The aim of training leave is to make it possible to take leave for training purposes and to create job rotation on the labour market
3.1.5.2. Legal basis
The (Consolidation) Act on leave, no. 1060 of 20 December 1995.
3.1.5.3. Contents
Training leave may be given for a period of one week to one year for approved training courses. However, as the main rule leave may not be given in connection with participation in medium and long-term advanced education programmes.
The target group are unemployed persons, persons in employment and self-employed persons above the age of 25 years. It is a condition for obtaining leave that the person concerned is a member of an unemployment insurance fund and qualifies for unemployment benefit. Persons in employment and self-employed persons must further have been working for 3 years within the last 5 years. As regards employees, leave is subject to an agreement with the employer.
3.1.5.4. Financial resources
During the leave a leave benefit is paid of (up to) 100% of the maximum rate of unemployment benefit.
3.1.5.5. Institutional support
The Ministry of Labour is responsible for the following:
- The unemployment insurance system, the early retirement pay scheme and the transitional allowance scheme.
- The public employment service and vocational training, including adult vocational training, training courses for semi-skilled workers and retraining.
- Employment and training activities/programmes for young unemployed persons, long term unemployed persons, disabled persons and other special risk groups.
- Employment promotion measures and the enterprise allowance scheme.
Labour law matters which also come under the auspices of the Ministry of Labour include: industrial relations, income policies and legislation on the Public Conciliation Service and the Industrial Court, the Labour Market Supplementary Pension Scheme, the Employers' Guarantee Fund, legislation relating to salaried employees, holiday legislation and safety and health at work.
It should be mentioned in this context that the basic vocational training courses (the so-called efg courses) come under the auspices of the Ministry of Education.
The following executive directorates have been set up to implement labour market policy:
- The National Labour Market Authority
- The Directorate for the Unemployment Insurance System.
In addition, the Ministry of Labour is responsible for health and safety at work and this field is administered by a third directorate, the Danish Working Environment Service.
3.1.5.6. Duration
Training leave may be given for a period of 1 week to 1 year
3.1.5.7. Effects
By the end of 1995 a total number of about 70,000 persons were on leave; of these about 34,000 were on training leave.
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