Folketinget har nu vedtaget det lovforslag, der har til formål at implementere det reviderede udstationeringsdirektiv i Danmark.
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Brexit – guide til arbejdsgivere om britiske medarbejdere i 2021
Overgangsperioden udløber ved årsskiftet, og Brexit er for alvor en realitet. Hvad betyder det for briters mulighed for at bo og arbejde i EU? Og hvad med europæiske arbejdsgiveres muligheder for at rekruttere briter? Vi har bidraget til Ius Laboris’ Brexit Guide for International Employers om disse spørgsmål.
Coronavirus – trepartsaftaler – genindførsel af generel lønkompensation
Regeringen og arbejdsmarkedets parter har indgået to aftaler om at genindføre forårets generelle lønkompensationsordning for hele Danmark under de nuværende restriktioner.
Datatilsynet offentliggør revideret ”Vejledning om databeskyttelse i forbindelse med ansættelsesforhold”
På baggrund af de erfaringer, Datatilsynet har gjort sig, siden ”Vejledning om databeskyttelse i forbindelse med ansættelsesforhold” først blev offentliggjort i november 2018, er vejledningen nu blevet opdateret.
Coronavirus – lov om forlængelse af den midlertidige arbejdsfordelingsordning til udgangen af 2021
Folketinget har nu vedtaget en lov, der udmønter dele af trepartsaftalen om forlængelse af den midlertidige arbejdsfordelingsordning til udgangen af 2021.
Når toget er kørt
En række tjenestemænd blev af Tjenestemandsretten idømt bøder for at have deltaget i et fagligt møde i arbejdstiden.
For løntung – og for gammel?
Ophævelsen af en uddannelsesaftale med en elev, som på grund af erhvervserfaring var berettiget til et tillæg, var ikke i strid med forskelsbehandlingsloven.
Skal et ”internt” sikkerhedsbrud anmeldes til Datatilsynet?
Datatilsynet har udtalt kritik af en kommune, bl.a. fordi kommunen ikke anmeldte et ”internt” sikkerhedsbrud til tilsynet eller underrettede den berørte medarbejder.
Hvor langt rækker skånehensynet?
Det var ikke i strid med forskelsbehandlingsloven at afskedige en langtidssyg medarbejder, der led af PTSD som følge af en traumatisk hændelse 10 år tidligere.
Initiativer til forebyggelse og håndtering af sager om seksuel chikane
Regeringen har netop præsenteret 14 nye initiativer, der skal sikre forebyggelse af seksuel chikane og rigtig håndtering i disse sager.
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.
Registration of working hours: changes to the Executive Order on Rest Periods and the Executive Order on Systematic Working Environment Work
The Executive Order on Rest Periods and the Executive Order on Systematic Working Environment Work have been amended in light of the new rules on registration of working hours.
Non-competition clause was forfeited
An employer could not obtain an injunction against a former employee performing consultancy work for a competitor. The district court found that the employer had forfeited the opportunity to enforce the non-competition clause, and the high court dismissed the appeal because the restricted period had expired.
Employment or favour for a friend? Judgment by the Supreme Court
The Supreme Court has established that the concept of ”employment” in the Aliens Act must be interpreted very broadly. A bicycle dealer was fined DKK 10,000 because one of his friends who did not have a work permit had helped him carry a few bikes into the bike shop.
Reason for dismissal was off the mark
An employer’s wish to help a dismissed employee by giving an incorrect dismissal reason in the termination letter could not lead to the principle of equal treatment not being breached.
Registration of working hours – changes to the Executive Order on Rest Periods etc. submitted for consultation
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.
Extended leave for twin parents – bill adopted
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.