New maternity rules have entered
On 3 March 2022, the Danish Parliament adopted a law change on earmarked leave, which came into force today, 2 August 2022. The purpose of the new rules is to promote equality between parents, single parents, and LGBTQ+ families.
The new rules include, among other things, to:
- An employee is covered by the new leave model if the child is born on 2 august 2022 or later. If the child was born before 2 august 2022, you are basically covered by the current rules (applicable maternity rules before 2 august 2022),
- The weeks of leave entitled to maternity allowance after the birth will, as a rule, be divided equally between the parents who live together at the time of the birth
- Each parent will, therefore, as a rule, be entitled to 24 weeks of leave with the right to maternity allowance after the birth
- For employees, a further 9 weekends will be earmarked, which means that you cannot transfer the right to maternity pay during the leave to another parent or to others,
- Several other conditions for single parents and LGBTQ+ families
- Read more about the new rules in the newsletter here.
If you have any questions about the new rules, please do not hesitate to contact Attorney Julie Flindt Rasmussen or Attorney David Bar-Shalom.