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Rules for 12 months of cash benefit during holidays

Official title (in Danish): Bekendtgørelse om opgørelse af 12 sammenhængende måneder med kontanthjælp i forbindelse med ferie

Executive order · BEK nr. 538 af 17.06.2026 · Beskæftigelses- og Li­gestillings­min­is­ter­iet

In short

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  • What changes:
    • The rules stating that resource process benefit and periods of revalidation count towards the calculation of 12 consecutive months of cash benefit have been removed.
    • The same applies to the rules for calculating 12 consecutive months of resource process benefit.
    • The previously applicable rules continue to apply to persons who were granted a resource process or revalidation by 31 January 2026.
  • Who: Persons transitioning between resource process benefit or revalidation and cash benefit.
  • When: The executive order entered into force on 1 July 2026.

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  1. Issued · 17 June 2026
  2. Published in the Danish Law Gazette (Lovtidende) · 19 June 2026
  3. In force · 1 July 2026