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Notice and severance statement
Danish Salaried Employees Act (Funktionærloven, LBK no. 1002 of 24 August 2017), sections 2, 2a and 2b
The employee
Name [NAME]
Job [JOB TITLE]
Employer [EMPLOYER]
City [CITY]
Employed from [START DATE]
Notice given on [DATE OF NOTICE]
Monthly pay before tax DKK [MONTHLY PAY]
Who gives notice [EMPLOYER / MYSELF]
The calculation
Item Amount
Length of service when notice is given [ ]
Notice period (s. 2) [ ] months
Earliest leaving date (end of a month) [LEAVING DATE]
Length of service at leaving [ ]
Severance pay (s. 2a) DKK [ ]
Pay during the notice period DKK [ ]
Maximum for unfair dismissal (s. 2b) — not in the total DKK [ ]
Total: notice pay + severance DKK [AMOUNT]
Notice under the Salaried Employees Act
Service when notice is given Employer's notice
Under 5 months 1 month
5 months – 2 years 9 months 3 months
2 years 9 months – 5 years 8 months 4 months
5 years 8 months – 8 years 7 months 5 months
Over 8 years 7 months 6 months
The employee's own notice is 1 month to the end of a month (s. 2(6)).
Severance pay after 12 years' unbroken service: 1 month's pay; after 17 years: 3 months' pay (s. 2a).
The s. 2b compensation is a maximum that only applies if the dismissal is not reasonably justified.
Letter: request for the reason and a statement
[NAME]
[ADDRESS] · [PHONE] · [EMAIL]
[CITY], [DATE]
To: [EMPLOYER]
Subject: My dismissal — reason and leaving terms
Dear [NAME OF MANAGER],
I confirm that I received my notice of dismissal on [DATE OF NOTICE]. I have been employed since [START DATE], and under section 2 of the Danish Salaried Employees Act my notice period is [NOTICE] months, ending on [LEAVING DATE].
Under section 2(7) of the Act, I ask you to give me the reason for the dismissal in writing.
I also ask for a written statement of my leaving terms: pay during the notice period, whether I am released from work, holiday pay and any severance pay under section 2a. By my calculation the severance pay is DKK [SEVERANCE].
I reserve all my rights under the Salaried Employees Act and my employment contract.
Kind regards,
[NAME] Signature: ________________
Variant: when you resign yourself
A resignation must be in writing. Hand it in by the last day of the month, and the notice runs from the 1st of the next month.
[NAME]
[CITY], [DATE]
To: [EMPLOYER]
Subject: Resignation
Dear [NAME OF MANAGER],
I hereby resign from my position as [JOB TITLE] at [EMPLOYER] with the notice that follows from my employment contract and section 2(6) of the Salaried Employees Act — 1 month to the end of a month. My last working day will therefore be [LAST WORKING DAY].
Thank you for the cooperation; I will gladly help with a good handover of my tasks.
Please send me a holiday pay statement with my final payslip.
Kind regards,
[NAME] Signature: ________________
Received on ____/____/________ — for the employer: ______________________
Arithmetic under the Salaried Employees Act, not legal advice. Collective agreements and contracts may give better terms. Names and companies in the examples are fictitious.