Compensation for staff on parental leave or sick leave when the salary review is conducted

This is because Försäkringskassan does not make retrospective payments from the date of the salary review (1 October 2022) but from the date on which the employer and the employee organisation agreed on the new salary (the so-called date of agreement).

Who is covered by the compensation?

In order to be covered by the compensation entitlement, you shall have been on leave and in receipt of parental or sickness benefit for a period (which requires a completed leave application in Primula) of more than 30 calendar days. It is your responsibility to report your application for compensation to the employer, in accordance with the procedure below, and to provide the documentation according to which the compensation is calculated.

Employees who, prior to the salary review, had salaries in excess of Försäkringskassan’s income ceiling are not eligible for compensation. This is because the payments from Försäkringskassan would have been the same even if they had been based on the revised salary. Försäkringskassan’s income ceiling is adjusted annually. The table below shows the income ceilings for the years 2022-2023. 

Which periods are covered by the compensation?

The compensation covers the period from the date of the salary review (in this case 1 October 2020), up to and including the date of agreement between Lund University and the relevant employee organisation. This means the period for which you can apply for compensation is determined by which organisation you belong to. For employees who are not members of any agreement-bound employee organisation, the date of agreement between Lund University and Saco-S applies.

Försäkringskassan will calculate parental benefit or sickness benefit on the basis of your new income, starting from the date of agreement. Current dates of agreement can be found in the right-hand column of the webpage below:

Salary Review | Staff Pages (lu.se)

How to apply for compensation

The compensation is processed by Statens Servicecenter (SSC), on behalf of Lund University. You apply for compensation as follows

1. Log in via the SCC portal
2. Choose “Kontakta oss” (Contact us) to create a request under “Lönehantering & Lönesystem” (Salary management & salary system). Next, choose “Löneunderlag — beslut och underlag” (Salary documents — decisions and documents).
3. Attach evidence from Försäkringskassan, “Besked om utbetalning,” (Payment statement) for the months covered by the compensation.
4. State your union membership status (to enable SCC to calculate compensation for the correct period).
5. Submit your request.

You will be notified of a decision when SCC have completed their processing.