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What are G-days?

G-days are employer-paid days. If your employer terminates your employment, it is their obligation to pay for your first two days of unemployment. We guide you through the rules. You can also read more at the Danish Agency for Labor Market and Recruitment.

Your employer must pay G-days for:

  • dismissal that is not due to your own circumstances.
  • Repatriation.
  • Termination of assignment and fixed-term employment and similar.
  • variable employment as a temporary worker where the scope of the work is not known in advance. In this case, you are considered laid off every day and therefore you must receive employer compensation when you are free between assignments.

You may be entitled to G-days if you:

  • have been employed as a salaried employee for at least 74 hours within four weeks prior to becoming unemployed.
  • is a member of an unemployment insurance fund.

An employer must pay you a maximum of 16 G-days within a calendar year. This includes both full and half G-days.

How much can you get paid out?

The amount paid for a full G-day corresponds to the maximum unemployment benefit rate, DKK 940 before tax in 2024, per day. If you are unemployed for 4 hours or less on G-days, your employer only has to pay half G-days, DKK 470 before tax in 2024, per day. The money must be paid no later than the second salary payment after you have resigned.

When can you not get paid G-days?

Your employer does not have to pay employer's allowance if:

  • you work full-time for another employer on the 1st and 2nd day of unemployment.
  • you are offered continued employment with your employer in writing prior to the termination and you decline the offer.
  • you receive sickness benefit following the work stoppage.
  • you take vacation in connection with the work stoppage.
  • you are the reason for the dismissal.
  • the work stoppage is due to strike, lockout or force majeure. 
  • you stop working in unpaid work.
  • you as a civil servant are transferred to availability pay.
  • you are unemployed from a job with wage subsidies.
  • the employer has gone bankrupt or suspended payments. This also applies even if the employer goes bankrupt after you have become unemployed.
If the employer does not pay out G-days before the deadline

If the employer does not pay G-days by the second salary payment after you have been terminated, Min A-kasse can write to the employer to demand payment. If the employer still does not pay, Min A-kasse will deduct the G-days and send the case to the Employment Appeals Board for a decision.

We cannot pay unemployment benefits for the days you are entitled to G-days, so you will be charged 7.4 hours for full G-days and 3.7 hours for half G-days.

Declaration of faith and promise

Your employer may ask you to fill out a declaration of faith and promise where you have to sign if you have had other work, been sick or taken vacation on the 1st and 2nd day of unemployment.

If your employer has asked you to complete a declaration of good faith, you have a maximum of 14 days to respond. If your employer does not receive the declaration within the deadline, you will lose the right to G-days. You will also not be able to receive unemployment benefits on the days. 

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