Gym and wellness agreement enters second pay year with 2.5% pot

Gym and wellness employers bound by collective agreement 261, Gym- och friskvårdsavtalet, entered the agreement's second year on 1 September 2026Unionen. The agreement between Almega Tjänsteföretagen and Unionen and SRATUnionen runs from 1 September 2025 to 31 August 2027Unionen and renews yearly unless terminated at least three months before expiry. It covers all employees of affiliated gym- och friskvårdsföretag named in a separate schedule, except executive positions, and takes effect at a company on the first day of the month after either side makes a written request.

Pay is individual and differentiated, distributed from pots of 3.0 per cent of fixed salaries at 31 August 2025 with effect from 1 September 2025 and 2.5 per cent at 31 August 2026Unionen with effect from 1 September 2026Unionen. Full-time employees who had turned 20 by 31 August 2025 must have at least 20,901 kronor per month, and those who had turned 20 by 31 August 2026 at least 21,424 kronorUnionen, converted pro rata for part-time staff; any shortfall the pot cannot cover is topped up outside it.

The working-time clause replaces arbetstidslagen in full. Normal hours average 40 per week, or 1,800 hours per year excluding vacation and public-holiday equivalents, averaged over 1 September to 31 August, with schedules set at least 14 days in advance. Weekly rest is 36 consecutive hours per seven-day period and daily rest at least 11 consecutive hours. Ordinary evening and weekend hours carry a supplement of 32 kronor per hour, rising to 33 kronor on 1 September 2026; night hours from 23.30 to 05.30 carry 64 kronor, rising to 65 kronor. General overtime is capped at 200 hours per calendar year, plus up to 100 hours for special reasons by local agreement, compensated in money or leave at one-and-a-half hours per daytime weekday overtime hour and two hours at other times.

Vacation follows semesterlagen with 25 days, plus five more by individual agreement exchanging overtime compensation. From 1 September 2026 full-time employees also get one paid leave day per 1 September to 31 August yearUnionen, pro rata for part-time staff. The employer sets the date jointly for the whole work group; if no date is set, the Friday after Kristi himmelsfärdsdag is free. The fixed-term form for employees averaging at most eight hours per week is excluded.

Sick pay for the first 14 calendar days follows lagen om sjuklön with agreement supplements, including a qualifying deduction of up to 20 per cent of average weekly hours. From day 15 sick pay runs to day 90 for employees with at least one year's service or transferring equivalent rights, and to day 45 for others, capped at 105 and 45 days per twelve-month period. Parental pay for leave within 18 months of birth or adoption requires at least one year's service and three months' continued employment after the leave, paying two to six monthly salaries by length of service. Notice from the employee is one or two months by length of service; from the employer it runs from one to six months, extended by six months for redundancy dismissals at age 55 with ten years' service. Flexpension contributions build out to a total premium of 1.5 per cent in 2025, 1.7 per cent in 2026 and 2.0 per cent in 2027.

Legal basis: Gym- och friskvårdsavtalet (agreement 261) with its Löneavtal annex, applying alongside lagen om anställningsskydd, semesterlagen and lagen om sjuklön as referenced in the agreement.