Danish Municipalities Must Pay Billions in Overtime to Part-Time Staff

Danish municipalities owe back pay to part-time staff for past overtime.

A ruling from an EU court changes how municipalities calculate overtime for part-time employees.

Part-time workers must now get extra pay once they exceed contracted hours.

Previously, municipalities paid extra only after staff worked 37 hours in a week.

Billund Municipality recently calculated its total back pay.

Billund Municipality will pay 12 million Danish kroner to affected part-time workers.

Mayor Stephanie Storbank said the municipality aims to pay workers as quickly as possible.

The payouts extend beyond Billund across Denmark.

Local Government Denmark estimates total payouts nationwide will reach around 2.5 billion Danish kroner.