There is no statutory minimum wage in Denmark, but national collective bargaining agreements negotiated between workers' unions and employer associations effectively set minimum wages. The average effective hourly minimum salary across all private and public sectors is approximately 110 DKK.

For customers of Remote, all employee payments will be made in equal monthly installments on or before the last working day of each calendar month, payable in arrears.

We can help you get a new employee started in Denmark fast. The minimum onboarding time we need is only 9 working days.

Our team ensures your employees are onboarded and paid as quickly as possible while keeping your business compliant with all local employment legislation. The minimum onboarding time begins after the employee submits all required information onto the Remote platform. The onboarding timeline is also dependent upon registration with local authorities.

For all non-nationals of the country of employment, the Right to Work assessment (if applicable) will add three extra days to the total time to onboard. There may be extra time required if we need to follow-up on the right to work assessment.

Please note, payroll cut-off dates can impact the actual first day of employment. Remote has a payroll cut-off date of the 10th of the month unless otherwise specified.

All full-time workers are entitled to 5 weeks days paid holiday leave a year under the Holiday Act (Lov om ferie). Holidays accrue from the previous calendar year and can be taken in the holiday year which runs from 1 May to 30 April in the following year.

According to the Danish Salaried Employees Act, an employee is entitled to full pay when they are ill, regardless of the tenure of the employee or the period of the employee's illness. Employers need to apply for sick pay for the employee if they are sick for more than 30 days, and this application must take place no later than five weeks after the first sick day.

Expecting mothers are entitled to 4 weeks of pregnancy leave (before the due date) and at least 14 weeks maternity leave after childbirth. During the period of maternity leave, the mother receives 50% of their salary. However, employer and employee can agree to full pay entitlement.

Fathers are entitled to 2 weeks of paternity leave before the birth and 14 weeks after. There is no statutory right to salary, but the father may receive leave benefits from Danish authorities.

• Adoption leave: adoptive parents are entitled to 4 weeks of leave prior to receiving the child if the adoptive parents have to reside outside of Denmark to adopt. If the child is adopted in Denmark and it is necessary to reside where the place child is situation, one week's leave before adoption. In all cases of adoption, one of the adoptive parents are entitled to adoption leve of 14 weeks and the other with to leave with statutory benefits for 2 weeks. The remaining 12 weeks can be split between the adoptive parents.
• Parental leave: parents are entitled to 32 weeks leave with a possibility to extend to a maximum of 46 weeks. Leave pay is due for 32 weeks given relevant conditions are met.
• Accident, illness and family bereavement leave: meant for circumstances such as family sickness, accidents or bereavement. This type of leave is unpaid.
• Care leave (omsorgsdage): intended to allow employees to take care of a sick child. Not statutory required, but is common.