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The rumours have been swirling, and they turned out to be the truth. Management at the University of Copenhagen now confirms that it will abolish staff rights to take the day off on the international labour day 1 May.<\/p>\n

The paid day off, according to university management, is a so-called customary right for employees, that can be abolished if it gives notice of it.<\/p>\n

The final decision will still be taken after a discussion in the university’s main staff-management collaboration committee (HSU), where managers and staff representatives regularly meet and negotiates working conditions.<\/p>\n

To save eight million kroner \u2013 but researchers will do what they usually do<\/h3>\n

Rector presented three arguments for dropping 1 May in a memorandum from the university’s HR department dated 11 September 2019:<\/p>\n

First of all, the University of Copenhagen \u00bbneeds to appear to be politically neutral and does not want to send out the kind of political statement that a paid 1 May holiday would be.\u00ab<\/p>\n

Secondly, management counts on the scrapping of this holiday will result in a DKK 8 million gain, equivalent to 15 full-time jobs. But only in the administration.<\/p>\n

According to the memorandum, productivity for researchers is expected to remain unchanged, regardless of whether the day is abolished or not, because researchers are already employed without an upper limit on the number of hours worked.<\/p>\n

To follow government agency’s line<\/h3>\n

The third argument offered by management to abolish the customary paid day off 1 May is that the university \u00bbwants to be in line with the Modernisation Agency, where a granted day off on 1 May should take place at the employee’s own expense.\u00ab They refer here to a 1963 memo.<\/p>\n

The Modernisation Agency, which is a part of the Ministry of Finance and negotiates collective agreements for the government, has not, however, expressed any opinion one way or the other about what the University of Copenhagen line should be:<\/p>\n

\u00bbOur position in the Modernisation Agency is that it is up to the individual institution whether staff should get the day off with pay on 1 May,\u00ab the agency writes in an email to the University Post.<\/p>\n

The University of Copenhagen, however, is the only university in Denmark that offers its employees a paid day off 1 May. Its abolition thereby puts it in line with other universities.<\/p>\n

Director: The University of Copenhagen cannot afford more than the other universities<\/h3>\n

\u00bbThe most important reason why we want to abolish the day off is that we are in a situation where we are pinched in terms of finances. In this situation, it is difficult to explain why we are awarding more days off to staff than other universities do. The University of Copenhagen is the only university where employees have a day off 1 May, and UCPH cannot afford more than the other universities,\u00ab says Jesper Olesen, Director of the University of Copenhagen.<\/p>\n

\u00bbWe are actually under more pressure than the others because we have a larger part of our buildings under the SEA scheme (the government building lease scheme, which is designed to turn a profit to the government and is therefore expensive to universities, ed.)\u00ab<\/p>\n

The main argument for abolishing 1 May as a paid day off is not that the day off is a political statement. But who would argue that taking the day off on 1 May is not a political statement?<\/p>\n

University director Jesper Olesen<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

\u00bbBut this is a custom that we have had for a very long time, so we have to discuss it with the HSU committee and give notice of what we plan to do,\u00ab he says.<\/p>\n

\u00bbThe main argument for abolishing 1 May as a paid day off is not that the day off is a political statement,\u00ab says Jesper Olesen. \u00bbBut who would argue that taking the day off on 1 May is not a political statement?\u00ab<\/p>\n

In the memo to the HSU, management estimates that the abolition of 1 May amounts to a net gain of DKK 8 million.<\/p>\n

\u00bbIn larger departments, they will be able to feel that staff have an extra working day, and this alleviates some of the pressure we all feel. In principle, you can handle more work tasks with the same number of staff if you have one day less of paid leave. We can reap this as a stress-relieving benefit.\u00ab<\/p>\n

Jesper Olesen says that there are differences in how much that staff care about 1 May.<\/p>\n

\u00bbIn several departments, there is quite a lot of activity already on 1 May. Not all staff groups are diligent in taking that day off.\u00ab<\/p>\n

Staff representative If management starts counting the hours, then so can we<\/h3>\n

Even before it was officially confirmed that the university management wanted to cut the employees’ paid day off 1 May, several staff representatives protested.<\/a><\/p>\n

\u00bbThis is a punch in the face to the staff that are really dedicated. It is small-minded,\u00ab said Ingrid Kryhlmand, who is staff representative for all HK union-organised staff at the University of Copenhagen and the vice-chair of the HSU to the University Post.<\/p>\n

The representative for academic administrative staff is also opposed to the measure.<\/p>\n

\u00bbThis is petty, nickel and dime, thinking,\u00ab says AC-TAP staff representative Signe M\u00f8ller Johansen. \u00bbThere are not many perks when you are a public-sector employee. And when you do not pay well, you might be able to give something else on this point.\u00ab<\/p>\n

I see this as a kind of ‘spreadsheet management’, and they need to be careful it won\u2019t lead to a backlash. If our managers start being strict in their calculation of hour numbers, then the employees can start too. And this, I don’t think, will necessarily end up being of benefit to management.<\/p>\n

AC staff representative Signe M\u00f8ller Johansen<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

\u00bbI see this as a kind of ‘spreadsheet management’, and they need to be careful it won\u2019t lead to a backlash. If our managers start being strict in their calculation of hour numbers, then the employees can start too. And this, I don’t think, will necessarily end up being of benefit to management.<\/p>\n

\u00bbI believe that there are greater productivity gains to be had in promoting trust between management and staff, and creating an attractive workplace.\u00ab<\/p>\n

Signe M\u00f8ller Johansen says that if the current scheme where staff have a day off 1 May is a ‘political statement’, as the management writes in its memo on 1 May, then this also applies to the announcement that it wants to abolish the time-honoured day off:<\/p>\n

\u00bbIt sends out the message that they consider the university a kind of corporation, where managers supervise employees, and where managers tightly control productivity. And I believe that this clashes with the culture of today, where there is space for your own ideas, and where there is a flat structure with an independent responsibility for solving assignments.\u00ab<\/p>\n

On Facebook, a group of staff at the university have discussed the prospect of losing a day off. Several staff say that it will be difficult to find daycare for their children, because institutions and schools are often closed 1 May.
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write on Facebook that with no day off on 1 May they will need to get day care for children as schools and kindergartens are closed."},{"acf_fc_layout":"Standfirst","subject":"Freedom","text":"The university must appear politically neutral. So 1 May should no longer be a paid day off, the management argues. Moreover, says the university director, the University of Copenhagen cannot afford to have more off-days than other universities. Staff representative says that its abolition will backfire.","use_post_excerpt":false},{"acf_fc_layout":"Byline","is_author":true,"contributors":false},{"acf_fc_layout":"Content","content":"<p>The rumours have been swirling, and they turned out to be the truth. Management at the University of Copenhagen now confirms that it will abolish staff rights to take the day off on the international labour day 1 May.<\/p>\n<p>The paid day off, according to university management, is a so-called customary right for employees, that can be abolished if it gives notice of it.<\/p>\n<p>The final decision will still be taken after a discussion in the university’s main staff-management collaboration committee (HSU), where managers and staff representatives regularly meet and negotiates working conditions.<\/p>\n<h3>To save eight million kroner \u2013 but researchers will do what they usually do<\/h3>\n<p>Rector presented three arguments for dropping 1 May in a memorandum from the university’s HR department dated 11 September 2019:<\/p>\n<p>First of all, the University of Copenhagen \u00bbneeds to appear to be politically neutral and does not want to send out the kind of political statement that a paid 1 May holiday would be.\u00ab<\/p>\n<p>Secondly, management counts on the scrapping of this holiday will result in a DKK 8 million gain, equivalent to 15 full-time jobs. But only in the administration.<\/p>\n<p>According to the memorandum, productivity for researchers is expected to remain unchanged, regardless of whether the day is abolished or not, because researchers are already employed without an upper limit on the number of hours worked.<\/p>\n<h3>To follow government agency’s line<\/h3>\n<p>The third argument offered by management to abolish the customary paid day off 1 May is that the university \u00bbwants to be in line with the Modernisation Agency, where a granted day off on 1 May should take place at the employee’s own expense.\u00ab They refer here to a 1963 memo.<\/p>\n<p>The Modernisation Agency, which is a part of the Ministry of Finance and negotiates collective agreements for the government, has not, however, expressed any opinion one way or the other about what the University of Copenhagen line should be:<\/p>\n<p>\u00bbOur position in the Modernisation Agency is that it is up to the individual institution whether staff should get the day off with pay on 1 May,\u00ab the agency writes in an email to the University Post.<\/p>\n<p>The University of Copenhagen, however, is the only university in Denmark that offers its employees a paid day off 1 May. Its abolition thereby puts it in line with other universities.<\/p>\n<h3>Director: The University of Copenhagen cannot afford more than the other universities<\/h3>\n<p>\u00bbThe most important reason why we want to abolish the day off is that we are in a situation where we are pinched in terms of finances. In this situation, it is difficult to explain why we are awarding more days off to staff than other universities do. The University of Copenhagen is the only university where employees have a day off 1 May, and UCPH cannot afford more than the other universities,\u00ab says Jesper Olesen, Director of the University of Copenhagen.<\/p>\n<p>\u00bbWe are actually under more pressure than the others because we have a larger part of our buildings under the SEA scheme (the government building lease scheme, which is designed to turn a profit to the government and is therefore expensive to universities, ed.)\u00ab<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>The main argument for abolishing 1 May as a paid day off is not that the day off is a political statement. But who would argue that taking the day off on 1 May is not a political statement?<\/p>\n<p class=\"quotee\">University director Jesper Olesen<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>\u00bbBut this is a custom that we have had for a very long time, so we have to discuss it with the HSU committee and give notice of what we plan to do,\u00ab he says.<\/p>\n<p>\u00bbThe main argument for abolishing 1 May as a paid day off is not that the day off is a political statement,\u00ab says Jesper Olesen. \u00bbBut who would argue that taking the day off on 1 May is not a political statement?\u00ab<\/p>\n<p>In the memo to the HSU, management estimates that the abolition of 1 May amounts to a net gain of DKK 8 million.<\/p>\n<p>\u00bbIn larger departments, they will be able to feel that staff have an extra working day, and this alleviates some of the pressure we all feel. In principle, you can handle more work tasks with the same number of staff if you have one day less of paid leave. We can reap this as a stress-relieving benefit.\u00ab<\/p>\n<p>Jesper Olesen says that there are differences in how much that staff care about 1 May.<\/p>\n<p>\u00bbIn several departments, there is quite a lot of activity already on 1 May. Not all staff groups are diligent in taking that day off.\u00ab<\/p>\n<h3>Staff representative If management starts counting the hours, then so can we<\/h3>\n<p>Even before it was officially confirmed that the university management wanted to cut the employees’ paid day off 1 May, <a href=\"https:\/\/uniavisen.dk\/en\/staff-reps-university-of-copenhagen-to-abolish-paid-day-off-on-may-day\/\">several staff representatives protested.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u00bbThis is a punch in the face to the staff that are really dedicated. It is small-minded,\u00ab said Ingrid Kryhlmand, who is staff representative for all HK union-organised staff at the University of Copenhagen and the vice-chair of the HSU to the University Post.<\/p>\n<p>The representative for academic administrative staff is also opposed to the measure.<\/p>\n<p>\u00bbThis is petty, nickel and dime, thinking,\u00ab says AC-TAP staff representative Signe M\u00f8ller Johansen. \u00bbThere are not many perks when you are a public-sector employee. And when you do not pay well, you might be able to give something else on this point.\u00ab<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>I see this as a kind of ‘spreadsheet management’, and they need to be careful it won\u2019t lead to a backlash. If our managers start being strict in their calculation of hour numbers, then the employees can start too. And this, I don’t think, will necessarily end up being of benefit to management.<\/p>\n<p class=\"quotee\">AC staff representative Signe M\u00f8ller Johansen<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>\u00bbI see this as a kind of ‘spreadsheet management’, and they need to be careful it won\u2019t lead to a backlash. If our managers start being strict in their calculation of hour numbers, then the employees can start too. And this, I don’t think, will necessarily end up being of benefit to management.<\/p>\n<p>\u00bbI believe that there are greater productivity gains to be had in promoting trust between management and staff, and creating an attractive workplace.\u00ab<\/p>\n<p>Signe M\u00f8ller Johansen says that if the current scheme where staff have a day off 1 May is a ‘political statement’, as the management writes in its memo on 1 May, then this also applies to the announcement that it wants to abolish the time-honoured day off:<\/p>\n<p>\u00bbIt sends out the message that they consider the university a kind of corporation, where managers supervise employees, and where managers tightly control productivity. And I believe that this clashes with the culture of today, where there is space for your own ideas, and where there is a flat structure with an independent responsibility for solving assignments.\u00ab<\/p>\n<p>On Facebook, a group of staff at the university have discussed the prospect of losing a day off. Several staff say that it will be difficult to find daycare for their children, because institutions and schools are often closed 1 May.<\/p>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"ArticleEnd"},{"acf_fc_layout":"Newsletter","lang_select":"Dansk","identifier":"Newsletter","headline":"Receive a weekly newsletter in your inbox","button_text":"Tilmeld nu","class":""},{"acf_fc_layout":"OtherStories","headline":"","hand_picked_posts":true,"references":[{"reference":{"ID":92716,"post_author":"67","post_date":"2019-09-06 11:27:47","post_date_gmt":"2019-09-06 09:27:47","post_content":"K\u00f8benhavns Universitet har l\u00e6nge holdt fanen h\u00f8jt den 1. maj, hvor de ansatte har ret til en fridag med l\u00f8n. Men fremover kan det blive dyrere for de ansatte at tage i F\u00e6lledparken p\u00e5 arbejdernes internationale kampdag.\r\n\r\nKilder siger til Uniavisen, at rektor Henrik C. Wegener har luftet tanken om at sl\u00f8jfe retten til betalt frihed den 1. maj. Dermed ville antallet af faste fridage, som de ansatte har krav p\u00e5, blive sk\u00e5ret ned fra fire til [secrettext face=\"tre\" text=\"Juleaftensdag, nyt\u00e5rsaftensdag og grundlovsdag.\"], hvis man ser bort fra de almindelige helligdage.\r\n\r\nIf\u00f8lge to tillidsrepr\u00e6sentanter kommer det dog ikke til at ske uden modstand.\r\n\r\n\u00bbJeg synes, det er en sk\u00e6ndsel, og at det er et rigtig d\u00e5rligt tr\u00e6k af ledelsen,\u00ab siger Joan Lykkeaa, der er f\u00e6llestillidsrepr\u00e6sentant for HK Dansk Laborant-Forening.\r\n\r\n\u00bbDet er et slag i ansigtet p\u00e5 folk, der virkelig er dedikerede. Det er sm\u00e5ligt,\u00ab tilf\u00f8jer Ingrid Kryhlmand, f\u00e6llestillidsrepr\u00e6sentant for alle HK-ansatte.\r\n\r\nM\u00f8det, hvor Henrik C. Wegener if\u00f8lge tillidsrepr\u00e6sentanterne r\u00f8bede ledelsens tanker om at afskaffe fridagen, blev afholdt tirsdag den 3. september. Det var et forberedelsesm\u00f8de til et st\u00f8rre m\u00f8de i K\u00f8benhavns Universitets hovedsamarbejdsudvalg, der er planlagt til den 17. september.\r\n\r\nP\u00e5 det forberedende m\u00f8de blev dagsordenen aftalt, og et af punkterne, der vil blive dr\u00f8ftet, er alts\u00e5 retten til betalt frihed den 1. maj.\r\n<blockquote>Man risikerer, at folk bliver demotiverede. Man f\u00e5r jo ikke lyst til at g\u00f8re den ekstra indsats.\r\n<p class=\"quotee\">Joan Lykkeaa, f\u00e6llestillidsrepr\u00e6sentant for HK Dansk Laborant-Forening<\/p>\r\n<\/blockquote>\r\nMen det betyder ikke, at fridagen er tabt for de ansatte. F\u00f8rst efter m\u00f8det i hovedsamarbejdsudvalget, som Joan Lykkeaa og Ingrid Kryhlmand begge er medlemmer af (Kryhlmand er n\u00e6stformand), vil ledelsen beslutte, om fridagen skal have kniven.\r\n\r\nLedelsen bekr\u00e6fter i en mail til Uniavisen, at 1. maj skal dr\u00f8ftes p\u00e5 det kommende hovedsamarbejdsudvalgsm\u00f8de,\u00a0 men afviser samtidig at kommentere sagen yderligere inden den 17. september.\r\n<h3>Begr\u00e6nset frihed p\u00e5 andre universiteter<\/h3>\r\nHvis K\u00f8benhavns Universitets ledelse ender med at afskaffe den betalte fridag den 1. maj, vil de ikke g\u00e5 enegang. Snarere tv\u00e6rtimod.\r\n\r\nHverken Danmarks Tekniske Universitet, IT-Universitetet eller Aarhus Universitet giver deres ansatte ret til betalt frihed p\u00e5 arbejdernes internationale kampdag. Det g\u00f8r Aalborg Universitet i udgangspunkt heller ikke, men i det nordjyske kan de ansatte dog f\u00e5 fri fra middag under visse betingelser:\r\n\r\n\u00bbFrihed kan efter beg\u00e6ring gives til faglige arrangementer fra kl. 12.00, s\u00e5fremt tjenesten tillader det. Det er en foruds\u00e6tning, at de enkelte afdelinger kan fungere tilfredsstillende hele dagen,\u00ab st\u00e5r der i universitetets personaleh\u00e5ndbog.\r\n\r\nNogenlunde det samme g\u00e6lder p\u00e5 Copenhagen Business School, hvor de ansatte kan f\u00e5 fri fra klokken 12 med l\u00f8n, hvis \u00bbmedarbejderen selv anmoder sin leder herom, og lederen vurderer, at driften tillader det,\u00ab som det hedder i personaleh\u00e5ndbogen.\r\n\r\nModerniseringsstyrelsen, som forhandler statslige overenskomster, vil ikke blande sig i, om de enkelte universitetsledelser giver de ansatte fri 1. maj.\r\n\r\n\u00bbVores holdning i Moderniseringsstyrelsen er, at det er op til den enkelte institution, om man vil give medarbejderne fri med l\u00f8n den 1. maj,\u00ab oplyser styrelsen i en e-mail.\r\n<h3>D\u00e5rlig signalv\u00e6rdi<\/h3>\r\nIf\u00f8lge Joan Lykkeaa kom K\u00f8benhavns Universitets melding som \u00bbet lyn fra en klar himmel\u00ab.\r\n\r\nHun p\u00e5peger, at det vil koste de ansatte op mod en halv procent af deres l\u00f8n, hvis fridagen forsvinder helt \u2013 og hvis den \u00f8vrige l\u00f8n ellers forbliver den samme.\r\n<blockquote>Det er et slag i ansigtet p\u00e5 folk, der virkelig er dedikerede. Det er sm\u00e5ligt.\r\n<p class=\"quotee\">Ingrid Kryhlmand, f\u00e6llestillidsrepr\u00e6sentant for HK-ansatte<\/p>\r\n<\/blockquote>\r\nMen det er ikke kun et sp\u00f8rgsm\u00e5l om \u00f8konomi, siger hun. Det handler ogs\u00e5 om signalet i at g\u00f8re 1. maj til en normal arbejdsdag.\r\n\r\n\u00bbJeg synes, at signalv\u00e6rdien er rigtig d\u00e5rlig. Det er jo ikke, fordi folk kun arbejder 37 timer i forvejen,\u00ab siger Joan Lykkeaa.\r\n\r\n\u00bbMan risikerer, at folk bliver demotiverede. Man f\u00e5r jo ikke lyst til at g\u00f8re den ekstra indsats. Vi ser det jo netop som en anerkendelse, at vi har 1. maj.\u00ab\r\n\r\n<em>Kan det ikke v\u00e6re et argument, at ledelsen bare g\u00f8r som de andre danske universiteter?<\/em>\r\n\r\n\u00bbDet synes jeg ikke. Det er jo ikke et argument, at bare fordi vi er de eneste, s\u00e5 skal vi ikke have det. 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