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Starting today, all employees, except self-organizers, must register their working hours. This is a consequence of the Danish Parliament adopting a bill on 23 January 2024 to amend the Working Time Act, which will enter into force on 1 July 2024.

On 10 May 2023, the EU Council adopted a directive with the aim to strengthen the application of the principle of equal pay for equal work between men and women through pay transparency and enforcement mechanisms, otherwise referred to as the Pay Transparency Directive.

Currently there is a discrepancy between the exemption condition pursuant to the Working Time Act and the Executive Order on Hours of Rest, to resolve the disparity a proposal has been made to align the conditions for self organisers.

Parents of triplets and quadruplets born after 1 January 2023, have always been entitled to an additional 26 weeks of leave. New rules will come into force on 1 May 2024, granting twin parents similar rights.

In March 2024, the European Parliament adopted the AI Regulation, which aims to establish a legal framework for the development and use of AI systems, ensuring that such systems do not violate fundamental rights such as the right to equality and non-discrimination.

Small and medium-sized Danish companies can now sign up for a free alert service offered by the Agency for Digitisation. The purpose of the service is to protect Danish companies against potential cyber attacks.

The rules on the protection of health and safety representatives have been updated due to a political agreement on futureproofing workplace health and safety efforts and endeavors to reduce social dumping.

On 23 January 2024, the Danish Parliament adopted new rules on working time registration. The rules will enter into force on 1 July 2024, and introduce a new obligation for employers to implement a time recording system making it possible to measure each employee’s daily working time. 

The Danish Parliament has approved the abolition of the great prayer day from 2024. This means that the former public holiday will now become a normal working day. In this article we discuss the impact on this for employers and employees.

The Ministry of Employment has submitted, for consultation, a draft bill amending the Act implementing parts of the Working Time Directive and the Labour Court and Trade Union Arbitration Tribunals Act. According to the draft bill, the law will enter into force on 1 January 2024 The draft bill contains two main amendments, one of […]

The Supreme Court has determined that a retention bonus did not constitute renumeration and was an award to an employee for remaining in the position during a critical period for the company.   The case concerned three employees who had entered into an agreement with their employer for a retention bonus of up to three […]

Together with our European network – Ellint – this month we have focused on diversity. The European Diversity Month raises awareness across the EU about the importance of diversity and inclusion in our workplaces and in society as a whole. It celebrates the efforts of organizations to promote diversity and diverse teams in the workplace and create […]