A new state agreement raises pay for soldiers and other public employees. By year three, a high school teacher’s monthly salary will be 3,700 kroner higher.

»W​e’ve secured a deal that, for the first time in decades, puts the public sector ahead of the private labor market«

The new deal lets parents take the day off on their child’s third sick day. It also brings a raft of improvements to leave and parental benefits, including more shared parental-leave weeks. Arkivfoto: Mads Nissen
The new deal lets parents take the day off on their child’s third sick day. It also brings a raft of improvements to leave and parental benefits, including more shared parental-leave weeks. Arkivfoto: Mads Nissen
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»We’ve secured a deal that, for the first time in decades, puts the public sector ahead of the private labor market. I’m very proud of that.«

Leader of The Danish Confederation of Professional Associations (Akademikerne), Tomas Kepler, had reason to be pleased Wednesday morning after clinching a new collective agreement covering about 200,000 state employees.

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