New 2027 working-time deal for municipal pedagogical staff

Concluded between KL, BUPL – Børne- og Ungdomspædagogernes Landsforbund and FOAKL, the working-time agreement for pedagogical staff at municipal day institutions, after-school schemes, clubs and similar (60.11, O.26)KL was signed in Copenhagen on 15 October 2026. Published for the 2026-04-01 to 2029-03-31 bargaining round, it applies from 1 January 2027KL unless an individual provision states otherwiseKL, and it can be terminated on three months' notice to a 31 March, at the earliest 31 March 2029. It covers monthly-paid and hourly-paid staff, with protocols for school educators and for assistants and aides in schools.

For monthly-paid staff in daycare and clubs, full-time work averages 7.4 hours per calendar day excluding Saturdays and SundaysKL, settled after a six-month norm period starting locally; a different period of up to one year can be agreed locally. Overtime must have been ordered or necessary for a defensible service, and hours above the employee's maximum are compensated with time off of the same length plus 50 per cent or hourly pay plus 50 per centKL, the hourly rate being 1/1924 of annual pay including supplements. Part-time staff get quarterly statements and plain-rate pay for hours beyond 25 above average in a quarter. Time off in lieu is taken in the following norm period and otherwise paid.

Rosters in daycare and clubs must be known four weeks aheadKL. Shifting start or end by more than 60 minutes on less than four days' notice costs 90 kr. per day, more than two hours 120 kr. per day (basic amounts), unless paid at plus 50 per cent instead; casual extensions beyond 15 minutes cost 50 kr. per day. Exceptional weekend work is repaid with substitute days off before the end of the following month, otherwise paid at plus 50 per cent; where weekend work is regular, staff instead get a weekly rest of at least 55 hours. Daily rest can exceptionally drop from 11 to 8 hours once a week, twice by local agreement but never two days running, and local deals can allow up to 12 days between days off. Weekend work from Saturday 06.00 to Monday 06.00 and on public holidays earns 50 kr. per hour per half hour started, also after 06.00 on Constitution Day, Christmas Eve and New Year's Eve. Fixed evening work after 17.00 earns 5,200 to 27,900 kr. a year by hours band, up to 40 per cent convertible to leave.

Hourly-paid staff are paid for actual hours with a minimum of three hours a day, and a shift cancelled with less than two hours' notice is paid as planned. Evening hours between 17.00 and 06.00 in clubs or after-school club sections earn 29.42 kr. per hour, and colony pay follows agreement 63.01.

School educators work an annual 1,924 hours including holidaysKL, settled once a year at the school year's end on 31 July, or the holiday-year end if the municipality so decides. Weekend work earns time off plus 50 per cent or pay plus 50 per cent, outside the annual count. Overnight colony duty counts 14 working plus 10 standby hours a day, standby at one third, earning 127.33 kr. daily, 289.62 kr. on weekends and holidays, instead of other supplements. Ten working days at most separate days off, twelve across colony weekends. School assistants and aides follow the same annual norm, with colony days capped at 14 hours. From 1 January 2028, care days are omsorgsdage and elective-scheme days count 7.4 hours.

The duties stand under Aftale om arbejdstidsregler for pædagogisk personale ved daginstitutioner, klubber, skolefritidsordninger mv. (60.11, O.26, 42/2026) between KL, BUPL and FOAKL.