Teachers and reception class educators can receive full or partial time off with pay to provide care on the child’s first sict day and second sick day.
Whether the child’s sickness entitles the employee to time off with pay depends on a specific assessment of the sickness in relation to the child’s age. Conditions at the school must also allow for your absence from the workplace.
The first and second sick day can be taken independently of each other. An employee can take time off for the child’s second sick day, even if that employee did not take time off for the child’s first sick day. The parents can therefore share the two days between them.
The second sick day is the calendar day in immediate extension of the first sick day, regardless of whether it is a work day or a day off.
Absence in connection with the child’s first and second sick day
The absence can be noted on the record for the employee’s sickness absences, but it must clearly state that the reason for the absence is the child’s and not the employee’s sickness.
The right to time off for the child’s first and second sick day also includes the employee’s foster children if these children are under 18 years old, in 24-hour care, and have the same registered address as the employee.
Parents who are hospitalised together with their children under the age of 14 have the right to absence with pay for up to five days per child within any period of 12 consecutive months.
If both parents are employed within the Danish state, the absence may not exceed five days for the parents combined. The same applies for home hospitalisation.
Upon request from the school, the employee must present medical documentation of the hospitalisation/home hospitalisation.
The five days can be used individually or together. There is nothing to prevent the employing authority and the employee to agree that these days will be used as 10 half days, for example.
The school pays the usual salary and pension during these absences.