Learn Swedish: Hos oss behöver de anställda inte stämpla in. - At our place, the employees do not need to clock in.

In Swedish, behöver (need) acts like a modal verb when expressing a lack of necessity with inte. This means it is followed directly by the bare infinitive stämpla without using att (to).

Why does inte come after the subject de anställda rather than right after the verb behöver?

This is because of the V2 rule, where the verb must be the second piece of information. The sentence starts with Hos oss (At our place), so the verb behöver must come second. The subject de anställda gets pushed after the verb, and the negative word inte follows the subject in a main clause.

Why is the word for "the employees" written as de anställda?

The word anställd is actually a past participle functioning as an adjective, meaning "employed". To say "the employees" in Swedish, you use the definite plural form of this adjective: de anställda, which literally translates to "the employed ones".

Why use hos oss instead of a preposition like på or vid for "at our place"?