Vacation & benefits
On this page, you can read more about regulations on vacation and what benefits we offer you as a full-time and part-time consultant
Vacation for full-time consultants
According to Swedish law and regulations on vacation, full-time consultants are entitled to 25 days of vacation a year.
Your first year as a consultant is a so-called qualifying year (intjänande år in Swedish) were you earn your paid vacation days. For every worked month you earn about two paid vacation days. The vacation, also called qualifying year, run from April 1st to March 31st. This means that you get 25 new vacation days April 1st every year. If you were hired between April 1st and August 31st, you have 25 unpaid vacation days, while you have 5 unpaid vacation days if you were hired between September 1st and March 31st.
If your employment at Academic Work ends, all earned and unused paid vacation days will be compensated shortly after your final salary. If you want to know more about your paid vacation days, talk to your Consultant Manager or look at your payslip for more information.
If you wish to go on vacation, your Consultant Manager must approve your application. We also recommend that you talk to your supervisor at the client company to ensure that it is an appropriate and possible time for you to go on vacation.
Vacation for part-time consultants
As a part-time consultant you get compensation for vacation on your hourly pay, instead of getting compensation in paid vacation days. This is regulated in the collective bargaining agreement. The compensation is specified as vacation allowance (Semesterersättning in Swedish) in your employment contract and in your payslip.
If you as a part-time consultant wish to have some time off, and thereby not be available for work, it will be registered as unpaid leave and must in all cases be approved by your Consultant Manager.
Parental leave
As a consultant at Academic Work you have the right to parental leave, whether you work full- or part-time. Please fill in the form for parental leave and send it to your Consultant Manager. If you have been employed as a consultant for at least one year at Academic Work, you also have the right to a supplementary parental salary in addition the general parental insurance from Försäkringskassan. The supplementary parental salary is regulated in the general collective bargaining agreement. If you want more information regarding parental salary, please contact your Consultant Manager. For more information about the general parental insurance, visit Försäkringskassan.
Period of notice
Vilken uppsägningstid som gäller i ditt fall framgår av ditt anställningsavtal och regleras av kollektivavtalet. Ta kontakt med din konsultchef om du har frågor gällande din uppsägningstid.
Union membership and A-kassa
Vi rekommenderar dig som anställd konsult att själv ta kontakt med lämplig A-kassa och fackförbund. Förslag på lämplig A-kassa och fackförbund är Akademikerna, Jusek eller Unionen.
Benefits for full-time consultants
We want you as a consultant to feel satisfied and committed regardless of employment type or assignment. We simply want to be an attractive employer.
The consultant portal Mybenefit: As soon as you start your assignment at our client company you will get an invitation to the consultant portal Mybenefit – a portal filled with benefits, offers and information. The consultant portal offers:
- Information regarding terms and conditions, compensation, parental leave, pension etc.
- Your payslip together with a clear salary overview.
- Access to the wellness portal Epassi, with access to over 19,000 wellness suppliers across Sweden.
- Possibility to free of charge talk to a therapist online.
If you have any questions regarding the portal, please contact your consultant manager.
Wellness subsidy
We at Academic Work want to promote our employees’ well-being and a healthy lifestyle. Exercising is a preventative measure to reduce the risk for injuries at work and to prevent stress. We therefore offer you as a full-time consultant a wellness subsidy of 1000 SEK per half year. Since your employment can be shorter, the grant is distributed on the number of months you are employed. In the consulting portal Mybenefit you will find information on how large subsidy you have available and instructions on how to make your wellness purchases.
Click here to visit the consultant portal Mybenefit. If you have any questions about how to make your wellness purchases, please contact Epassi support.
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Benefits for part-time consultants
Future reference: With us you have the opportunity to get a future reference, regardless of whether you choose to move on within Academic Work or not. Contact your Consultant Manager for more information on how we can give you a reference.
Network: By working you are not only adding new experiences to your resumé, you are also establishing a larger professional network of your own, while you get access to our already established network.
Summer- and full-time jobs: Many of our part-time jobs give you priority on full-time summer jobs, and in some cases also the possibility of a full-time job after graduation. Contact your Consultant Manager for further dialogue about on how we can support you in this and help you build your career.
Sustainability Training: As a part-time consultant, you are also invited to attend our Sustainability Accelerator training.