Living and working in Denmark Turin 12-13 October 2007
Mar 26, 2015
Living and working in Denmark
Turin 12-13 October 2007
this presentation
• about Denmark and the Danish society
• characteristics of the Danish labour market
• possibilities for working in Denmark
• where can you find information
Denmark
• appr. 43.100 square km • 5,4 mill. inhabitants• since 2007: 5 regions• since 2007: 98 municipalities• parliamentary democracy with a
royal head of state
Denmark - currency
• Danish crown (DKK)• DKK 100 = euro 13,40• euro 100= DKK 746,04• Denmark does not (yet) participate
in euro
Denmark – labour market• 37 working hours pr. week• 6 holiday weeks pr. year + 9,5 bank
holidays• workforce 2,9 mill. people (18 – 65 years)• employment rate 78% • high rate of working women (since 19-
sixties)• 2 earnings pr. family --> nurseries,
kindergartens and municipal day care• unemployment rate 3,2% (August 2007)
Wages and taxes- no minimum wage- collective agreements- relatively high wages - relatively high cost of living
tax• municipality, the county, the state, church • 3 levels: basic, medium and top level taxation• deductions: personal deduction, interest expenditures,
transport, trade union dues and benefit fund contributions
• VAT 25% • work taxcard yearly tax declaration• free tax amount pr. day, max. 12 month contract and
double housing
Social security – taxfinanced
• social security benefit in the event of illness or child birth
• benefit in the event of an accident at work/occupational disease
• early retirement and old-age pension• contribution towards funeral expenses• family benefits
Insurance against unemployment
• voluntary arrangement administrated by the unemployment insurance funds.
• 30 - 40 unemployment insurance funds• most unemployment insurance funds
associated with trade unions • transfer your unemployment insurance
seniority from your country to Denmark (E301)
• register within 8 weeks• ask your EURES-advisor
To Denmark with E303
• E303 – transfer of unemployment benefits to Denmark for up to 3 months
• unemployed in your home country for a minimum of 4 weeks prior to your departure
• register as a job seeker at a local Public Employment Service within 7 days
• European Health Insurance Card and form E119: free acute medical treatment and sickness benefits
How to find a job in Denmark
www.jobnet.dk
www.workimport.dk
www.workimport.dk
www.nyidanmark.dk
www.europa.eu
good job opportunities
• bricklayers• carpenters• painters• electricians• lorrydrivers• carmechanics• plumbers• sales staff• Welders• Engineers
good internet jobsites
• Employment Service: www.jobnet.dk
• newspapers: www.jobzonen.dk• magazines and tradeunions• private jobagencies: f. inst.
www.adecco.dk• Portal Job: www.job-guide.dk
www.jobindex.dk
www.seasonalwork.dk
need more information?
• find us on www.eures.dk