Yvonne Frederiksen
Partner LLM
Yvonne advises on all aspects of labour and employment law, but her areas of special interest are:
- Discrimination – including advising clients on how to avoid discrimination claims, implementing policies and defending any claims, having extensive litigation experience in this area
- All types of incentives
- Industrial relations – including collective bargaining and dispute resolution
- Wellfare law
- Health and safety
Focus areas
I recently
- represented the employer in the high-profile case concerning obesity in the workplace before the EU Court. The Court gave its ruling on 18 December 2014
- conducted a landmark case in the Supreme Court concerning the scope of an employer’s obligations in relation to employees who have a child with a disability
- conducted another leading case in the Supreme Court concerning the issue of whether it is in conflict with Denmark’s obligations under EU law that Danish employers are not required to pay employees salary during a notice period if they are on unpaid parental leave at the same time
assisted a number of enterprises with revising their bonus and incentive programmes - completed a number of negotiation processes to renew collective bargaining agreements
- advised enterprises on the consequences of the Danish Working Environment Authority's decision to change its practice regarding psychosocial working environment
Qualifications and experience:
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2020
Officer in the IBA Diversity and Equality Law Committee
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2007 - 2013
Danish Employment Lawyers, Vice-Chair
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2008
Co-author of the Annotated Anti-Discrimination Act (in Danish)
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2005
Right of audience in the Supreme Court
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2003
Norrbom Vinding, Partner
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1999
Denver University, USA, LLM
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1998
Norrbom Vinding, Associate, 1998
Member of the expert panel on employment law under the Council of the Danish Bar and Law Society
Ius Laboris, Co-Chair of Discrimination IPG
Member of the European Employment Lawyers Association (EELA)
Member of the International Bar Association (IBA) and Officer in the Diversity and Equality Law Committee
Teaching activities in various contexts, including for the Danish Lawyers' Association and the Danish Centre for Legal Training (JUC)