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Parental leave and Illness for externally employed PhD Students

Parental leave

Deadlines - Birth mother

Form name Deadline
Form 1: Pregnancy leave (expected birth and leave) Must be submitted 3 months prior to birth
Form 2: Parental leave (extension of PhD study owing to child birth) Must be submitted 6 weeks after birth
Form 3: Taking deferred leave 16 weeks prior to leave (deferred by agreement)

Deadlines - Father or non-birth mother

Form name Deadline
Form 1: Pregnancy leave (expected birth and leave) Must be submitted 3 months prior to birth
Form 2: Parental leave (extension of PhD study owing to child birth) Must be submitted 6 weeks after birth
Form 3: Taking deferred leave 16 weeks prior to leave (deferred by agreement)

Children born before 2 August 2022

Forms 

Illness

Deadline for informing the Graduate School, Arts

Please keep your principal supervisor informed if you are sick for a longer periode.

In case of illness lasting more than 14 days

  •  On the 13th day of illness both the department and the PhD administration (Bettina H. Acthon) must be notified.

  • As soon as illness has ended, the PhD administration (Bettina H. Acthon) must be notified.

If the absence is due to pregnancy related illness please write this when you contact the PhD administration. Remember to iinclude the expected date of birth in your email.

Possible extension

  • According to rules applying, the enrolment can be extended if a delay in the PhD degree programme can be documented due to the sick leave.
  • Please be aware If you fail to notify the graduate school of long term illness your enrolment will not be extended with the period of absence due to illness.

You cannot report sick leave retroactively. This means that if you have been unable to work full-time for the past few months without reporting your absence through the official channels (Bettina H. Acthon in the PhD administration) you will not be able to get an extension for these days.

Doctor's note and payment

  • The graduate school pays for doctor's note, if it is submitted as an electronic invoice.
  • Do not pay for the doctor's note yourself it must be submitted as an electronic invoice from your doctor
  • The information below is for the doctors office. 

Please make sure that the following information is written on the invoice

EAN-nummer: 5798000418271
Sted: 1231
Projekt: 12089
Aktivitet: 33997
Attention: Ph.d.-skolen, Arts
Name: Your name must be stated in the electronic invoice.


Bekendtgørelse om elektronisk afregning med offentlige myndigheder

BEK nr. 206 af 11.03.2011

§ 5. Regninger til offentlige myndigheder skal sendes, så de modtages elektronisk i et format, der er læseligt for den offentlige myndighed og umiddelbart kan indlæses i myndighedens fakturahåndterings- eller økonomisystem. Fysiske og juridiske personer, der ikke har mulighed for at fremsende regninger elektronisk fra eget faktureringssystem, kan fremsende regninger via udfyldelse af en fakturaskabelon.

Send invoice
https://indberet.virk.dk/myndigheder/stat/Digitaliseringsstyrelsen/NemHandel_Fakturablanket

Forms: Birth mother

Form 1: Pregnancy leave (expected birth and leave)

Form 2: Parental leave (extension of PhD study owing to child birth)

Form 3: Taking deferred leave

  • Danish version - English version

Forms: Father and non-birth mother

Form 1: Paternity leave (expected birth and leave)

Form 2: Paternity and parental leave

Form 3: Taking deferred leave

  • Danish version - English version

Forms: Extension due to general Illness

Please fill out the form and sent it to Bettina H. Acthon once you are able to resume your PhD studies full-time.

Forms: Extension due to pregnancy related illness

Please fill out the form and sent it to Bettina H. Acthon if you are able to resume your PhD studies full-time before the pregnancy leave begins. Otherwise, send it to Bettina H. Acthon at the same time as Parental leave form 2.