En politisk valgt formand for en fagforening er også beskyttet mod forskelsbehandling efter beskæftigelsesdirektivet
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Ikke krav om omplacering
En region var ikke forpligtet til at omplacere en socialpædagog til administrative jobfunktioner, der lå uden for det arbejde, som hun var ansat til.
Bevar det grå guld
Det var aldersdiskrimination at afskedige fire arbejdsmænd i alderen slut 40’erne til start 60’erne.
Handicap eller hælspore
Det var ikke i strid med forskelsbehandlingsloven, at et supermarked havde afskediget en butiksassistent, der havde et handicap og var ansat i fleksjob.
Diskriminerende at kræve ligebehandling?
Ligebehandlingsnævnet har vurderet, at det var ulovlig indirekte forskelsbehandling at stille krav om, at to lærerpraktikanter skulle give hånd til personer af alle køn. Kendelserne er indbragt for domstolene.
Coronapas og Guds vilje
Det var ikke i strid med forskelsbehandlingsloven, at en kommune indførte krav om, at medarbejdere skulle fremvise et gyldigt coronapas.
Forskelsbehandling ”by association”
Afskedigelse af en medarbejder, der var på ulønnet orlov for at passe sin søn, som havde et handicap i forskelsbehandlingslovens forstand, udgjorde ulovlig forskelsbehandling.
Facetledssyndrom udgjorde ikke et handicap
Hvis en medarbejder gør gældende, at medarbejderen er blevet afskediget på grund af handicap, er det i første omgang medarbejderen, der skal bevise, at vedkommende på opsigelsestidspunktet led af et handicap i forskelsbehandlingslovens forstand. I denne sag skulle Ligebehandlingsnævnet tage stilling til, hvorvidt en pædagog med diagnosen facetledssyndrom havde løftet denne bevisbyrde.
Forbud mod at anmode ansøgere om at oplyse om alder – lovforslag vedtaget
Folketinget har nu vedtaget en ændring af forskelsbehandlingsloven, der indebærer, at arbejdsgivere fra den 1. juli 2022 ikke længere kan anmode om oplysning om ansøgeres alder i forbindelse med rekruttering.
Trepartsaftale om initiativer mod seksuel chikane
Arbejdsmarkedets parter og regeringen har indgået en trepartsaftale om seksuel chikane, der skal understøtte en kulturforandring.
”No, thanks” to sickness absence interview
The Supreme Court recently upheld a high court judgment, establishing that it was okay to summarily dismiss an employee who refused to participate in a sickness absence interview.
Justifiable ban on headscarfs?
The ECJ has recently ruled in two new cases on the framework for banning the wearing of religious signs at the workplace.
Both summary dismissal and compensation?
Justified summary dismissal of a salaried employee did not deprive him of the right to compensation for unfair dismissal.
Equal pay in different establishments
In a recent judgment, the ECJ held that employers are obligated to provide equal pay for work of equal value across establishments.
No discrimination of reduced hours employees
It was not indirect discrimination to dismiss four reduced hours employees (“fleksjobbere”) as part of cost-saving measures because they lacked essential core skills.
Same owner but no identity in terms of labour law
A company was entitled to renounce a collective agreement in connection with a merger. That was the decision by the presiding Labour Court judge in this case.
One misstep
Employees’ protection against dismissal during illness arising from an injury suffered at the workplace is not conditional on the employer knowing at the time of dismissal that it was the employee’s injury that led to the illness.
Whistleblower schemes – bill adopted
The act implementing the whistleblower Directive into Danish law has been finally passed, and the Parliament has decided that Danish groups of companies can establish a joint whistleblower scheme (at least for the time being).
Must the Data Protection Agency be notified in case of an “internal” personal data breach?
The Data Protection Agency has expressed criticism of a municipality, inter alia, because the municipality had failed to notify a personal data breach to the Agency or communicate the breach to the affected employee.
Norrbom Vinding receives top ranking in Chambers Europe 2021
Chambers Europe recently released its 2021 rankings and, also this year, Norrbom Vinding – still being described as ”Employment Powerhouse” – is recognised as the leading firm in Denmark within labour and employment law.