Self-employed
You can receive compensation from Barsel.dk, when going on maternity/paternity leave as a self-employed person or a private entrepreneur.
Compensation
See if you can receive compensation from Barsel.dk.
Who can get compensation?
You can get compensation if you meet one of these three conditions:
Upon birth
the child is born on 1 January 2021 or after
you get maternity/paternity benefits as a self-employed person or private entrepreneur from Udbetaling Danmark – Public Benefits Administration
you have an annual income from self-employment that is higher than the maximum unemployment benefit (DKK 236.600 in 2023).
Upon adoption
the child is adopted on 1 January 2021 or after
you get maternity/paternity benefits as a self-employed person or private entrepreneur from Udbetaling Danmark – Public Benefits Administration
you have an annual income from self-employment that is higher than the maximum unemployment benefit (DKK 236.600 in 2023).
How much can you receive?
You can receive up to DKK 225,27 per hour in total:
Maternity/paternity benefits - Udbetaling Danmark | Compensation - Barsel.dk |
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Up to DKK 122.97 per hour (2023 rate) | Up to DKK 102,30 per hour (2023 rate) |
Your annual income has an impact on how much you can get in compensation from Barsel.dk. Your annual income must be higher than the highest unemployment benefit amount in order to get compensation from Barsel.dk (DKK 236,600 in 2023). It is Udbetaling Danmark – Public Benefits Administration that calculates your annual income, which is the determining factor in how much you can get in compensation. Udbetaling Danmark – Public Benefits Administration calculates your annual income, etc. on the basis of your tax assessment notice from the Danish Tax Agency.
Contact Udbetaling Danmark - Public Benefits Administration
Examples: Compensation per week
Your annual income | DKK 250,000 | DKK 300,000 | DKK 350,000 | DKK 450,000 | DKK 500.000 |
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Maternity/paternity benefits from Udbetaling Danmark – Public Benefits Administration per week (2023) | DKK 4,550 | DKK 4,550 | DKK 4,550 | DKK 4,550 | DKK 4,550 |
Compensation from Barsel.dk per week (2023) | DKK 258 kr. | DKK 1.219 kr. | DKK 2.181 kr. | DKK 3.785 kr. | DKK 3.785 |
Even if your profit is higher than DKK 433,419, you cannot get more than the maximum amount of DKK 3,785 per week.
Period of compensation
Below you can see which weeks of your maternity/paternity leave you can get compensation for from Barsel.dk. Please note that you can get maternity/paternity benefits from Udbetaling Danmark – Public Benefits Administration for more weeks than you can get compensation from Barsel.dk.
Upon birth
To the mother
4 weeks prior to the expected birth
2 weeks after the birth
To the father/co-mother
2 weeks´ paternity leave after birth (inside the first 10 weeks)
3 weeks after the paternity leave (must be taken before the child reaches the age of nine)
Shared between both
29 weeks’ shared leave
Upon adoption
Both parents
When adopting a child from abroad, both parents get 4 weeks before receiving the child
When adopting a child in Denmark, both parents get 1 week before receiving the child
To one of the parents/Shared between both
4 weeks before receiving the child abroad
2 first weeks after receiving for one of the adoptive parents
2 weeks for the other adoptive parent (inside the first 10 weeks)
3 weeks after the first 2 weeks (must be taken before the child reaches the age of nine)
29 weeks of shared leave that can be exchanged between the mother and father/co-mother
How the shared leave is divided
If both parents take shared leave, the shared leave is split between the self-employed parent and the other parent's employer, regardless of which maternity/paternity leave scheme they use. Compensation/reimbursement is distributed based on when the mother and father/co-mother take leave.
If the mother is self-employed and takes leave for the first 15 weeks of the shared leave, and the father/co-mother then takes leave for 15 weeks, the mother will be entitled to compensation for 15 weeks and the father’s/co-mother’s employer will be entitled to reimbursement for 14 weeks. If the mother and father/co-mother take shared leave at the same time, they will both be entitled for compensation/reimbursement for the same period.
Example of distribution
If the mother (self-employed) and father/co-mother (employee) take maternal/paternal leave at the same time, the mother will be compensated for 16 weeks and the father/co-mother's employer will be reimbursed for 13 weeks of the shared leave:
Reserved for the mother
2 weeks’ compulsory leave
16 weeks’ shared leave
Reserved for the father/co-mother
2 weeks’ paternity leave
3 weeks’ paternity leave
13 weeks’ shared leave
Apply for compensation
When applying for maternity/paternity benefits from Udbetaling Danmark – Public Benefits Administration via NemRefusion, you will also automatically apply for compensation from Barsel.dk. Therefore, you do not need to take further action to apply for compensation from Barsel.dk.
Apply for maternity/paternity benefits via NemRefusion
Payment of contributions
The financing of Barsel.dk s is from a fixed contribution that must be paid once per year.
You are obliged to pay contributions to Barsel.dk as a self-employed person or private entrepreneur even though you are not going on maternity/paternity leave and therefore not able to use Barsel.dk.
Answer the questions below and see whether you need to pay:
You will receive a collection order once a year
You will receive a collection order from Barsel.dk in your personal digital inbox in October if you need to pay contributions. You therefore do not need to take any action yourself until you receive the collection order.
Subsequently, you will receive a collection order once per year.
How much do you need to pay?
The contribution rate is DKK 1,350 per year (2022 rate).
Year | Amount |
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2021 | 1.225,00 kr. |
Each year prior to the collection order being sent out, Barsel.dk will assess whether you need to pay contributions based on your annual tax assessment notice. It is the result on your annual tax assessment notice for the most recent concluded income year as a self-employed person or private entrepreneur that serves as the basis for the assessment. If Barsel.dk assesses that you need to pay, you will receive a collection order in October when Barsel.dk has received your annual tax assessment notice from the Danish Tax Agency.
If you need to pay contributions, this does not mean that you are entitled to receive compensation from Barsel.dk.
See here if you can receive compensation
The contribution from self-employed people or private entrepreneurs is the same as what employers pay to Barsel.dk for their full-time employees.
Repayment
Do you need to pay back compensation you have received from Barsel.dk? This is because Barsel.dk has recalculated your compensation on the basis of new information.
Barsel.dk pays you compensation on the basis of the information available at the time of processing the payment. It can therefore happen that Barsel.dk receives new information at a later date concerning:
that the entirety or part of your previously received compensation should have been paid to your employer
that your hourly rates have been adjusted
that part of or the entirety of your previously received compensation should have been paid to the other parent (as self-employed) or to the other parent’s employer.
The information is from Udbetaling Danmark – Public Benefits Administration which calculates your annual income, and this is the determining factor in how much you can get in compensation.
Reasons for why you need to repay money
Here you can see the types of situations that may result in you having to pay back compensation you have received.
Grief leave
As a parent, you may be entitled to up to 26 weeks of leave with unemployment benefits from Udbetaling Danmark – Public Benefits Administration if you lose a child. This is called ‘grief leave’. In addition, you may also be entitled to a payment from Barsel.dk for up to 26 weeks (which can be distributed between the parents). The duration of the payment depends on how much maternity/paternity leave you or, if relevant, the other parent of the child has previously taken. In other words, if you were on leave before the child died, these weeks will be deducted from the total number of weeks that you can be paid for during the grief leave. You qualify for a payment if:
you are receiving unemployment benefits during grief leave from Udbetaling Danmark – Public Benefits Administration
you lost the child before it reached the age of 32 weeks
you or, if relevant, the other parent has not already taken the leave.
See how long you can get a payment
How to apply
When applying for unemployment benefits from Udbetaling Danmark – Public Benefits Administration during a grief leave, you will also automatically be applying for a payment from Barsel.dk. The amount is paid out each month.
Legislation etc.
Here you can find legal guidance relevant to Barsel.dk and read about how we process your personal data.
Legal guidance
How Barsel.dk processes your personal data
In the following, you can learn more about what data Barsel.dk processes, how we process the data and your rights in that connection.