Parental leave not reason for dismissal
07-09-2010
It is okay to dismiss an employee on parental leave if the employer is able to show that the reason is a decline in business.
Prison sentence to undercover journalists
02-09-2010
There are limits to how far journalists can go in order to get their hands on a good story. Two journalists were therefore given a 20-day suspended prison sentence for going undercover at a care centre.
The letter that never arrived
27-08-2010
An employer was unable to prove that the warning of summary dismissal sent by post had in fact reached the employee. Thus, the summary dismissal was unjustified
Church – not a sect
18-08-2010
A district court awarded a supermarket employee DKK 25 000 in compensation because his manager called his church a sect.
Reason for not offering permanent employment was not fertility treatment
13-08-2010
A temporary supermarket sales assistant undergoing fertility treatment was not offered permanent employment when her contract ended. But the High Court found no indication of discrimination.
Autonomy versus identity
10-08-2010
The fact that an entity involved in a business transfer becomes subject to political management does not mean that the entity loses its autonomy. So the European Court of Justice has ruled.
Bonus while under notice
06-08-2010
An employee was entitled to receive a bonus although he was under notice of termination and had been released from the duty to work when the decision to pay out a bonus was made. So the Danish High Court ruled.
Disloyal conduct by employee – but non-action by employer
05-08-2010
Although an employee's gross disregard for her duty of loyalty could justify summary dismissal, the employer’s right to summarily dismiss had been lost due to non-action.
Public-sector managers, too, are entitled to freedom of speech
21-07-2010
The Danish Parliamentary Ombudsman has established once again that public-sector employees enjoy a high degree of freedom of speech
Part-time and fixed-term employment in the EU
20-07-2010
Three provisions of Austrian law about part-time and fixed-term employment met with opposition at the European Court of Justice – they were held to be at odds with EU law
Doubt about how to interpret part-time leave agreement
19-07-2010
The Danish Board of Equal Treatment was not satisfied that an employer’s interpretation of an agreement about part-time leave was in breach of the Danish Act on Equal Treatment of Men and Women
”Honey” was not sexual harassment
16-07-2010
Close physical contact and calling an employee “honey" was not enough to prove that a manager had sexually harassed an employee
Accuracy of sick days
15-07-2010
An employee could be dismissed with a reduced notice under the 120 sick-days rule as a count showed that she had been off sick for exactly 120 days
The new statutory rules on sickness absence – an overview
28-04-2010
In March 2009, the Danish Ministry of Employment introduced a Bill to amend the Danish Sickness Benefits Act in order to strengthen the Government’s drive to keep people on sick leave in the labour market and reduce sickness absence rates. The Bill was passed in June 2009.