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Yvonne advises on all aspects of labour and employment law, but her areas of special interest are:

  • Discrimination – advice to clients on how to prevent discrimination claims, implementation of policies and defending claims, including extensive litigation experience in this area
  • HR law advice to private sector employers, both nationally and internationally
  • Restructuring and collective dismissal processes
  • Bonus programmes and alternative remuneration structures
  • Industrial relations – including collective bargaining and dispute resolution
  • Health and safety as well as industrial injuries

Practice areas

Discrimination

Discrimination is currently the fastest growing practice area

Bonus & incentives

Pay packages today are often composed of a number of elements. As a result, there is an increasing need for legal advice – both in relation to determining the different elements and addressing the many challenges and issues

Industrial relations

Collective agreements and industrial relations are the hallmark of the Danish labour market model

Litigation

Norrbom Vinding’s litigators are among the most skilled litigators in Denmark

Tax & social security

Labour and employment law matters should not only be regarded in a labour and employment law perspective

Employment law

Contracts, dismissals, changes to terms and conditions, post-termination restrictions, etc. We advise on all aspects of employment law

I recently

  • advised several companies in cases arising as a result of the #MeToo movement
  • represented the employer in the so-called “Obesity case” before the EU Court, the district court as well as the high court in Denmark
  • successfully conducted several landmark cases in the Supreme Court concerning the scope of ‎employers’ obligations in relation to employees with a disability
  • successfully conducted other leading cases in the Supreme Court concerning the scope of the prohibition of age discrimination under Danish and EU law
  • assisted a number of companies with updating their employment contracts and revising their bonus and incentive programmes
  • completed a number of negotiation processes to renew collective bargaining agreements
  • advised a number of companies on how to handle notices or draft notices from the Danish Working Environment Authority regarding physical and psychological working environment issues
  • represented employers in a number of industrial injury cases before the courts

Qualifications and experience

  1. 2020

    Officer in the IBA Diversity and Equality Law Committee

  2. 2007 – 2013

    Danish Employment Lawyers, Vice-Chair

  3. 2008

    Co-author of the Annotated Anti-Discrimination Act (in Danish)

  4. 2005

    Right of audience in the Supreme Court

  5. 2003

    Norrbom Vinding, Partner

  6. 1999

    Denver University, USA, LLM

  7. 1998

    Norrbom Vinding, Associate

Member of the International Bar Association (IBA) and Officer in the Diversity and Equality Law Committee

Member of the European Employment Lawyers Association (EELA)

Member of the Danish Employment Lawyers and the Danish Society for Labour Law

Frequent speaker on employment law issues in various contexts for the Danish Lawyers' Association, the Danish Centre for Legal Training (JUC), EELA, IBA, etc.