Greenlandic Vacation (Grønlandsk ferie)

The Greenlandic vacation plugin grants holiday under the Greenlandic holiday act (Landstingslov nr. 10 af 12. november 2001 om ferie). It applies to employees who work in Greenland, including Danish state employees with a fixed workplace there.

The act works differently from Danish holiday. Holiday is earned over the calendar year and taken in the holiday year that follows it, from 1 February to 31 January. There is no concurrent holiday and no holiday in advance. So the days an employee earns during 2026 can be taken from 1 February 2027 to 31 January 2028.

When to use

Use this plugin for employees whose holiday follows the Greenlandic holiday act. The default of 25 days matches the act, so in most cases you add the plugin and change nothing.

Put it on its own policy, not on the same one as Danish Vacation . Then choose who gets it with the policy’s availability:

• By employment terms, when you have terms for staff in Greenland.
• By work country Greenland (GL), for employees stationed in Greenland. The work country comes from the employee’s employment, or from their organisational unit.

Parameters

How it works

The entitlement is booked once a year, on 31 December, for the calendar year that ends that day. The days land in that year’s statement, but can only be taken from 1 February. Unused days lapse on 31 January a year later, at the end of the holiday year.

• A whole year gives the full entitlement. An employee employed every day of the calendar year gets exactly 25 days.
• A part year gives 2,08 days per month. Each whole month of employment gives 2,08 days. A part month counts by its calendar days, so 17 of January’s 31 days give 1,14. A part year is not topped up to 25.
• Part-time makes no difference. A part-time employee earns the same 25 days, which are shorter days. On an hours account, the days are converted at the full-time working day.

Employees who leave

If employment ends on or before 31 December, nothing is booked for that year. The holiday they earned is paid out by payroll as holiday pay (feriegodtgørelse), not taken in mTime.

Days that arrive after 31 December

If a policy is assigned, an employment record entered, or a workspace brought online after 31 December, the days are booked on the day mTime first sees them. The 31 January lapse date is unchanged, so the days are not lost.

Transfer to the next holiday year

The act allows unused days to be carried over when work prevented the holiday, or by agreement (§ 20). That is a decision for each case, so make it as a manual adjustment on the employee’s account.

Examples

Staff in Greenland on their own employment terms

1. Create a time account of type Time off for Greenlandic holiday, measured in days
2. Add a time off policy pointing at that account
3. Select the Greenlandic Vacation accrual plugin and keep 25 days
4. Make the policy available to the employment terms for staff in Greenland

An employee employed all of 2026 receives 25,00 days on 31 December 2026, to be taken between 1 February 2027 and 31 January 2028.

Danish employees stationed in Greenland

Set up the policy as above, but make it available to work country Greenland (GL) instead. Make sure the Danish holiday policy is not available to the same employees.

Troubleshooting