Ministry of Employment’s Program 2017/2018
As is tradition the first Tuesday of October, the government’s legislative program for the coming parliamentary year is presented. This also applies for legislation covering employees. The Danish Parliament reopened yesterday as always on the first Tuesday in October. This year 3 October 2017. The Danish Prime Minister gave his oral opening statement and furthermore […]
Less outsourcing – more insourcing
In a recently published survey, PWC has disclosed that Danish chief executives are planning to outsource less than before. The figures show that only 27 % of the chief executives of the largest Danish companies are planning to outsource in 2017. In comparison, the figures in 2014, 2015 and 2016 were 41 %, 45 % […]
Danish Holiday Act to be brought into compliance with EU-legislation
The Danish Holiday Act is under review by the Ministry of Employment. The future Holiday Act is intended to be a simpler and more modern version, in accordance with international obligations. In a statement from 27 April 2015, the EU Commission stated that the current Danish Holiday Act is not in compliance with EU-legislation because […]
Can employees be required to keep salaries confidential?
While many professional-employees unions in Denmark arrange courses on salary-negotiations, most people are still uninterested in sharing salary information with their colleagues. That’s because discussing salaries is still taboo for most people – especially executives and other key employees. Although everyone is curious about how much their colleagues are paid, they still refuse to open […]
Changes in rules on residence permits for foreign workers
The Danish Parliament has passed two bills amending the Danish Act on Aliens. As a consequence, the Greencard scheme is repealed and the Pay Limit scheme is changed . Under the Danish Greencard scheme, a foreigner could obtain a residence permit in Denmark if he or she had 100 points in a points system determined by […]
Mobile phone policy
Many employees in the private sector have mobile phones that are paid by their employer. Nowadays, a mobile phone has many different uses, such as purchasing music, train tickets, making donations, text messaging, surfing the Internet, etc. Companies should therefore establish a mobile phone policy defining the restrictions applying to the use of mobile phones. […]