Discrimination
Discrimination is currently the fastest growing practice area
Discrimination is an issue which is very much on the mind of every employer – whether private or public. The EU regulation of the area and the advent of the Danish Board of Equal Treatment in particular have made this one of the busiest areas for firms like ours.
We advise on how to draft anti-discrimination policies, train managers and design recruitment and dismissal procedures to minimise the risk of claims. And we represent employers who are faced with discrimination claims.
Discrimination and differential treatment litigation is currently where employers in both the private and public sector face the largest claims within the area of labour and employment law, and the cases are also some of the most complicated because they involve Danish as well as EU statutory law and case law.
We recently
- assisted a number of companies and organisations in various complex matters arising out of the #MeToo campaign
- represented the employer in the so-called ”obesity case” before the EU court, the district court and the high court. The case was about the fundamental question concerning the extent to which obesity can constitute a disability within the meaning of the Danish Anti-Discrimination Act
- successfully conducted a number of Supreme Court cases regarding the scope of employers’ obligations in relation to disabled employees and employees with disabled children
- successfully conducted a case before the Danish Supreme Court concerning the issue of whether the special Danish rules on wages for under-18s are incompatible with EU law
- conducted the group of test cases in the Danish Eastern High Court and the Danish Supreme Court concerning the consequences of the EU Court’s ruling on the provisions of the Danish Salaried Employees Act with regard to termination pay
- conducted a precedent-setting Supreme Court case concerning the question of whether it is in conflict with Denmark’s obligations under EU law that Danish employers are not required to pay salary to employees during a notice period which coincides with the relevant employee’s unpaid parental leave
- advised companies and organisations on the difficult distinction between illness and disability
- advised clients on the protection of pregnant employees, employees on maternity leave and employees undergoing fertility treatment in connection with major collective redundancy processes
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At Norrbom Vinding, you will have the most experienced litigators arguing your case, and we defend employers almost on a weekly basis against discrimination claims"
Information about Discrimination and differential treatment
En barsel, en stillingsændring og en afskedigelse
Det udgjorde ikke forskelsbehandling på grund af køn, at en medarbejder fik tilbudt en anden stilling under sin barselsorlov og blev afskediget umiddelbart efter endt barselsorlov
Ikke udtryk for afskedigelse – selv efter seks valgperioder
Østre Landsret har vurderet, hvorvidt en øvre aldersgrænse for adgang til en politisk post udgjorde en afskedigelse eller manglende ansættelse efter forskelsbehandlingsloven.
Med eller uden fleksløntilskud – for Højesteret
Procesbevillingsnævnet har ved tilladelse til anke af to domme fra henholdsvis Østre og Vestre Landsret givet Højesteret mulighed for at tage stilling til beregningsgrundlaget for ansættelsesretlige godtgørelser til medarbejdere i fleksjob.
En aftale er en aftale – skulle man tro …
Højesteret har fundet, at en medarbejder ikke var afskåret fra at rejse krav vedrørende mulig forskelsbehandling grundet alder i forbindelse med en afskedigelse, uanset at hendes faglige organisation og arbejdsgiver – en kommune – forud herfor havde indgået et forlig herom. Kommunen blev dog frifundet, da Højesteret fandt, at medarbejderen ikke havde været udsat for forskelsbehandling grundet alder.
Sygefraværet, der var for langt, men alligevel ikke langt nok
Det var ikke i strid med hverken forskelsbehandlingsloven eller funktionærloven at varsle en deltidssygemeldt medarbejder ned i arbejdstid.
Med eller uden fleksløntilskud – vol. 3
Både Østre og Vestre Landsret har i løbet af det seneste års tid fastslået, at godtgørelse til en fleksjobansat medarbejder skal udmåles med udgangspunkt i arbejdsgiverens reelle lønudgift og dermed uden hensyntagen til det offentlige fleksløntilskud, medarbejderen modtager direkte fra kommunen. Nu har Vestre Landsret igen forholdt sig til problemstillingen – denne gang i to sager, der fik hver sit resultat.
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