Direktivet – der har mødt betydelig modstand fra dansk side – afventer nu godkendelse af Rådet i EU.
Europa-Parlamentet har vedtaget direktiv om passende mindstelønninger
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En dommers alder
Det udgjorde ikke ulovlig forskelsbehandling på grund af alder, at en tjenestemandsansat retsassessor blev afskediget, da han fyldte 70 år.
Svømmetimen er aflyst – opfølgning
Det var ikke i strid med forskelsbehandlingsloven at afskedige en fleksjobansat medarbejder, idet det ikke var muligt for arbejdsgiveren at imødekomme skånebehovene.
Syvendedagsadventisten, der ikke ville arbejde om lørdagen – Højesterets dom
Højesteret har fastslået, at det ikke var i strid med forskelsbehandlingsloven at afskedige en medarbejder, der – på baggrund af sin tro – nægtede at arbejde på en lørdag.
Må mor få mere end far?
Det var ikke diskrimination, at en overenskomst gav mødre ret til længere orlov med løn end fædre.
En fjer kan blive til fem høns
Det var uberettiget at bortvise en kommunaldirektør, da hun ikke havde gjort sig skyldig i væsentlig misligholdelse af sit ansættelsesforhold. Der forelå derimod et tilstrækkeligt grundlag for at skride til afskedigelse, da kommunaldirektøren, ved ikke loyalt at orientere det politiske niveau om alvorlige oplysninger, havde begået en tjenesteforseelse.
Ny vejledning om advokatundersøgelser
En arbejdsgruppe under Advokatrådet har udarbejdet en ny vejledning om advokatundersøgelser.
Global HR Law Guide
Ius Laboris giver et komparativt overblik over arbejds- og ansættelsesret i mere end 50 lande.
120-dagesreglen – sygemelding, raskmelding, sygemelding
Betingelserne for opsigelse efter funktionærlovens 120-dagesregel var ikke opfyldt, fordi opsigelsen, der skete efter den 123. sygedag, ikke var foretaget ”i umiddelbar tilknytning til udløbet” af de 120 sygedage.
Aftale om at fremme offentligt ansattes ytringsfrihed
Regeringen, SF, R, Ø og DF har indgået en aftale om at fremme offentligt ansattes ytringsfrihed – herunder ved at lovfæste retten til at ytre sig frit.
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.