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Application for holiday travels by drawing lots does not start until June 15
NEWS 14-04-2023: Actually, the application for next year’s lot travels from SIK’s Vacation Fund has traditionally started on May 1, the workers’ international day. The application is then usually closed on 1 August. It won’t be like that this year.
The application period for these traveks starts this year on 15 June and runs until 1 September.
Please also note that not everyone who is employed under the SIK agreement can apply for lot travels – from next year, some specific professional groups will be entitled to holiday-free travel every two years. You can read about who it applies to further down in this article.
Lot trips – application online only
There are a few reasons for the change in the application period.
Firstly, the application can only be made online per SIK’s website from this year. Since the online application form was launched in 2021, you have alternatively been able to still submit your application on the paper form. As people are now getting used to the online application, which has also proven to be much easier to administer than the paper form, the Vacation Fund’s board has decided to phase out the paper form.
It then requires more time for preparation, as the website’s application form has to be adjusted and adapted – and people have to be informed about it.
But it is also connected to the fact that SIK’s Vacation Fund is about to undergo a change, which means that from 2024 the fund’s funds will also be used for a new category of holiday travel.
Travels every two years – from 2024
With the new agreements between the public employers (The Greenland Government, the municipalities and the Danish state) and SIK, certain groups have obtained the right to free travel every two years. It concerns the following groups:
1. HK employees (trade and office)
2. Childcare and socialcare workers
3. Healthcare assistants
4. Interpreters and translators
More detailed guidelines for the administration of these professional groups’ travel are being prepared. It is planned that the first travels in that category can be obtained from 1 April 2024 (since the accrual period is two years from 1 April 2022, when the new agreements apply retroactively). Regarding periods and procedures for registering and booking trips, there will be detailed information from SIK to all interested parties as soon as possible during the late summer.
However, one thing is certain in this regard: Those who get a holiday travel every two years from next year (those on the list of professional groups above) can no longer participate in applications for lot travels from this year.
Guidance for applicants
The website’s instructions for applying for participation in the travel lot in 2024 will be updated by the beginning of June at the latest. If you are in doubt, you will also be able to call SIK and get guidance.
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The address of the headquarters
SIK, Issortarfimmut 11, P.O. Box 9, 3900 Nuuk – www.sik.gl
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SIK Holiday Fund
Employees, paid according to SIK’s collective agreements – and their immediate family members – can be granted a holiday trip.The application period is June 15 to September 1. The allocation of holiday travel is done by drawing lots from the applicants who meet the conditions for being able to get a holiday trip the following year.
SIK Social Funds
As a labours union SIK has entered into agreements with private and public employers regarding benefits from a social fund. Common to these funds is that they are intendes to provide support in connection with serious illness – including to pay for travel companions and acommodations as well as to cover lost earnings.
The local SIK departments and the monthly contingent
Department
Address – Phone – E-mail
Contingent
Kangaamiut
Suffiap Aqq. B-515, Kangaamiut
3912 Maniitsoq,
Phone 54 77 59
E-mail kangaamiut@sik.gl
225 kr.
Kangaatsiaq
Suffiap Aqq. B-515, Kangaamiut
3912 Maniitsoq,
Phone 29 91 37
E-mail kangaamiut@sik.gl
305 kr.
Nanortalik
Tuapangmiut B-525
Postboks 91, 3922 Nanortalik
Phone 27 65 70
E-mail nanortalik@sik.gl.
285 kr.
Qasigiannguit
Gl. Kirkevej 7
Postboks 38, 3951 Qasigiannguit
Phone 91 14 48
E-mail qasigiannguit@sik.gl
310 kr.
Qeqertarsuaq
Jakob Danielsenip Aqq. 23,
Postboks 95, 3953 Qeqertarsuaq
Phone 92 14 23
E-mail qeqertarsuaq@sik.gl
255 kr.
Upernavik
Aqqusinertaaq B-221
Postboks 87, 3962 Upernavik
Phone 96 19 60
E-mail upernavik@sik.gl
285 kr.