Midwives, nurses, and other employees in Denmark’s regions are subject to a special rule that can bar them from taking a child’s sick day. Two surveys suggest that many requests are being denied.
One day, a midwife called Aarhus University Hospital in Skejby to report off for a day shift because her child was sick. She was told no, because she was the third person to call in with a sick child that day.
That is not an unusual situation at the country’s hospitals.
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