Information about your rights if you become ill before or during your holiday leave.

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What do I do if I get sick right before my holiday?

If you get sick just before your planned holiday, you have the right to postpone your holiday. This assumes that you have a 100 percent sick leave from a doctor. Inform your manager that you want to postpone the holiday no later than the last working day before the agreed holiday.

What do I do if I get sick during my holiday?

If you get sick during your holiday leave, you can regain the days of holiday. You need to get a sick leave from a doctor and inform your manager that you want the holiday days to be replaced.

Remember, holidays can only be replaced if you have 100% sick leave.

The right to regain your holiday leave applies only to your own illness. You do not regain your holiday leave if your children or other family members were sick during your holiday leave.

If you have a 100 per cent sick leave and do not take a holiday, the holiday should not be included in your application for sickness benefit with NAV. If you have registered your holiday in the Self-service portal, it must be deleted.

See guidance: Applying for absence (dfo.no)

Holiday leave during absence due to illness

If you are on sick leave and want to take holiday leave during the period, this must be noted in the application for sickness benefits to NAV.

You must also register the holiday days with your employer: When you are fully or partially on sick leave, it is not possible to register holidays in the Self-Service Portal for the same period. Inform the Service Center for Payroll and HR via NTNU Hjelp, and we will open for you to apply for holiday in the usual way.

The holiday dates you provide at NAV must match the information you report to the Service Centre.

If you become ill during your holiday abroad

If you become ill while you are on holiday abroad and want to replace the holiday leave, you must consult a doctor at the place where you are staying. It is not enough to phone your regular doctor at home.

Regardless of where you are staying on holiday, if you get documentation from a doctor, your holiday leave will be replaced. However, the right to sickness benefits applies only if you are on holiday in Norway or the EEA. Documentation requirements vary depending on the country you are staying. It is your responsibility to obtain the correct documentation.

You also need to send a self-declaration for foreign sick leave to Nav.

If you fall ill in a country outside the EEA, separate rules apply. For more information, see Sick during the holidays - Outside the EEA (Norwegian).

References and legislation

• The Act relating to holidays [Ferieloven] Section 9

Contact information

Do you have questions or need help? Contact the Service center.