Taking holiday

As a teacher or reception class educator, you have five weeks of holiday under the Danish Holidays Act. You also have five extra holiday entitlement days that are provided by the collective agreement.

Scheduling of holiday

Holiday is taken during the holiday use period, which runs from 1 September to 31 December the following year (16 months).

The scheduling of holiday for teachers and reception class educators is agreed in the collective agreement:

• The last 18 working days in July. 
• The first two working days in August.
• The five days of the autumn holiday (week 42). 

Thus, there are 25 days of holiday when calculating the annual norm according to the working hours.

The school can schedule the holiday differently, but it must provide notice in good time. See the rules on notice below. 

Notice of holiday

As stated above, the collective agreement specifies when you are to take holiday. However, the school may change the scheduling of your holiday. 

• If the school wishes to change the scheduling of 18 days of holiday in July and two days of holiday in August, notification of this must be provided by the end of March in the applicable year.
• If the school wishes to change the scheduling of five days of holiday in week 42, notification of this must be provided by the end of August in the applicable year.

If you wish to take compensatory holiday or if the school terminates you, the school may notify you of holiday that is to be taken.