Your Danish hire, employed
and paid by EOR Denmark.
Between choosing a candidate and the first payslip sit a costed offer, a contract under Funktionærloven, written terms no later than day 7, a tax card check, eIndkomst and ATP set-up, and a holiday account under the Holiday Act. We do each step and show you where it stands.
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What you get when we hold the employment
A flat fee for a given role and scope. Salary and statutory levies are passed on at cost.
Fixed Danish levies in our 2026 example, as there is no percentage charge.
The Ansættelsesbevisloven limit for pay, hours and probation, counted from day one.
The same account manager for every question about your Danish staff.
How do you manage a Danish employee from another country?
Danish employment rules sit in several acts rather than one code, and many details depend on whether the employee is salaried. We answer what a manager abroad will meet.
- Probation set at up to 3 months
- Holiday planning across the September to August holiday year
- Sick leave, the 30-day employer period and refunds
- Changes to pay, hours or duties put in writing before they start
- Redundancies and the duty to consult staff
- Notice, severance and final holiday pay
One rule trips up foreign employers more than any other: notice under Funktionærloven. The employer gives 1 month in the first 6 months, then 3 months, plus 1 month for every third year of service up to 6 months, and notice must be in writing by the last day of the month before it runs. Dismissal without reasonable grounds after a year can cost up to 3 months’ pay for someone aged 30 or over, and up to 4 or 6 after 10 or 15 years.
What changes a Danish payroll bill in a year?
A few things move Danish payroll during the year. A new preliminary income assessment (forskudsopgørelse) produces a new tax card, which alters net pay but not your cost. The 1% holiday supplement lands in May and August. Samlet Betaling rates are reset each year: for 2026 AUB fell to DKK 705.25 a quarter and Barsel.dk rose to DKK 550. AM-bidrag has no ceiling, so it grows with every pay rise.
- Monthly withholding from each employee’s trækprocent and allowance
- eIndkomst reports and tax payments by the 2026 deadlines Skattestyrelsen sets
- Quarterly Samlet Betaling levies checked and paid
- Holiday supplement paid with May and August salaries
- Payslips showing gross pay, AM-bidrag, A-skat and ATP
What do Danish candidates want beyond salary?
By law the employer pays ATP, and the employee gets 25 days of paid holiday and a share of up to 52 weeks of parental benefit. Anything beyond that comes from a collective agreement or the contract: an occupational pension, more than half pay during maternity leave, a bonus, or equipment for home working. Each has its own tax and payroll treatment, and we put every benefit you add through payroll and report it in eIndkomst.
- Occupational pension contributions
- Pay above half salary on maternity leave
- Laptop, phone and home-office kit
- Bonus or profit share, pro-rated on leaving
- Work travel costs paid by the employer
Who is responsible for what in Denmark?
Each employee signs a Danish contract with us. We are named as employer in the written terms, on the payslip and in every eIndkomst report filed with Skattestyrelsen.
Tasks, priorities, targets and day-to-day management stay with you, as with any member of your team.
Payroll, tax, ATP and levies, holiday accounting, sick-pay refunds and records are ours to run, with your approval of each pay run.
The Holiday Act surprises foreign employers most often. Holiday is earned and taken in the same year, but the first 4 weeks cannot be paid out while someone is employed, and 3 weeks in a row of main holiday fall between 1 May and 30 September, fixed 3 months ahead. We raise these points before they touch your plans.
Where does €599 sit among EOR prices?
From €599 per employee per month covers the employment contract, Danish payroll, filings with Skattestyrelsen and Samlet Betaling, holiday and leave administration, and one named account manager. Salary and statutory levies are invoiced at cost on top.
| EOR DenmarkDenmark specialist | Deel | Remote | Oyster | Papaya | RemoFirst | Native Teams | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Monthly fee | from €599 | $599 | $699 | $699 | €650 Europe | from $199 | On request |
| Funktionærloven-based contract | ✔ | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Payroll run in DKK | ✔ | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| eIndkomst and Samlet Betaling filings | ✔ | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Holiday Act accounting, including the 1% supplement | ✔ | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Sick-pay refunds claimed after the 30-day period | ✔ | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Funktionærloven notice and severance advice | ✔ | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Pay Limit Scheme salary checks | ✔ | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Account manager by name | ✔ | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Euro-priced fee | ✔ | – | – | – | – | – | – |
Prices checked 9 October 2026 on each provider’s public pricing page; list prices change without notice, and a dash means the page does not say. Papaya Global lists €650 in Europe (about $728). Our fee is in euro and most competitors publish in dollars: €599 is about $671, converted with the ECB’s euro reference rate for 9 October 2026 (1.1206 dollars to the euro). That puts us above Deel and RemoFirst and below Remote, Oyster and Papaya Global.
Employing someone in Denmark from outside it?
Send us the job title, the salary and the municipality where the person will live. We come back with the yearly employer cost, an outline contract and the steps to day one.