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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.

In March 2022, the former government and labor market parties entered into a three-party agreement that, among other things, aims to strengthen efforts against sexual harassment in Danish workplaces. However, several initiatives to combat sexual harassment in the workplace require amendments to both the Equal Treatment, Occupational Health and Safety, and Vocational Education Laws, which have now been formally presented in a proposed law on February 1st, 2023.

The European Court of Justice has just dealt with this question in a case about the German rules on the protection of data protection officers (DPOs). The General Data Protection Regulation contains rules on the protection of DPOs. It appears, for example, from article 38 of the regulation that DPOs may not be dismissed for carrying out their duties.

In a recent judgment of 7 September 2022, the Supreme Court decided whether a person who was called to work on a Saturday could be dismissed for not showing up to work, as Saturday was a holiday in his religion.

The proposed law on employment contracts and certain working conditions, which must implement the directive on transparent and predictable employment conditions from 2019, has now been submitted for consultation and can be expected to be effective from 1 January 2023. In the proposed law, there are several significant changes compared to the current rules for employment contracts.

In a decision on 2 June 2022, the European Court of Justice ruled that HK’s regulations on an age limit of 60 years for board members discriminated based on age.