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 […]
Companies should (re-)check their IT policies
The European Court of Human Rights has just come to a decision on employers’ right to monitor the e-mails of their employees. In the case of Bărbulescu v. Romania (Case No. 61496/08), the Grand Chamber arrived at a different result than the first section of the court. The judgment illustrates that there are limits as […]
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 % […]
Sickness before and during holidays – when does an employee have the right to replacement holidays?
A new holiday year has started and many employees are about to take their holidays. Sickness before or during the holiday and requests for taking the holiday at another time, are questions that cause the employers a lot of torment. Employees who are absent due to sickness before the beginning of a planned holiday, are […]
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 […]