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New employer duties for corrections during parental leave
Wrong absence reason or first leave day: cancel the case and open a new one in NemRefusion yourself; wrong hours or holiday timing: contact Udbetaling Danmark; salary data is fetched automatically.
By Taxxa AI OyPublished 12 October 2026
Industry: Across industries
When something changes during an employee's parental leave, the employer must make sure it gets reported — and a new section on the employer guidance spells out who fixes whatVirk. If the absence reason or the first day of absence was reported wrongly, the employer cancels the ongoing case in NemRefusion and opens a new case with the correct reason or date.
Virk If reported working hours or holiday timing turn out wrong, the employer contacts Udbetaling Danmark instead
Virk, since only Udbetaling Danmark can correct those
Virk. Udbetaling Danmark retrieves pay information automatically from Skattestyrelsen
Virk, and it cannot alter an employee's pay records.
The same page restates the surrounding duties, where deadlines decide money. Leave is reported by opening a new case in NemRefusionVirk, at the earliest on the employee's first day of leave
Virk. Employers that keep paying salary can claim refusion
Virk — month by month, quarterly or after the leave ends — at the earliest from the first day of leave
Virk and no later than 8 weeks after the last paid leave day (or after salary payments stop, for partial pay)
Virk. A late application as a rule only gives refusion from the day Udbetaling Danmark receives it.
Virk The employee cannot apply for barselsdagpenge until the employer has reported the leave
Virk, and employees who stop receiving salary must apply no later than 8 weeks after salary stops
Virk — so a late employer report directly hits the employee's economy.
Two figures anchor the amounts. The benefit equals the hourly wage (without AM-bidrag) times weekly leave hoursVirk, capped in 2026 at 137,43 kr. per hour before tax
Virk (5.085 kr. per 37 hours); lower hourly pay gives the actual wage
Virk. Udbetaling Danmark computes the hourly wage from average income and working time in the last 3 completed calendar months before the first leave day
Virk, using data the employer already reported to Skattestyrelsen — except for employees hired less than 8 weeks ago, where the agreed salary reported by the employer in NemRefusion is used instead
Virk.
The same update removes the outdated section on the August 2022 rules and refreshes the sorgorlov link (now borger.dk/sorgorlov-barn). The 26-week sorgorlov period after losing a child is fixed and can be neither extended nor postponed.
Legal basis: barselsloven with employer reporting and refusion claims through NemRefusionVirk under bekendtgørelse nr. 514 af 23. maj 2018 om digital kommunikation via Nemrefusion.
When an absence reason or first leave day was reported wrongly, cancel the case in NemRefusion and open a new one; route hours or holiday errors to Udbetaling Danmark.