The Almega Independent Schools agreement

The collective agreement applies to teachers (in schools at all levels of the education system) and career counsellors who are employed by independent school companies linked to the employers' organization Almega Tjänsteföretagen.

The collective agreement, translated in its entirety by Almega, will be published at the bottom of this page aswell as links to information from Avtalat on the occupational pension ITP. 

News in the collective agreement

Improvements and clarifications in the collective agreement related to teachers’ working hours and duties, the work environment, and more. 

The central parties will re-open negotiations once the outcome of the regulations concerning teachers’ and preschool teachers’ working hours, proposed in the government inquiry SOU 2025:26, is made known. This is a similar procedure to what we agreed with SKR/Sobona in the collective agreement for the municipal sector. 

Additional hours (“mertid”) will be compensated as overtime pay from 1 September 2026. 

The parental leave supplement can now be split into two periods, up to 18 months from the child’s birth, for parental leave starting on or after 1 September 2025. 

Compensation for school trips is increased by 25% to SEK 750 per day. 

Compensation for using one’s own car for work has been introduced as an initial step. 

Enhanced joint initiatives between the parties related to pay, workload/timetable planning, and more. 

A strengthened and clarified pay agreement in line with the rest of the labour market. 

A continued increase in allocations to the occupational pension (tjänstepension).