As an employee, you are entitled to be absent if you are unable to work as a result of your sickness. You may also be entitled to be absent if you have an appointment for treatment within the healthcare system based on a doctor’s referral, or for medical or dental appointments.
Applies to all employees and managers at Aarhus University.
Employees can make arrangements with their immediate superior to take time off with pay for personal treatment prescribed by a doctor, e.g. with a specialist, psychologist or physiotherapist or at a hospital or rehabilitation centre, if the treatment cannot be arranged outside working hours.
As a rule, employees should try to make medical and dental appointments outside working hours. If this is not possible, employees can make arrangements with their immediate superior to take time off with pay provided that their absence during working hours disrupts work as little as possible.
Time off with pay cannot be taken to accompany a child or other family member, for example, to medical and dental appointments.
In addition, the Agreement on Leave for Family Reasons (Aftale om tjenestefrihed af familiemæssige årsager), relating to the collective agreement, gives you the right to be absent from work in a number of different situations in case of sickness in your family. However, it is a requirement that you are covered by this agreement. The Danish Act on Employees’ Right to Leave for Special Family Reasons (Lov om lønmodtageres ret til fravær fra arbejde af særlige familiemæssige årsager) gives employees the right to be absent in some of the same situations as the agreement. This act covers all employees.