If you fall ill and call in sick before your holiday leave starts, you have what is called a holiday obstacle. When you have a holiday obstacle, you do not take your otherwise planned holiday (unless you want to).
It is important that you call in sick in accordance with the local guidelines when you fall ill, and at the latest at the start of the holiday. If you do not report your illness (call in sick), it will not be registered and the holiday will start as planned.
If you recover before the end of your planned holiday, when you report yourself fit for duty you must inform your manager whether you want to take the remaining leave or return directly to work.
If, despite your illness, you wish to take your holiday as planned, you simply need to agree with your manager that you will report yourself fit for duty to complete the holiday and then ‘reinstate’ your sick leave once the holiday is over. If you have been on sick leave for a long time, in order to take your holiday you must make an agreement with your caseworker in your municipality of residence.
If you are on sick leave for the entire holiday period (1 September to 31 December of the following year), the holiday from the first four holiday weeks can be carried over to the next holiday period via a ‘transfer of holiday’ form. Contact Vivi Madsen from SDU HR about this. You can agree to have the fifth holiday week transferred or agree to have a payment instead.
Special holidays
If you fall ill before you are due to take a special holiday, you cannot take the holiday as planned. You must therefore make a new agreement with your manager about when the special holiday is to be taken.
If you are ill up to the end of the holiday period on 30 April, you should arrange to transfer the special holiday days to the next holiday period.