förtroendearbetstid

08:17 Feb 18, 2023 

I'm looking at this answer some ten years later and the problem is that I have a segment

Oreglerad-, reglerad- och förtroendearbetstid

so it does not work.

07:30 Sep 18, 2014 

Bureaucrats, yes. I also reacted to one of the culture-shocks I experienced when first employed here in Swe, where working hours were regulated (by law and collective agreement) down to the hundredths (0.00) hours. Which explains why something as 'unregulated' as these hours are have to be regulated, or at least explained, in such a long document. So my Chicago lawyer's ears said there's 'gotta be a bettah way' -- as you indicate.

But yeah, while flex is used this way, teachers and the managers described here wouldn't necessarily want to use it on their professions.

07:05 Sep 18, 2014 

...is wonderful indeed! "Centralt reglerad förtroendearbetstid" sounds to my Swedish ears just as contradictory as "centrally regulated non-regulated working hours" does to my Australian ears (and no, I do not have four ears). Perhaps with the help of this quote from the introduction of your cited source, Deane, we could find a new term?
"I de fall medarbetarnas arbete med fördel kan styras och följas upp utifrån resultatuppfyllelse och målstyrning snarare än att fokusera på hur många timmar en arbetstagare arbetar kan det under rätt förutsättningar vara lämpligt med förtroendearbetstid".
How about "results determined rather than time based working hours" or something to that effect?

06:35 Sep 18, 2014 

And sometimes, Swedes don't understand when they make up a term in a foreign language for their specific circumstances. Here is an interesting read for those interested (http://www.arbetsgivarverket.se/upload/Avtal-Skrifter/Skrift...

After an extensive explanation of the many regulatory considerations involved with this concept in Swedish, I find this subheading on p. 13 'Andra arbetstagare med centralt reglerad förtroendearbetstid'. My point here is that the Swe here clearly contradicts the Swenglish term 'proffered' (and apparently used by institutions regulated under this document (the courts, professors).

I simply can't really see this heading translated to 'centrally regulated non-regulated working hours.'

05:50 Sep 18, 2014 

...we have to accept that there is no straight translation, so we will need to explain the concept instead.

"Förtroendearbetstid" is, as Sven suggests in his answer, working hours which can be performed outside the ordinary workplace, and which do not have to be verified. Swedish teachers and academics are among those who have this type of work arrangement; they are not required to be in the workplace if they are not needed to be physically present for teaching, meetings, student consultations etc. They are entrusted to fulfil the rest of their duties at the place of their choosing, which may not necessarily be their desk at the institution in question.

TechLawDC mentions the American "Honor System", which is based on trust as well, but it is not quite the same as "förtroendearbetstid". (It is also easily confused with the Honours System in the UK and Australia which is a completely different kettle of fish).

"Förtroendearbetstid" is, as you point out, Charles, not the same as "off-the-clock work", but in my personal experience, a lot of unpaid overtime tends to become included in the "förtroendearbetstid", but that is really beside the point...

07:57 Sep 17, 2014 

I don't find that helpful (nor informative).
And "off-the-clock work" isn't what it is referring to either.

It is more like flexible working hours without supervision.