Different rules apply depending on whether you are sick when the holiday begins, whether you become sick during your holiday, or whether you plan to be on sick leave during the holiday, e.g. due to an upcoming surgery.
The holiday begins at the start of working hours on the first day of holiday.
You are not obliged to take your holiday if you are sick. This also applies if you are on partial sick leave.
If you are on sick leave prior to the start of a holiday, you are not obliged to take your holiday. If you become sick shortly before the start of your holiday and do not want to take the holiday, you must report sick to the school.
You must notify the school before the start of working hours on the first day of holiday, and you must follow the school’s guidelines on reporting sickness.
If you are long-term sick leave, you generally cannot take a holiday. If, however, it can be of recreational value for you to take a holiday during your sick leave, you can reach an agreement permitting you to take holiday. This must be agreed with both the school and the municipality, as holiday during sick leave impacts the payment of sickness benefit to the school.
Therefore, if you wish to take holiday during sick leave, it requires a “technical reporting of fit-for-work” with both the school and the municipality. This means that you are technically categorised as fit-for-work during the period that you are on holiday. When the holiday ends, you are once again on sick leave as before the holiday. This must be specifically agreed with the school, as the school must not apply for reimbursement of sickness benefit for the holiday period. In return, you use some or all of your accrued holiday, which is beneficial for the school.