Forslag til en ny ansættelsesbevislov, som implementerer direktivet om gennemsigtige ansættelsesvilkår, er netop fremsat i folketinget. Reglerne forventes at træde i kraft den 1. juli 2023.
Chambers Europe 2023 giver topkarakterer til Norrbom Vinding
Chambers Europe placerer igen i år Norrbom Vinding helt i front i sin vurdering af danske advokatvirksomheder inden for arbejds- og ansættelsesretten: ”Norrbom Vinding remains an Employment Powerhouse”.
Andre vilkår til pensionister
Det var ikke i strid med forskelsbehandlingsloven, at fire medarbejdere, som samtidig modtog pension, havde andre ansættelsesvilkår end deres kolleger.
120-dagesreglen – syg, rask, syg – for Højesteret
Højesteret får endnu en gang mulighed for at se på funktionærlovens 120-dagesregel. Procesbevillingsnævnet har givet tredjeinstansbevilling i en sag om, hvorvidt opsigelsen var afgivet rettidigt.
Med eller uden fleksløntilskud – vol. 2
Godtgørelse til en fleksjobansat medarbejder skulle udmåles med udgangspunkt i arbejdsgiverens lønudgift og uden hensyntagen til det fleksløntilskud, medarbejderen modtog fra sin kommune.
Store bededag som helligdag afskaffes fra 2024
Lovforslaget om konsekvenser ved afskaffelse af store bededag som helligdag er nu vedtaget af Folketinget.
Når beviserne udebliver
Byretten afgjorde, at en social- og sundhedsassistent ikke havde godtgjort, at hun led af et handicap i forskelsbehandlingslovens forstand.
Har man sagt A, må man også sige B
Det var ikke overenskomststridigt at undlade at betale løn under hjemsendelse til selvisolation af en medarbejder efter nær kontakt med en smittet under coronapandemien.
Transporttid i coronatid
Transporttid mellem hjemmet og den sædvanlige arbejdsplads ved lejlighedsvise møder på arbejdspladsen under coronahjemsendelse indgik ikke i den betalte arbejdstid.
Jubilæumsgratiale til alle
Det var i strid med forskelsbehandlingsloven at udbetale et lavere jubilæumsgratiale til en deltidsansat medarbejder, fordi medarbejderen kun kunne arbejde på deltid på grund af sit handicap.
Equal pay in different establishments
In a recent judgment, the ECJ held that employers are obligated to provide equal pay for work of equal value across establishments.
No discrimination of reduced hours employees
It was not indirect discrimination to dismiss four reduced hours employees (“fleksjobbere”) as part of cost-saving measures because they lacked essential core skills.
Same owner but no identity in terms of labour law
A company was entitled to renounce a collective agreement in connection with a merger. That was the decision by the presiding Labour Court judge in this case.
One misstep
Employees’ protection against dismissal during illness arising from an injury suffered at the workplace is not conditional on the employer knowing at the time of dismissal that it was the employee’s injury that led to the illness.
Whistleblower schemes – bill adopted
The act implementing the whistleblower Directive into Danish law has been finally passed, and the Parliament has decided that Danish groups of companies can establish a joint whistleblower scheme (at least for the time being).
Must the Data Protection Agency be notified in case of an “internal” personal data breach?
The Data Protection Agency has expressed criticism of a municipality, inter alia, because the municipality had failed to notify a personal data breach to the Agency or communicate the breach to the affected employee.
Norrbom Vinding receives top ranking in Chambers Europe 2021
Chambers Europe recently released its 2021 rankings and, also this year, Norrbom Vinding – still being described as ”Employment Powerhouse” – is recognised as the leading firm in Denmark within labour and employment law.
Behind the employer’s back
The employer’s summary dismissal of a manager was justified, since the manager had entered into a contract with one of the employer’s business partners without the employer’s approval.
New executive order on psychological working environment
The Working Environment Authority has issued a new executive order compiling the applicable psychological working environment rules. The objective of the executive order is to clarify these rules for employers and employees.
Employees’ duty to provide information on inventions
An engineer had not duly informed his employer of an invention and had therefore failed to discharge his duty to provide information under the Act on Employee Inventions.