The labor market has recently seen very high competition for new employees, including the healthcare system, which is currently suffering from a shortage of manpower. While nursing staff have enjoyed this right since 2020, according to a statement issued by the Danish Regions Administration (Danske Regioner), the Danish regions have decided to grant all professional groups under their jurisdiction the right to work full-time. Currently, about 321,000 employees in the regions work part-time, and it has been decided to grant them the right to work full-time or increase their working hours.
According to the statement, there are many advantages to having more full-time employees, ranging from a sense of security for citizens and patients to greater equality in the healthcare system, while at the same time full-time employees receive a higher lifetime income and a higher pension.
Currently, the number of women working part-time is much larger than the number of men, and this weakens economic equality.
In 2020, when the system was introduced, 50.8% of the staff in the Soil Care System (SOSU) were working part-time, while the ratio among nurses was 50.1%, but in 2022 the aforementioned ratios decreased to 47.5% and 46.9%.
