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The Regional Labour Market Councils (RAR) of Denmark have announced that the country will now apply a new wage level for herdsmen and farm managers.
According to the Danish Agency for International Recruitment and Integration (SIRI), the new wage level for herdsmen and farm managers came into effect on March 1, 2023, meaning that it will apply to all applications that have been submitted since then and onwards, SchengenVisaInfo.com reports.
SIRI explains that an indicative wage level exists for herdsmen in the agricultural sector. The same stressed that the wage level applies regardless of whether the employment of herdsmen is regulated in line with a collective agreement or not.
“The wage level is determined by The Regional Labour Market Councils (RAR) in collaboration with GLS-A and 3F and is based on the increase in salary stipulated in the collective agreement for skilled agricultural workers. The collective agreement’s salary rates are regulated every year on March 1,” the statement of SIRI reads.
The same points out that when processing the work and residence permit applications for herdsmen and farm managers, SIRI assesses if the salary corresponds to the standards of Denmark. This means that if the wage level does not correspond to Danish standards the employer will be required to increase it.
According to SIRI, herdsmen’s salary is considered to correspond to the Danish standard if the total salary is equal to at least DKK 30,498.15 (around €4,100). Allowances for working overtime are also paid according to the collective agreement.
In line with the current Danish law, herdsmen get paid DKK 202,02 (around €27) per hour for the first two hours after the regular working schedule ends.
Moreover, they get paid DKK 276.95 (around €37) per hour when working on Sundays and on public holidays or during their day offs, in the ratio of 1:1.3 for the first two hours and 1:1.8 for the following hours.
Herdsmen get allowances for working during specific hours too. They get paid DKK 22.64 (around €3) per hour from Monday to Saturday when working between midnight and 5 a.m.
They also get paid DKK 138.23 (around €19) per day for Saturday after 12 at noon and DKK 292.78 (around €39) per day for Sundays and public holidays.
As for farm managers, SIRI explained that their monthly salary would be considered to correspond to the Danish Standard as long as it exceeds the salary for a herdsman. In cases when the salary does not correspond to the standards of Denmark, RAR is asked to assess it.
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