The Danish Parliament has enacted a temporary amendment to
legislation enabling employers to postpone employee holidays in
very special circumstances.
In light of COVID-19 a bill on postponement of holidays has been
enacted at the urging of the Danish Minister for Employment. This
amendment to the Holiday Act concerns all employees and applies to
holidays which have or have not already been planned.
According to the amendment, employers temporarily have a right,
in special circumstances relating to COVID-19, to postpone an
employee's holiday to the next holiday period. The amendment
applies to holidays which should have been taken in the holiday
year 2019/2020 and the short holiday year running from 1 May 2020
to 31 August 2020.
