Here you will find information on what to do if your child or babysitter becomes ill.

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Sick child or childminder

If your child or the person who looks after your child is ill, you can take paid leave up to and including the calendar year that your child turns 12.

You must notify your manager as soon as possible, and your absence must be recorded in the Self-service portal.

A condition for taking leave is that you need to be away from work to take care of your child. For the first three days of the illness, you can send self-certification of absence ("egenmelding") for a sick child or childminder. From the fourth day of absence, a medical certificate that documents the child’s illness is required from NAV.

A kindergarten strike is not a reason for absence that is regulated in accordance with applicable rules and agreements. To receive care benefits pursuant to section 9-5 of the National Insurance Act, there must be illness in children or childcare providers. Strikes are not illness, and on this basis will not entitle you to care benefits when the kindergarten closes.

Register absence in the Self-service portal

Guide: Requests for absence (dfo.no)

1. To get the sick child quota, you must have registered your children in your profile. See guide: User profile (dfo.no). The profile will be updated during the night after you registered the change, so you will not see the quota for sick child days in the Self Service Portal until the next morning.

2. When registering a sick child day, send an absence application with the absence type "sick child 470". The form goes directly from you to your manager in the Self Service Portal. The rest column in the quota overview will decrease as your manager approves your absence applications.

Number of care benefit days

• 1 child: 10 days per year
• 2 children: 12 days per year
• 3 children or more: 15 days per year

See info further down the page about extra days for you who are a single parent or have children with a chronic illness or disability.

What do you do if you need more sick child days?

You cannot use a medical certificate to get more sick child days. If you have to stay at home with a sick child after your quota has been used up, you can:

• use holidays or time off
• take unpaid leave (e.g. absence application with code "Other absence unpaid")
• apply for allowance for care of a sick child from Nav (if the child needs continuous supervision and care)

Your overview in the Self-service portal

You will find the number of sick child days in the absence quota overview under the "time" tab in the Self Service Portal. If you are caring for two or more children, you have the quota "sick child extra days". You must use up the ordinary sick child quota before you use this one.

You must have registered your child in the profile fine to get the sick-child quota.

Single parents

If you are a single parent caring for your child on your own, the number of care benefit days is doubled. Please notify the Service Center via the form "Endre fraværskvote" in NTNU Hjelp after you have registered your child in the Self-service portal.

Chronic illness or disabilities

If you have children with chronic illness or disabilities, you may be entitled to an extra 10 days of care benefits. You must submit the decision from the Norwegian Labour and Welfare Organization (NAV) to document this right. Send the decision from NAV to the Service Center via the form "Endre fraværskvote" in NTNU Hjelp after you have registered your child in the Self-service portal.

DO NOT send any sensitive information about your children. Submit only proof that NAV has made a decision.

Training allowance

If you care for a child with a long-term illness or a disability, you may be entitled to a training allowance ("opplæringspenger"). You will then be entitled to absence from work for training at an approved health institution that is necessary for you to take care of your child. The training must last for a whole working day during a week. You can apply for a training allowance from NAV.

Remember to apply for absence in the Self Service Portal in case of training allowance. Register a request for leave and select type of leave "Training allowance 461".

New employees

You must have been employed for at least four weeks at NTNU to be entitled to use sick child days. In some cases, you can apply directly to NAV for money if you have a medical certificate and worked elsewhere before you started at NTNU.

After leave of absence

If you have had a break in your employment of more than 14 days due to leave, you must submit a medical certificate to use sick child day.

Sick child or childminder for part of the day

In principle, you take a day of care benefits as a whole day. But it may be possible to divide the day between work and care of a child if your job allows this and your employer has approved it. When a total of one whole care day has been used, the full day must be registered in the Self-service portal.

Doctor and dentist visits

Use the sick child quota to take time off when you have to accompany children 12 years and younger to a doctor and dentist. You enter the start and end times for the absence.

References and legislation

• Hovedtariffavtalen (the Basic Collectice Agreement) §20 (in Norwegian)
• Working Environment Act Section 12-9 (in Norwegian).
  • English version is available from the Labour Inspection Authority (Arbeidstilsynet)
• Folketrygdloven (the National Insurance Act) Section 9-6 (in Norwegian)

Contact information

Do you have questions or need help? Contact the Service cent