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- New parental leave model and earmarked leave
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Danish parents have 48 weeks of parental leave. The new law divides this equally between the parents so that each of them has 24 weeks’ leave after birth with parental leave pay – or their salary paid.
Both parents have so far had the right to take two weeks of earmarked leave linked to the birth. If you are employed, you will get another nine earmarked weeks which must be used before the child turns one.
If you do not use the earmarked weeks of leave, the parental leave pay stops. It is not possible to let the other parent use the earmarked weeks.
From January 2024, new single parents will be allowed to give some of the parental leave to close family members. New LGBTQ+ families will be able to give parental leave weeks to a social parent, i.e. a parent who has daily responsibility for and takes care of the child.
Source: bm.dk, borger.dk, Egmont Fonden
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