Udkast til ændring af hviletidsbekendtgørelsen og bekendtgørelsen om systematisk arbejdsmiljøarbejde er sendt i høring. Bl.a. foreslås ensretning af undtagelsen for de såkaldte selvtilrettelæggere.
Folketinget har nu vedtaget det lovforslag, der implementerer den politiske aftale om 13 ugers ekstra orlov med barselsdagpenge til tvillingeforældre og adoptanter.
Regeringen har fremsat et lovforslag, der implementerer den politiske aftale om 13 ugers ekstra orlov med barselsdagpenge til tvillingeforældre og adoptanter.
Udkast til et lovforslag, som indeholder forenklinger i nogle af udlændingelovens erhvervsordninger – bl.a. i forhold til kravet om dansk bankkonto – har været sendt i høring. Reglerne forventes at træde i kraft den 1. juli 2024.
Det var sagligt at afskedige en ingeniør som følge af omfanget af arbejdsbetinget sygefravær.
En medarbejder var ikke omfattet af arbejdsskadesikringsloven, da hun i forbindelse med flytningen af et skrivebord på sin hjemmearbejdsplads på en fridag faldt og slog hovedet.
Det var uretmæssigt at bortvise to forsikringsmedarbejdere, der havde indtaget kokain. Arbejdsgiverens retningslinjer var nemlig uklare.
Lovforslaget, som stiller krav om registrering af arbejdstid for den enkelte medarbejder og giver mulighed for at fravige bl.a. 48-timersreglen for visse medarbejdere, er nu vedtaget.
En medarbejder kunne ikke opsiges efter funktionærlovens 120-dagesregel, fordi opsigelsen skete mere end 10 kalenderdage efter udløbet af den 120. sygedag, selvom medarbejderen på opsigelsestidspunktet kun havde modtaget løn under 123,17 sygedage inden for de seneste 12 måneder.
Folketinget har nu vedtaget det lovforslag, der bl.a. genindfører automatisk udbetaling af uhævede feriemidler efter bagatelgrænseregler ved ferieafholdelsesperiodens afslutning eller ansættelsesforholdets ophør.
Draft amendments to the Executive Order on Rest Periods and the Executive Order on Systematic Working Environment Work have been submitted for consultation. Among other things, it is proposed to align the exemption for the so-called self-organisers.
The Parliament has adopted the bill implementing the political agreement on 13 weeks of additional leave with parental benefits for twin parents and adoptive parents.
An employee who was planning to undergo fertility treatment but had not yet started the treatment was not covered by the special protection against dismissal in the Equal Treatment Act.
The Supreme Court recently upheld the Eastern High Court’s ruling establishing that a shop steward’s function ended at the time of a business transfer because the transferee had renounced the collective agreement.
The Legal 500 recently released their 2024 rankings for labour and employment law in Denmark. Norrbom Vinding maintains the position as top-ranked and is e.g. described as “Leading specialists on employment law matters” and “The team is composed of very knowledgeable lawyers, who are experts in their fields”.
A pregnant employee was entitled to compensation under the Equal Treatment Act as a result of a material change to her maternity leave terms even though she had not left her position.
Also this year, Chambers Europe ranks Norrbom Vinding at the top of leading law firms within labour and employment law in Denmark.
The new rules on systematic working environment work will strengthen cooperation on health and safety in the workplace by, among other things, making health and safety risk assessments a more active tool and clarifying the roles of the working environment organisation.
A draft bill to simplify certain occupational schemes under the Aliens Act – including the requirement for a Danish bank account – has been sent out for consultation. The rules are expected to take effect on 1 July 2024.
The bill, which introduces a requirement for registration of working time for each individual employee and provides the opportunity to derogate from the 48-hour rule for certain employees, has been adopted.