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Employers are under obligation to report and pay into the Labor Market Holiday Fund any unused holiday pay for employees relating to the qualifying year. The report is the employer’s documentary evidence that it has settled the holiday accounts for hourly-paid employees, former salaried employees and monthly-paid employees in continued employment who have paid leave […]

“There is no doubt that 2020 has been an unusual and challenging year. COVID-19 has had, and will continue to have, a significant impact on businesses. We have seen businesses thrive as a result of the markets they operate in, but, unfortunately, there are more companies which are facing turbulent times and are likely to […]

On 10 September 2020, the Danish Parliament passed a law on access to the implementation of temporary division of labour as part of the measures for handling COVID-19. The bill is an implementation of the tripartite agreement on a new temporary division of labour scheme in the private labour market, which the government and the […]

The new Holiday Act enters into force on 1 September 2020, meaning that the interim period where holiday allowance was frozen expires and a number of new principles are introduced, including the concurrent holiday system. Below is an overview of the most important changes that the new Holiday Act entails.   Accruing and taking holiday  […]

On 15 June 2020, a large political majority agreed to advance the payment of the frozen holiday funds. Yesterday, on 11 August, a bill was tabled in this regard. The bill is expected to be consid-ered with a first reading today, August 12. The rational for the bill and the early payment of the frozen […]

On 18 June 2020, the Government presented further plans for travel outside of Denmark. Under the new guidelines the Ministry of Foreign Affairs has confirmed that Denmark’s borders will reopen from 27 June 2020 to all EU and Schengen countries including the UK. However, the opening of the borders to these countries is subject to […]

A large majority of the parliamentary parties agree on the implementation of a summer package and a phasing out of the aid packages implemented to help Danish companies through the closure that followed Covid-19 and which continues to affect a large number of companies. On 15 June 2020, the government and the majority of the […]

Mette Klingsten Law Firm is pleased to announce that Mette Klingsten has been named as one of the leading employment lawyers in Denmark in Legal 500. The Legal 500 assesses the strengths of law firms in over 150 jurisdictions. The achievement is particularly impressive as Mette Klingsten is one of only 2 lawyers named on […]

In certain circumstances the general rules regarding notification of holidays can be waived pursuant to the Holiday Act. Therefore, for companies experiencing acute order decline, job shortages and similar due to covid-19, it may be relevant to consider utilising the relevant provisions to notify employees that they should take a period of holiday at short […]

On April 8, 2020, the Danish Business Authority prepared guidelines for the gradual reopening of office workplaces after Easter, so as to minimize the risk of contagion spread. As of April 14, 2020, employees of private companies are, once again able to physically meet at work, provided that such a meeting is fully justified. The […]

The government in Demark has adopted a number of relief packages for companies and employees as a result of the outbreak of COVID-19. However not all companies will qualify for relief under the government schemes but still have the need to make cost savings. In those circumstances it will be necessary for companies to look […]

The pay compensation scheme is in place to support those companies that experience exceptional financial hardship due to COVID-19 and face having to make redundancies of at least 30 per cent of the workforce or more than 50 employees as a result of the financial hardship. The scheme gives the company the right to temporary […]