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Factsheet for measure DK-2020-49/1812 – Updated – measures in Denmark
Country | Denmark , applies nationwide |
Time period | Temporary, 01 December 2020 – 30 April 2021 |
Context | COVID-19 |
Type | Legislations or other statutory regulations |
Category |
Income protection beyond short-time work
– Support for parents and carers (financial or in kind) |
Author | Maria Hansen (FAOS, University of Copenhagen) |
Measure added | 07 April 2021 (updated 20 January 2022) |
Several pregnant self-employed women have due to closure related to COVID-19 restrictions not been able to meet the employment-requirement in order to receive maternity benefits. As a result, a majority in Parliament has decided to temporarily ease the employment-requirements for maternity benefits for the self-employed.
The period from 1 December 2020 to 30 April 2021 can now be disregarded in the assessment of employment-requirements in relation to receive maternity benefits. Instead the activity of the company before 1 December 2020 can be used to meet the requirement. In order to facilitate administration in the municipalities and the Danish Public Benefit Administration (Udbetaling Denmark) the measure applies to all self-employed people.
The change will work retroactively and apply to self-employed who have gone on maternity leave on or after 1 December. The municipalities and the Danish Public Benefit Administration (Udbetaling Denmark) will have to reopen the cases where maternity benefits have been refused during the period. The law was approved on 23 March 2021.
The following updates to this measure have been made after it came into effect.
01 June 2021 |
This case has ended, but it is related to and partially succeeded by case DK-2022-1/2135 . |
No numbers are available yet, but the government estimates with considerable uncertainty that the change will affect about 40 self-employed people.
Workers | Businesses | Citizens |
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Self-employed
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Does not apply to businesses | Does not apply to citizens |
Actors | Funding |
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National government
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National funds
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Social partners' role in designing the measure and form of involvement:
Trade unions | Employers' organisations | |
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Role | No involvement as case not in social partner domain | No involvement as case not in social partner domain |
Form | Not applicable | Not applicable |
Social partners' role in the implementation, monitoring and assessment phase:
No involvement.
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Eurofound (2021), Pregnant self-employed get temporary dispensation for employment requirement for maternity pay, measure DK-2020-49/1812 (measures in Denmark), EU PolicyWatch, Dublin, https://static.eurofound.europa.eu/covid19db/cases/DK-2020-49_1812.html
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