Background information

There is a growing shortage of healthcare professionals, and the pressure is growing with the latest development in the COVID-19 infection with the Omikron variant. To reduce the pressure in the healthcare system, it will be possible for healthcare professionals to transfer holidays to the next holiday year.

The Ministry of Employment is therefore changing the law, so that it is possible to free up more hands within the health sector over Christmas.

Content of measure

It will be possible for healthcare professionals to carry over holidays that should have been taken before 31 December 2021 to next year.

Changes were made in executive Order no. 1072 of 29 October 2019 on holiday obstacles.

Use of measure

The hope is that the measure is going to free more hands within the area, however it is only an option which the healthcare professionals can choose to use if they want to.

Target groups

Workers	Businesses	Citizens
Workers in essential services	Does not apply to businesses	Does not apply to citizens

Actors and funding

Actors	Funding
National government	National funds

Social partners

Social partners' role in designing the measure and form of involvement:

	Trade unions	Employers' organisations
Role	Unknown	Unknown
Form	Not applicable	Not applicable

Social partners' role in the implementation, monitoring and assessment phase:

• Unknown
• Main level of involvement: N/A

Involvement

This is a measure taken by the government alone, and the social partners involvement is not described anywhere.

Views and reactions

Unknown.

Sectors and occupations

Sources

• 14 December 2021: Sundhedspersonale kan overføre ferie til næste år (bm.dk)