Yvonne Frederiksen
Partner LLM
Yvonne advises on all aspects of labour and employment law, but her areas of special interest are:
- Discrimination – advice to clients on how to prevent discrimination claims, implementation of policies and defending claims, including extensive litigation experience in this area
- HR law advice to private sector employers, both nationally and internationally
- Restructuring and collective dismissal processes
- Bonus programmes and alternative remuneration structures
- Industrial relations – including collective bargaining and dispute resolution
- Health and safety as well as industrial injuries
Practice areas
Discrimination
Discrimination is currently the fastest growing practice area
Bonus & incentives
Pay packages today are often composed of a number of elements. As a result, there is an increasing need for legal advice – both in relation to determining the different elements and addressing the many challenges and issues
Industrial relations
Collective agreements and industrial relations are the hallmark of the Danish labour market model
Litigation
Norrbom Vinding’s litigators are among the most skilled litigators in Denmark
Tax & social security
Labour and employment law matters should not only be regarded in a labour and employment law perspective
Employment law
Contracts, dismissals, changes to terms and conditions, post-termination restrictions, etc. We advise on all aspects of employment law
I recently
- advised several companies in cases arising as a result of the #MeToo movement
- represented the employer in the so-called “Obesity case” before the EU Court, the district court as well as the high court in Denmark
- successfully conducted several landmark cases in the Supreme Court concerning the scope of employers’ obligations in relation to employees with a disability
- successfully conducted other leading cases in the Supreme Court concerning the scope of the prohibition of age discrimination under Danish and EU law
- assisted a number of companies with updating their employment contracts and revising their bonus and incentive programmes
- completed a number of negotiation processes to renew collective bargaining agreements
- advised a number of companies on how to handle notices or draft notices from the Danish Working Environment Authority regarding physical and psychological working environment issues
- represented employers in a number of industrial injury cases before the courts
Qualifications and experience
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2020
Officer in the IBA Diversity and Equality Law Committee
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2007 – 2013
Danish Employment Lawyers, Vice-Chair
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2008
Co-author of the Annotated Anti-Discrimination Act (in Danish)
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2005
Right of audience in the Supreme Court
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2003
Norrbom Vinding, Partner
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1999
Denver University, USA, LLM
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1998
Norrbom Vinding, Associate
Member of the committee on procedural law under the Council of the Danish Bar and Law Society
Member of the International Bar Association (IBA) and Officer in the Diversity and Equality Law Committee
Member of the European Employment Lawyers Association (EELA)
Member of the Danish Employment Lawyers and the Danish Society for Labour Law
Frequent speaker on employment law issues in various contexts for the Danish Lawyers' Association, the Danish Centre for Legal Training (JUC), EELA, IBA, etc.