Direktivet om passende mindstelønninger for arbejdstagere i EU er nu blevet vedtaget.
Direktiv om passende mindstelønninger vedtaget
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Når pligten kalder, skal der svares
Det var berettiget, at en kommune bortviste en SOSU-assistent, som forlod sin arbejdsplads ved normal arbejdstids ophør i strid med et pålæg om overarbejde.
Et grænsetilfælde …
Et afskedigelsesnævn fandt, at opsigelsen af en pædagogisk leder begrundet i sygefravær var uberettiget.
Chikane mod offentligt ansatte
En borger blev idømt 6 måneders ubetinget fængselsstraf for chikane mod offentligt ansatte.
Fri for egen regning – eller hvad?
En faglig voldgiftsret fandt, at det var berettiget at bortvise en medarbejder, fordi han efter ferie i et ”orange” land måtte udeblive fra arbejde pga. karantæne.
Nye regler om forebyggelse og håndtering af seksuel chikane – lovforslag fremsat
Beskæftigelsesministeriet har nu fremsat et lovforslag, der har til formål at implementere dele af trepartsaftalen om imødegåelse af seksuel chikane på arbejdspladserne.
Personoplysninger på en ukrypteret harddisk er no-go
En kommune er idømt en bøde på 50.000 kr. for overtrædelse af GDPR, fordi kommunens bærbare computere ikke var krypterede, og sikkerhedsniveauet derfor var utilstrækkeligt.
Nye regler om gennemsigtige ansættelsesvilkår er udsat – igen
Beskæftigelsesministeriet meddelte (umiddelbart før valgudskrivelsen), at den forventede ikrafttrædelse af lovforslaget om ansættelsesbeviser og visse arbejdsvilkår udsættes igen. Reglerne forventes nu at træde i kraft den 1. juli 2023.
Fremsat lovforslag om krav til arbejdsgivere, der stiller bolig til rådighed for ansatte
Beskæftigelsesministeren har fremsat et forslag til lov om krav til arbejdsgivere, der stiller bolig til rådighed for ansatte.
Når ét fuldtidsjob ikke kan gøre det
Det var berettiget at bortvise en medarbejder, der havde påtaget sig bibeskæftigelse i et betragteligt omfang, herunder i en sygeperiode, uden at orientere arbejdsgiveren.
Summary dismissal for breach of the duty of confidentiality
A social and healthcare worker’s disclosure of confidential information to the daughter of a citizen did not justify summary dismissal.
Dragged down by the desk
The employer was not liable for an industrial accident where a defective desk collapsed and dragged an employee down with it.
New publication from Ius Laboris
The publication provides insight into some of the most interesting international trends seen in relation to employment law and the workforce of the future and, thus, harnesses the great knowledge and expertise of Ius Laboris lawyers in 56 member countries.
The Government’s legislative programme for 2024/2025
The first Tuesday of October marked the start of the new parliamentary year and, in the usual way, the Government introduced its legislative programme for the parliamentary year 2024/2025.
Double discrimination against part-time workers
The ECJ recently found that a provision in a German collective agreement on overtime pay potentially violated the prohibition of discrimination against part-time employees as well as the prohibition of discrimination on grounds of gender.
Criticism was too harsh
The summary dismissal of an employee who had sharply criticised her employer and several identifiable colleagues in a closed staff group on Facebook was justified.
Long-term prospects
A municipality was justified in dismissing an employee due to the long-term prospects of her returning to work after sickness absence.
Did the employer show care or inaction?
A security company had not forfeited the right to summarily dismiss an employee, even though the company did not summarily dismiss the employee until more than 3 weeks after the company became aware that the employee had set up and operated a competing business.
Reference register – no objections
According to the assessment of the Data Protection Agency, there were no grounds for the Agency to initiate a case against a municipality based on the establishment of a reference register.
Adjustments to the Gender Equality Act to ease administration in the public sector – bill sent out for consultation
A draft bill that proposes to abolish gender equality statements and to simplify rules on the gender composition on boards of directors has been sent out for consultation. The new rules are expected to enter into force on 1 January 2025.