Denmark has implemented the European Work-Life Balance
Directive on time, with new rules on childbirth-related leave
taking effect from 2 August 2022.
The new Danish childbirth-related leave model applies entered
into force on 2 August 2022.
The new leave model does not change the number of weeks of
maternity/paternity/parental benefits to which parents are
entitled, but includes significant changes in the distribution of
the weeks with the aim that both parents must take part of the
leave.
The starting point is that each parent is entitled to 24 weeks,
of which 13 weeks can be transferred from one parent to the other.
The model is more complex than the previous rules, so we have
created this graphic to explain the breakdown of leave entitlement
for each parent, including which parts of the leave are
'earmarked', (that is, must be taken by the named parent),
and which parts can be transferred to the other paren.
