As usual, the Government has published its legislative programme for the parliamentary year 2025/2026 in connection with the opening of the Parliament on the first Tuesday of October.

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Below we have listed the bills from the legislative programme that are especially relevant to the area of labour and employment law. The legislative programme largely follows up on the government platform of 2022. Surprisingly, there currently seems to be no plans to implement the Pay Transparency Directive.

We will, of course, monitor the progress of the bills in the Parliament and provide regular updates when there is new information to share.

Easing of the obligation to report industrial accidents and clarification of inspections by the Safety Technology Authority
Following the agreement on municipal budgets for 2026 between the Government and Local Government Denmark (KL) in May 2025, the Government will present a bill to simplify the rules on reporting industrial accidents, among other things.

ID card requirement on major construction and civil engineering projects
The Government will introduce a requirement for ID cards on construction and civil engineering projects with a minimum contract value of DKK 100 million. Among other things, the bill will follow up on the Government’s proposal regarding foreign workers and social dumping of June 2025.

Prioritisation of sexual harassment cases before the Apprentice Disputes Board
With this bill, the Government will introduce a legal basis for cases involving students and apprentices who have been subjected to sexual harassment and which are brought before the Apprentice Disputes Board to be heard before other cases before the Board. The bill follows up on the tripartite agreement between the former government (the Social Democratic Party) and the social partners on initiatives to combat sexual harassment in the workplace of March 2022.

Rule of presumption in industrial injury cases involving veterans with PTSD
The Government will table a bill introducing a rule of presumption in industrial injury cases involving veterans with PTSD, according to which the authorities will, as a starting point, have to presume that there is a connection between events during veterans’ deployment and the diagnosis of PTSD, unless there are particularly compelling reasons indicating otherwise.

Supplementary provisions to the AI Act
The Government will introduce a bill aimed at ensuring effective enforcement of the AI Act of the European Parliament and of the Council, which is directly applicable in Denmark.

New occupational scheme for certified companies covered by organised pay and employment conditions
The Government will put forward a bill to introduce a new occupational scheme for certified companies that are covered by organised pay and working conditions.

The Government’s full legislative programme can be found here (in Danish).

The content of the above is not, and should not be a substitute for legal advice.