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.
Ingen grå hår i studiebaren
EU-Domstolen fandt, at forbuddet mod forskelsbehandling på grund af alder ikke var til hinder for fastsættelsen af et alderskriterie for ansættelsen af en handicapmedhjælper.
Et uheld
Det udgjorde ikke misbrug af ledelsesretten, at en virksomhed havde indkaldt en medarbejder til at deltage i en rekonstruktion dagen efter en arbejdsulykke.
Lovforslag om nye initiativer på arbejdsskadeområdet vedtaget
Folketinget har vedtaget et lovforslag, der har til formål at forbedre og styrke arbejdsskadesystemet, herunder tilskadekomnes tilknytning til arbejdsmarkedet.
Brug for en timeout
Højesteret har for nylig behandlet to sager, der omhandlede medarbejdere, der var besvimet i forbindelse med udførelsen af deres arbejde. Højesteret nåede i begge sager frem til, at der var tale om arbejdsskader omfattet af arbejdsskadesikringsloven, selv om arbejdet ikke var årsag til, at de to medarbejdere besvimede.
Bill on amendment of the Act on Posting of Workers adopted
The bill to implement the Amended Posted Workers Directive adopted in 2018 was recently passed.
Coronavirus – the act on employers’ right to require employees to present a valid corona passport or to be tested for COVID-19 was recently adopted
Parliament recently passed the bill entitling employers to require employees to present a valid corona passport or to be tested for COVID-19.
Coronavirus – introduction of bill on employers’ right to require employees to present a corona passport or to be tested
The Government has introduced a bill entitling employers to require that employees present a valid corona passport or be tested for COVID-19.
Bill on earmarked leave is on the way
The Government and a majority of the parties in Parliament have reached an agreement on implementation of the EU Work-Life Balance Directive.
The firefighter’s food breaks
A firefighter’s food breaks, during which he was at the employer’s disposal, constituted working hours.
Coronavirus – tripartite agreement on employers’ possibility of requiring employees to show a valid Corona passport
The Government and the social partners have made a tripartite agreement to reintroduce the statutory basis for employers to require that employees be tested for COVID-19.
Fixed-term employment contracts – risk of abuse?
In two recent cases, the ECJ has ruled on the framework for renewal of fixed-term employment contracts.
Legislative programme for the parliamentary year 2021/2022
The Government’s legislative programme for 2021/2022 includes a number of bills that are expected to have an impact on most employers in the coming parliamentary year.
The Seventh-Day Adventist who did not want to work on Saturdays
It was not contrary to the Anti-Discrimination Act when a school decided to dismiss a physical education teacher who refused to attend work on a Saturday due to religion.
”No, thanks” to sickness absence interview
The Supreme Court recently upheld a high court judgment, establishing that it was okay to summarily dismiss an employee who refused to participate in a sickness absence interview.