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Herdsmen and farm managers

You have been offered employment in Denmark as a herdsman or farm manager in agriculture.

What are the conditions?

You must have the professional qualifications to carry out the job offered. This means that, as a rule, you must have

completed a relevant educational programme.

Your salary and terms of employment must correspond to Danish Standards

Your salary and terms of employment must correspond to Danish standards. This means that your salary, holiday

entitlements and terms of notice etc. must not be inferior to the standards within the professional field in which you

are going to work.

When you apply, you must attach a copy of your employment contract or job offer. All terms of employment must

be stated in the contract or the job offer.

You can see which information the employment contract must, at least, include here

In the agricultural sector, an indicative wage level exists for herdsmen. This wage level applies regardless of

whether the employment is regulated by a collective agreement or not.

The wage level is determined on the basis of registrations from The Regional Labour Market Councils and are

based on the increase in salary stipulated in the collective agreement for skilled agricultural workers.

In general, we therefore only ask The Regional Labour Market Councils for an assessment of your application, if

other stipulations in your employment contract than salary indicate that we need the councils’ assessment of

whether the terms of employment correspond to Danish standards.

Indicative wage levels for herdsmen and farm managers

The salary of a herdsman is considered to correspond to Danish standards if the total salary is at least DKK

31,607.62 (from 1 March 2024 to 31 May 2024) and DKK 32,189.39 (from 1 June 2024). If other salary is paid as part of

the employment, e.g. payments to a flexible spending account (in Danish "fritvalgskonto"), employer-paid pension

scheme etc., it is included in the calculation of the total salary.

There are no indicative salary levels for farm managers. The total salary is determined individually based on the

content and responsibilities of the position, but must exceed the salary of a herdsman. If other salary is paid as part

of the employment, e.g. payments to a flexible spending account (in Danish "fritvalgskonto"), employer-paid

pension scheme etc., it is included in the calculation of the total salary.

If the employment is not regulated by a collective agreement, overtime and allowances for working in the

weekends must be remunerated. Remuneration of overtime: DKK 209.82 per hour for the first 2 hours after normal

working hours and DKK 287.75 for the following hours as well as on Sundays and public holidays or time off in the

ratio 1:1.3 for the first 2 hours after normal working hours and 1:1.8 for the following hours as well as on Sundays and

public holidays.

Allowances for work during specific hours: DKK 23.66 per hour from Monday to Saturday for the following hours 12

midnight to 5 a.m., DKK 144.45 per day for Saturdays after 12 noon and DKK 305.96 per day for Sundays and public

holidays.

Your salary must be paid into a Danish bank account in your own name

Your salary must be paid into a Danish bank account in your own name, and the bank has to be operating legally in

Denmark.

It is not a requirement that the salary which is paid into your Danish bank account is transferred from a Danish bank

account.

You must contact a bank yourself, in order to create a Danish bank account. There are no immediate restrictions

concerning the type of bank account.

If you have not yet received a Danish address or CPR number and you are experiencing diffuclties creating a

Danish bank account, in order to find out what options you have in terms of creating a basic payment account, you

can read more on [Link] (opens in a new window)

Your Danish bank account must be opened within 180 days of your residence and work permit being granted. If

you enter Denmark after you have been granted a residence and work permit, you must open a Danish bank

account within 180 days from your entry into Denmark. If you already hold a Danish residence permit that is

valid for at least 180 days, your salary must be paid into your Danish bank account from your first salary

payment.

Read more about having your salary paid into a Danish bank account

Requirements for your salary

Your salary can only consist of:

•Salary in the form of liquid assets

•Payments to labour market pension schemes

•Paid holiday allowance

Only paid holiday allowance from the employer whom you are currently allowed to work for can be counted as

part of your salary.

If you earn holiday allowance paid to you in the following holiday year, the holiday allowance cannot be counted as

a part the annual salary of the year in which you earned the holiday allowance.

Other salary components

Salary components like the following cannot be taken into account when assessing the wage level:

•Paid living and housing expenses

•Per diems

•Free use of car

•Paid phone

•Paid internet

•Benefits-in-kind

•Subscriptions

•Other services offered to you by your employer.

The list is not complete.

Educational documents issued in Ukraine

If your education documents are issued in Ukraine, you must also include additional documentation for your

education in the application. It can be, for example, Study record book, student card, etc. Documentation for the

education must be dated, the name of the educational institution, and your name must be clearly stated in the

documentation. A copy of the original education documents, as well as a translation into Danish, Norwegian,

Swedish, English or German must be attached to the application.

An accompanying family member must not have had its residence permit revoked more than once

due to lack of a required work permit

One of the conditions for a residence permit under this scheme is that an accompanying family member (spouse,

cohabiting partner, children or in certain circumstances other family members) has not had its residence permit

revoked more than once due to lack of a required work permit.

Responsible agency

The Danish Agency for

International Recruitment and

Integration (SIRI)

Last updated 26-11-2024 - Published by: SIRI