New Unionen nonprofit agreement brings paid day off from January

Unionen and Arbetsgivaralliansen have agreed new pay and employment terms for white-collar staff at non-profit and idea-driven organisations.Unionen The branch agreement, Unionen avtal 3217Unionen for the Ideella och idéburna organisationer sectorUnionen, runs from 1 May 2025 to 31 May 2027Unionen. It covers every employer affiliated with ArbetsgivaralliansenUnionen in the sector, employers bound through hängavtal that track the sector agreement as amended, and employees whose business transfers to a new employer under 28 § MBL.

The 2026 pay round carries a total wage scope (löneutrymme) of 2.8 per cent from 1 May 2026.Unionen That figure includes 0.3 percentage points compensating a shift of the agreement cycleUnionen: from 2027 the agreement runs from 1 June to 31 May each year instead of from 1 MayUnionen. Minimum wages (lägstalöner) rise by fixed amounts rather than the industry mark (märket)Unionen — a stated one-off departure that sets no precedent: 400 kronor more from 1 May 2025Unionen and 433 kronor more from 1 May 2026Unionen, after which the parties return to the märket as the norm for increases.

From 1 January 2026 employees gain a new right to paid working-time reductionUnionen: one full day per calendar year for full-time staff, pro rata for part-time staffUnionen. The reduction is financed from the wage scope, with 0.2 per cent set aside for 2025 and 0.3 per cent for 2026. The employer sets the placement — one day, or alternatively two free half-days adjacent to weekends or public holidaysUnionen — and must notify staff before New Year for the coming year, or one month ahead for January leaveUnionen. If no notice is given, the first weekday after Annandag jul is freeUnionen; employer and employee may agree another dayUnionen, and local parties may agree other placement such as hours.

The agreement widens the circle of nära anhörig for permission, short leave on pay: spouse and partner — including a person in a marriage-like relationship — children, grandchildren, siblings, parents, parents-in-law, and a spouse's or partner's children.Unionen Paid permission during working time can also be granted, where operations allow, for socially important healthcare contacts such as the national screening programme or Folkhälsomyndigheten recommendations, including vaccination against communicable disease. Part-time employees ordered to work overtime, or whose overtime is approved afterwards, are now compensated with overtime pay (övertidsersättning) instead of the former part-time rate, under bilaga 2.Unionen

Pension contributions rise in two steps under the parties' October 2024 supplementary agreementUnionen: a further 0.2 percentage points go to Flexpension from 1 May 2025Unionen, taking the contribution to 1.5 per centUnionen, and another 0.2 points from 1 May 2026Unionen, taking it to 1.7 per centUnionen. The remaining general terms are prolonged with additions under bilaga 2, other agreements between the parties continue under their own periods of validity, and a joint working group will review advance vacation (förskottssemester) once other labour-market parties present proposals. The parties concluded the negotiations on 28 May 2025.

Legal basis: Branschavtal Ideella och Idéburna organisationer (Unionen avtal 3217) with the Förhandlingsprotokoll for 1 May 2025 to 31 May 2027 and its bilagor 1–4, which disposes over notice periods under lag (1982:80) om anställningsskydd and holiday-pay calculation under semesterlagen, keeps negotiation duties under 11–14 §§ MBL and pays sick pay under lag (1991:1047) om sjuklön with agreement supplements.