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Salary negotiation

At SDU, salaries are negotiated for all staff (both Danish and foreign) once a year and when new appointments are made. In most cases, the negotiations are handled by the employee’s union representative, but in some staff groups the individual employee is responsible for the negotiation.

Before the annual salary negotiations, staff who are organized in unions are usually informed by their union representative when it is time to submit requests for salary changes.

Employees who are not organized in trade unions are also entitled to salary negotiations, and their salaries will be negotiated at the same meetings and by the relevant union representative. Employees who are not organized in trade unions must keep informed and submit requests for salary changes via the salary negotiation system within the relevant deadline.

It is possible to apply for a qualification supplement, function-based allowance, and/or a one-off payment. If there is a wage policy for an individual employee group, this can be used to find examples of criteria for awarding supplements/allowances. Not all staff groups at SDU have wage policies.
Negotiation meetings take place in rounds. Salaries for academic staff, technical and administrative staff with university degrees, professors, and managers are negotiated in the first quarter of each year; members of the Union of Commercial and Clerical Employees (HK) and salaries for laboratory technicians, in the second quarter; and all other staff groups in the fourth quarter. For specific dates please check “schedule for salary negotiations at SDU” on this page.

After each round of negotiations, the personnel office informs the employee of the results of the negotiation by mail. In other words, the employee is not directly involved in the salary negotiation, as this is carried out by the union representative. Some employees have the right to bargain on their own behalf – called a self-negotiator. A self-negotiator will follow the same procedure as other employees (see the navigation sheet below). The only difference is that a self-negotiator can negotiate directly with the negotiating manager.

The following are self-negotiators (not exhaustive):
- Specialist consultants
- Senior consultants
- Management positions
- Professors

For further information please have a look at the “Start Package” below.

Read more about union representatives by clicking here.

The salary negotiation system can be accessed at: https://loen.sdu.dk

Please send an e-mail to ny-loen@sdu.dk if you have any questions.


Navigation sheets:

Start Package:


Schedule for salary negotiations at SDU:

Academics/Manager Salary
Submission of requests for salary changes opens on 10 January 2025
Deadline for submission of requests for salary changes is 2 February 2025
Negotiations run until 30 April 2025

Union of Commercial and Clerical Employees (HK) & laboratory technicians
Submission of requests for salary changes opens on 11 March 2025
Deadline for submission of requests for salary changes is 3 April 2025
Negotiations run until 30 June 2025

‘Others’
Submission of requests for salary changes opens on 10 September 2025
Deadline for submission of requests for salary changes is 1 October 2025
Negotiations run until 19 December 2025

 

Last Updated 22.01.2025