Additional leave rights bill for parents of twins has been adopted
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.
The AI Regulation in the HR department
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.
New free alert service to prevent digital vulnerability in Danish companies
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.
Protection of health and safety representatives
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.
Executives and Age Discrimination
The United Nations in 2020 declared 2021-2030 as the Decade of Healthy Aging and launched a global collaboration with the aim to improve the lives of older people, their families, and the communities in which they live. The UN declaration recognises the world is not sufficiently prepared to respond to the rights and needs of […]
New Agreement on International Recruitment in Denmark
On 29 June 2022 the government and a majority of parties in the Danish parliament entered into an agreement on international recruitment. The aim of the agreement is to strengthen international recruitment in Denmark due to labour shortage. The Pay Limit Scheme International candidates who are offered a job in Denmark can apply for […]
Celebrate the 1st stage of the Tour de France with Mette Klingsten Law Firm
Mette Klingsten Law Firm invites all friends of the house to a glass of rosé when the first stage of the Tour de France drives past our office on Østerbrogade in Copenhagen on Friday 1 July 2022. The caravan starts from 14:30 , and the first rider starts at 16:00. We will have a table […]
Testing requirements for visiting employees
Despite the general re-opening of society and removal of the majority of COVID-19 related restrictions, employers should still be aware of the requirement of COVID-19 testing for employees visiting Denmark from aboard. Employers are still required to ensure that visiting employees are PCR tested and must also show that a written testing plan in place. […]
Proposal for new whistleblower law will require companies to establish whistleblower schemes.
The EU Whistleblower Protection Directive must be implemented in Denmark by 17 December 2021. On 24 February 2021, the Ministry of Justice sent a draft whistleblowing bill, implementing the Directive for consultation. The deadline for submission of comments on the bill is the 24 March 2021. The bill is expected to be considered in parliament […]
“I’ll be home for Christmas”
This is the season to be jolly, or at least to spend time with the family (where permissible). In this regard we have seen an in-crease in requests from employees wishing to work from different jurisdictions than those in which they are normally employed. This article deals with the issues arising from home working in […]