4/24/2009

Fráboðan um frítíðarløn

Í dag, tá eg var komin heim úr arbeiði, og komin undan brúsuni, sá eg eitt bræv liggja á skriviborðinum í kamari mínum. "Fráboðan um frítíðarløn" stóð á.. Eg hugsaði bara, jubii!.. :D

Eg havi ongantíð arbeitt so nógv áður, at eg havi fingið munandi nøgdir av peningi í frítíðarløn. Hetta er eisini fyrsta árið, at eg havi arbeitt so at siga hvønn dag (tó bert síðani aftaná summarfrítíðina).

Eitt tað fyrsta, sum eg legði til merkis, var at tekstirnir á brævinum stóðu bæði á føroyskum, og á enskum. -nokk grunda av at tað búgva alt fleiri útlendingar í Føroyum, enn tað hava gjørt. Síðst eg minnist, so stóð teksturin ikki tvímæltur á tílíkum brøvum.. :P

Frítíðarlønin í Føroyum er skipað á tann hátt, at so hvørt ein, ið er tímaløntur, tjenar pening á einhvørjum arbeiði, verða 12% lagt afturat, og skattað verður av øllum tí. Tey tólv prosentini verða síðani flutt í ein frítíðarlønargrunn, hvaðani øll fáa lønina útgoldna tann 1. mai.

Annaðleiðis er tó við teimum fastløntu. Tey fáa fimm viku frítíð - við løn, pluss umleið 1%, sum fer ígjøgnum somu áðurnevndu skipan.

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Notification about Holiday Allowance

Today, when I arrived back home from work, and had come out of the shower, I saw a letter lying on the desk in my room. "Notification about Holiday Allowance," there stood.. and I just thought, jubii!.. :D

I have never worked that much before that I have gotten a reasonable amount of money in Holiday Allowance. After all, this is the first year that I have worked like, everyday (although, only since last summer).

One of the first things that I noticed, was that the texts in the letter were in both Faroese, and in English. -probably because the fact that there are living more and more foreigners in the Faroes. Of what I can recall, the text wasn't bilingual on such letters.. :P

The Holiday Allowance is made in this way in the Faroe Islands: Whenever one person who gets hourly pay, gets paid from work, there will be added 12% to that amount, and then the taxes will be drawn off. Those twelve percent will then be moved into a "Holiday Allowance Account," wherefrom everyone get their Holiday Allowance paid out on 1st of may.

Though, there's a difference with those who get a monthly pay. They get 5 weeks vacation - with allowance(with pay), pluss around 1%, which goes through the same system as the one above.

4 comments:

  1. The most exciting is that I receive a letter from TAKS on my Polish address at the same day as you :)

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  2. Really? lol.. That's odd :/
    Are you currently living in Poland, or in the Faroe Islands?
    Maybe they have your Polish address or something? it's weird.. xD

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  3. I'm living in Poland now, but I had worked in the Faroes since January until first days of April. TAKS sent me a letter on Polish address, I receive it on Friday :)

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  4. Haha, okay.. :P that's pretty cool.. xD lol

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