Danish standards for terms of employment
When you apply for a residence and work permit in Denmark , it is a condition that your terms of employment correspond to Danish standards.
When we say that your salary and terms of employment must correspond to Danish standards, we mean that your salary, holiday entitlements, terms of notice etc. must not be inferior to the standards within the professional field in Denmark in which you are going to work.
When you apply, you must submit a copy of your employment contract or your specific job offer that contains all the terms of employment.
If your employment is covered by a collective agreement or if your employer is covered by a collective agreement through membership of an employers' association, SIRI will normally assess that the terms of employment correspond to Danish standards.
If you have been offered employment within a professional area that is normally covered by a collective agreement, SIRI can refer to the relevant collective agreement as guidance.
If SIRI has any doubts whether your salary and terms of employment correspond to Danish standards, we can ask one of the regional labour market councils to assess the terms of employment.
If a labour market council finds that the terms of your contract do not correspond to Danish standards, we will then request your remarks before we make a decision in your case.
Working hours and overtime
For most of SIRI's work schemes it is a condition that you are offered full-time employment (normally 37-40 hours per week).
For certain work schemes there are special conditions regarding working hours that apply. Read more using the following links:
In addition, the weekly working hours must correspond to Danish standards, which means that they must be usual for the position and the industry.
Any arrangements for overtime must also appear in the employment contract, including whether overtime is compensated with time off or if it is paid separately. In addition, the terms and scope of overtime must correspond to Danish standards.
The EU working time directive stipulates that over a period of 4 months you must have an average weekly working time of no more than 48 hours.
Holiday
The Danish Holiday Act contains provisions that ensure your right to annual holiday and holiday pay. This includes the right to 5 weeks of holiday a year, either with pay or holiday allowance.
The holiday terms in your employment contract must therefore refer to or be in accordance with the Holiday Act in order to correspond to Danish standards.
Notices of termination
If you have been offered work as a civil servant, the termination notices in your contract should follow the Salaried Employees Act.
If you have been offered work in a professional area where there is a guiding collective agreement, your notices of termination should follow the relevant collective agreement. If the notices of termination instead follow the Salaried Employees act, SIRI will also normally assess them as usual.