Hire and pay employees in
Denmark, hassle-free

With Deel, your business can easily hire employees in Denmark. No more worrying about local laws, complex tax systems, or managing international payroll. Deel takes care of everything in 150+ countries.

The average onboarding time frame in Denmark is 2 days with Deel.

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Danish Krone (DKK)

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Copenhagen

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Danish

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Mensuel

Onboard, pay and manage employees in Denmark with Deel.

Usually, to hire in Denmark, your business needs an entity. That means a local office, an address registered as a subsidiary, and an account with a local bank. All of this, plus navigating regional benefits, payroll, tax, and HR laws, can take months.

Deel lets you hire employees in Denmark quickly, easily, and compliantly. We even automate tax document collection, payroll, benefits, and more. For your existing direct employees, we can manage your entire payroll operation from end-to-end.

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All the necessary benefits for Denmark
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Deel allows you to provide localized benefits for employees in Denmark within minutes. All in one manageable online dashboard.

  • Indemnité de vacances
  • Labor Market Supplementary
  • Fonds de garantie salariale
  • Assurance accident du travail
  • Private pension, healthcare, dental, life, disability, and critical illness insurance - Soderberg & Partners
  • Couverture santé privée - Allianz (facultatif)

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Exigences relatives au salaire minimum

There are no provisions regarding the minimum salary stipulated in the law. 

Impôt sur le revenu des particuliers

Income tax in Denmark is complex. The individual income tax ranges from 8% to 56.5%. Income tax is calculated according to progressive rates. Multiple additional factors may impact overall rates, such as the household status, the number of children, and the employee's location. Local, Church and state taxes may also apply.

Revenu annuel brut Taux d’imposition (%)
Up to DKK 50,761 8%
Up to DKK 544,800 42.83%
Over DKK 544,800 56.5%

Coût de la paie

The employer cost is generally estimated at  ~1% + fixed fees

Monthly costs
- AES (labour market insurance) - DKK 33
- ATP (Labour Market Supplementary Pension) - DKK 198
- Financing contribution (FIB) - DKK 47.58
- Compulsory occupational injury insurance - 273.60 kr
- Maternity contribution - DKK 112.50
- AUB (Education contribution) - DKK 267.75
- AFU (Labor Market Fund for Secondary Persons) - DKK 0.58
- Administration of holiday fund - DKK 10.20
- Administration of frozen holiday pay - DKK 1.58
- Compulsory Occupational Injury Insurance - DKK 273.60

Annual and conditional costs
- 5th Week Vacation - Salary for up to 5 days of vacation for employees with unused vacation by the end of the spending year
- Vacation and Holiday Allowance - Salary for the unused vacation, up to 12.5% of the employee's annual base salary, accrued monthly.
- Ferietillæg: approximately 1% of the employee’s salary, varying depending on bonuses allowances, commissions, variable payments, and time off taken during the period, paid in two annual instalments in May and August.

- Great Prayer Day Compensation Supplement: 0.45% of the employee's gross annual salary, including any allowances, and company pension contributions.

Mandatory for terminated employees with unused vacation and paid to Feriekonto.

Ces coûts sont des estimations et ne sont indiqués qu’à titre d’information. Pour comprendre le mode de calcul des coûts et frais inhérents aux termes d’un contrat de travail établi dans ce pays, n’hésitez pas à demander un devis à notre service commercial.

Rémunération des heures supplémentaires et nombre d’heures maximum

Standard working hours are 7.4 working hours per day, 37 working hours per week. The standard workweek is from Monday to Friday.

Congé maternité

Maternity leave in Denmark is combined under Parental Leave.

Congé paternité

Paternity leave in Denmark is combined under Parental Leave.

Congé parental

Parental Leave in Denmark can be complex.
Employees who have worked at least 160 hours in the 4 months prior are entitled to Parental Leave of varying lengths depending on their relationship to the child. 

Legal mothers
  • 4 weeks pre-birth
  • 2 weeks mandatory post-birth
  • 9 weeks mandatory non-transferrable parental leave
  • 13 weeks transferrable parental leave

Legal father or second legal parent
  • 2 weeks mandatory post-birth
  • 9 weeks mandatory non-transferrable parental leave
  • 13 weeks transferrable parental leave

There are additional regulations allowing up to 4 parental figures to participate in parental leave.

The employee will receive 100% of the salary during this period, and Social Security will be responsible for this pay.

Additional situations and conditions may apply.

Congés maladie

Employees are entitled to paid sick leave for up to 26 weeks. This leave is paid at different rates and by different payers depending upon length:

Période Payer Payeur
0 à 30 jours 100% Employeur
31 - 154 days DKK 4,405 per week or the employee's regular salary if that is lower. Sécurité sociale

Conditions de départ

Un licenciement doit respecter des règles complexes et la procédure officielle du pays où travaille la personne concernée. Les conditions du départ sont toujours gérées par l’employeur avec les principales parties prenantes. La procédure peut inclure des frais ponctuels et certaines mesures (obligatoires ou recommandées) dans des cas spécifiques de licenciement.

Terminations in Denmark can be complex. There is no at-will termination in Denmark for employers. Terminations can be done for just cause subject to certain conditions.

Pour être conforme, la rupture d’un contrat de travail doit être motivée par :

  • Du fait de l’employé
  • D’un commun accord
  • Unilaterally by the employer based on:
    • Période d’essai
    • Raisons objectives
    • Disciplinary dismissal
    • Performance due to unsuitability for the job
  • À l’expiration du contrat

Période de préavis

The minimum notice period is 2 weeks and will be increased according to the length of the employment.

  • Up to 3 months of employment - 2 weeks’ notice
  • Up to 6 months of employment - 1 month’s notice
  • Up to 3 years of employment - 3 months’ notice
  • Up to 6 years of employment - 4 months’ notice
  • Up to 9 years of employment - 5 months’ notice
  • Over 9 years of employment - 6 months’ notice

Indemnités de départ des employés

In Denmark, generally, there are no statutory requirements on severance pay. Employees who have been in continuous employment for between 12 to 17 years are entitled to a severance payment of between one to three months. 

Congés payés

Full-time employees in Denmark who work five days per week are entitled to a minimum of 25 paid business days per year. This leaves accrues at a rate of 2.08 days per month. Part-time employees are entitled to the same number of vacation days. If an employee is given more than 25 days, the accrual rate per month is their annual vacation allowance divided by 12. Employees are required to take a minimum of 20 days off annually.

Jours fériés

Denmark celebrates 10 national holidays:

  1. Jour de l’an
  2. Palm Sunday
  3. Maundy Thursday
  4. Vendredi saint
  5. Lundi de Pâques
  6. Ascension
  7. Dimanche de Pentecôte
  8. Lundi de Pentecôte
  9. Noël
  10. Boxing Day

Onboarding

L’onboarding dure 2 jours ouvrables après la signature de l’énoncé des travaux par le client.

Termes du contrat de travail

There are no specific rules governing the language for employment contracts as long as the employee understands the contract language. They must be in writing and signed by both parties.

Un contrat doit préciser :

  • Nom
  • Date de début
  • Durée de l’emploi
  • Description du poste
  • Conditions de rupture de contrat

Période d’essai

Probation periods are not mandatory. The maximum probation period is 90 days. 
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With Deel, your business can easily hire employees in Denmark with our EOR solution. If you have an entity, our Global Payroll solution takes care of payroll and compliance for your direct employees. Our 250+ in-house experts handle everything from managing local laws, complex tax systems, or your payroll in Denmark and 150+ countries.

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À partir de 599 USD

Management fee

Group (9)

~1% + fixed fees

Part employeur estimée

* du salaire versé

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