Criticism from health and rescue service staff is growing against the new rules on working hours with at least eleven hours of rest per day. But the trade union Kommunal thinks that Sweden as a whole should follow EU legislation just as all other countries in Europe do.
"There should be no exceptions, but the same for everyone," says Mona Larsson Törnqvist, vice chairman of Kommunal Öst, who herself has scheduled day-long shifts in elderly care.
Some protest
Groups within the municipal that are protesting are those who today have an extension of working hours that extends throughout the day. Staff in care, functional care, firefighters, ambulance staff and in some childcare where you have a business that is running all day.
About half of the members who work day-long shifts think it's good, says Mona Larsson Törnqvist.
"Then they have slept during the emergency service and then you can cope with having the passport after the night. But the other half are not actually allowed to sleep during the emergency service but are woken up by the user or the activity they are in. Those who say it's too tiring.