hours. The shortened working hours can be implemented in a way where the employee works six hours instead of eight or four days in a week instead of five.

If an employee wishes to work fewer than the regular working hours in order to retire on part-time pension, they must take into consideration the needs of the employee and the production and service activities concerned. In practice, when agreeing upon shortening working hours because of the part-time retiring, it is important that the part-time work fulfills the conditions of granting part-time pension.

The employer and the employee can also agree upon fixed-term part-time work in situations where the employee is ill according to the provisions of Health Insurance Act. These contracts are handled more closely in section [Absences due to Illness]⁠.