DenmarkArbejdsmarked og erhvervsliv 8 · Labour market and business
What does the law say about an employee's summer holiday?
In the exam (Danish)
Hvad siger loven om en lønmodtagers sommerferie?
- aYou have the right to take all your holiday in July, whatever the employer says.Man har ret til at holde al sin ferie i juli, uanset hvad arbejdsgiveren siger.
- bYou may take holiday whenever you want, without agreeing it with the employer.Man må holde ferie, når man vil, uden at aftale det med arbejdsgiveren.
- cYou have the right to 3 weeks' holiday in a row in the period from 1 May to 30 September.Man har ret til 3 ugers ferie i træk i perioden fra 1. maj til 30. september.Correct answer
Why?
You normally earn 5 weeks' holiday a year, and you have the right to take 3 of those weeks in a row between 1 May and 30 September. It is the employer who decides when the holiday is taken, but he or she must first hear the employee's view.
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Hvad betyder 'flexicurity' på det danske arbejdsmarked? — At det er let at ansætte og fyre, og at ledige kan få økonomisk hjælp.
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What is an a-kasse?Correct answer:A voluntary insurance that can pay unemployment benefit if you lose your job.
Hvad er en a-kasse? — En frivillig forsikring, der kan give dagpenge, hvis man bliver ledig.
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An unemployed person is not a member of an unemployment insurance fund (a-kasse) and applies to the municipality for social assistance (kontanthjælp). What does the municipality look at before granting social assistance?Correct answer:The person's savings and any income of a spouse.
En ledig er ikke medlem af en a-kasse og søger kontanthjælp hos kommunen. Hvad ser kommunen på, før den giver kontanthjælp? — Personens opsparing og en eventuel ægtefælles indkomst.
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May an employer require an employee to be a member of a particular trade union?Correct answer:No, membership of a trade union is voluntary.
Må en arbejdsgiver kræve, at en medarbejder er medlem af en bestemt fagforening? — Nej, det er frivilligt at være medlem af en fagforening.
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Questions from past Medborgerskabsprøve papers (danskogproever.dk), reproduced verbatim with their official answers by permission of the Danish Agency for International Recruitment and Integration (SIRI), and our own practice questions on the facts of the official study material. The explanations are ours. Questions whose official answer no longer holds have been left out. The English translation and the explanations were made with AI help; in the test the questions are asked in Danish. We are not affiliated with SIRI.
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