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The Danish Ministry of Immigration and Integration has changed the application timeline for retaining Danish citizenship under the 22-year rule. Danish citizens born abroad can now apply for retention as early as their 20th birthday. This provides applicants with a longer timeframe to secure their citizenship before the critical deadline at 22 years.

Lexology In-Depth: Executive Remuneration has just been published, and LES has contributed the Danish chapter, covering key aspects such as legal distinctions, taxation, stock options, and recent legal developments and court cases.

Once again this year, we have contributed with a chapter on Danish labour and employment law to the esteemed international guide, Global Legal Insights. The chapter provides an update on the Danish legal labour market and employment environment as well as an overview of developments and trends in the field.

Discover the latest insights on immigration law in newest Immigration Law Expert Guide, featuring a chapter contributed by LES.

As of 1 July 2024, new rules will impose new obligations on employers regarding registration of their employees' working hours. Therefore, you may now start considering how you will handle your registration system as well as who will have access to this and how you are going to protect the registered data in the system.

The new edition of The Legal 500: Employee Incentives Comparative Guide is now available. Read our contribution to the Danish chapter.

In an increasingly interconnected world, international businesses face a complex web of regulations, particularly when it comes to labor relations across borders. One regulatory framework that plays a pivotal role in this scenario is the European Works Council Directive. As part of the Trans-European Law Firms Alliance (TELFA), Lund Elmer Sandager has contributed with the Danish part of a jurisdictional overview of this directive, shedding light on its critical implications for companies operating in the EU.

As of 1 January 2024, Great Prayer Day will no longer be considered a public holiday in Denmark, but instead a normal business day. This will have an impact on all employees who previously had a day off or received compensatory time off on Great Prayer Day as they will now be required to work one extra day during the year.

Lund Elmer Sandager has contributed with an enlightening chapter on Danish labour and employment law, which provides updated insights into the Danish legal employment environment in this prestigious, international guide.

The proposed act on employment contracts and certain working conditions, which implements the European Parliament and Council Directive (EU) on transparent and predictable working conditions from 2019, was submitted for consideration on 29 March, and underwent its first reading on 13 April 2023. It is now scheduled for a second reading on 9 May, 2023, and a third reading on 11 May 2023.

The Legal 500, which is one of the leading legal directories based on market research and client feedback, has just published their rankings for 2023. Lund Elmer Sandager is once again recommended in seven different categories.

On 9 February 2023, the Minister for Immigration and Integration presented a proposed law to amend the Immigration Act. The proposal aims to implement the political agreement that the former government reached with several parties in the Folketing (the Danish parliament) in June 2022, which focuses on strengthening conditions for international recruitment in Denmark.