My child is sick 

Sick child or sick care taker

You can take out sick child days when you need to take care of your child(ren) who is(are) sick or in connections with the child-carer's illness. This applies until the calendar year when the child turns 12 years old. 

Employees can take up to: 

• 10 days per calendar year if you are caring for one or two children

• 15 days per calendar year if you are caring for three or more children 

• 20 days per calendar year if you are the only caregiver 

• 30 days per calendar year if you are the only caregiver for more than two children

Part-time employees have the same rights as full-time employees.

If you go home during the work day to pick up a sick child in day care or have to take care of a sick child part of the day, you can either:

• Use "self-declaration - sick child" or; 

• "Go home early " and only get paid for the number of hours worked. 

❗️You can not register half days when caring for a sick child, it will be counted as a full day, even if you try to register a half day in Quinyx. 

❗️You can self-certify your child or child-carer's illness for up to three calendar days. After this period, Oda is entitled to request a medical certificate to document the illness.

Child with a chronic or long-term illness

If your child has a chronic or long-term illness or disability, this right is extended until the calendar year of the child's 18th birthday. You are entitled to an additional 10 days for each child with a chronic or long-term illness or disability. You can participate in training at an approved healthcare institution or public competence center in order to be able to care for and treat the child.

I'm a sole caregiver

Sole caregiver means that the person is the only one caring for the child on a daily basis. The parent with whom the child has their permanent residence is considered the sole caregiver, regardless of the scope of contact the child has with its other parent. When the parents of the child have agreed divided residence, neither parent is considered to be sole caregivers. This applies regardless of how much time the child spends with each parent. 

You are also considered sole caregiver if the child’s other parent is unable to care for the child for an extended period of time. 

When you are the sole caregiver, the number of care benefit days doubles. You can still distribute care benefit days between you and the other parent, subject to an agreement between both of you. 

When you (one of the biological parents) is considered a sole caregiver, you can transfer up to 10 of the care benefit days to your spouse, or to a cohabitant partner, provided the cohabitation has lasted at least 12 months.