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On 21 December 2020, the Danish Parliament passed a proposed law submitted by the Ministry of Immigration and Integration amending the Aliens Act. The proposed law involves a strengthened control of foreign labour and tightening of the requirements for work and residence permits under the work schemes. The proposed law takes effect on 1 January 2021 and aims to prevent non-compliance with the rules on foreign labour and should help fight social dumping.

In the wake of Brexit, UK and the EU have negotiated a Withdrawal Agreement. The agreement is the framework for the conditions for UK’s withdrawal from the EU, including the rights of UK citizens and their family members legally residing in an EU member state in accordance with the EU rules on free movement.

The pan-European private equity firm, Agilitas, signs agreement to acquire TenCate Advanced Armour Holding B.V. and its subsidiaries, a global leading manufacturer of lightweight protection solutions for land vehicles, aircraft, naval vessels and personal protection. TenCate Advanced Armour develops, tests and manufactures armour products in its facilities in Denmark, France and the US.

Danoffice IT acquires Npvision Group who specializes in buying and selling used IT equipment. Danoffice IT sells IT-solutions to international organizations and private companies. The company employs more than 120 people and last year it reached a turnover of more than one billion DKK. There are high expectations for the realization of synergies followed by the acquisition.

Following the recent increase in the COVID-19 infection rates, the government has introduced new measures and restrictions for migrant workers which became effective on 26 October 2020. The new restrictions require that migrant workers from high-risk countries must present a negative COVID-19 test when entering Denmark.

The Danish Transport, Construction and Housing Authority (TBST – the ministry for transportation for the aviation industry) has published an announcement that they are now applying deadlines for air carriers’ reimbursement for cancelled flight tickets to passengers. This new enforcement step is as an attempt to speed up the reimbursements and for passengers to be able to claim their right within the original timeframe.

On September 7 2020, the Government held a press conference on COVID-19, in which Minister of Health Magnus Heunicke requested that restaurants and cafés offer their visiting guests the possibility to register their contact information. A request that aims to increase contact tracing as the number of people infected with covid-19 is increasing, but at the same time raises some data protection law issues for you as a restaurateur or café owner.

On 5 June, the Government and the labour market parties (unions and employer associations) agreed that the three-party agreement on temporary salary compensation should be phased out, as the COVID-19 situation begins to look better and the Danish society reopens. However, the parties agree to extend the current period so that the scheme will finally end on 29 August 2020.

The Danish Data Protection Agency (In Danish: Datatilsynet) states that companies must avoid deleting personal data if the right for access is requested.

On 26 May 2020, the Parliament passed a new law that allows authorities to intervene to providers of online platforms, who change their terms and conditions without notice or even throw users off the platform without any justification.

Lund Elmer Sandager was invited to contribute a valuable and concise article about Danish labour and employment law which provides updated insights into the Danish legal employment environment for the GLI guide which covers cross-border insights of employment law in 27 jurisdictions.

The international, prestigious law firm rating agency ‘the Legal 500’ has just published this year’s rankings, and they recommend Lund Elmer Sandager in seven categories, among which we are particularly delighted to see that our GDPR department has entered the rankings in Tier 2.