LES contributes to the Immigration Law Expert Guide 2024

As of 1 July 2024, new rules will impose new obligations on employers regarding registration of their employees' working hours. Therefore, you may now start considering how you will handle your registration system as well as who will have access to this and how you are going to protect the registered data in the system.

The new edition of The Legal 500: Employee Incentives Comparative Guide is now available. Read our contribution to the Danish chapter.

In an increasingly interconnected world, international businesses face a complex web of regulations, particularly when it comes to labor relations across borders. One regulatory framework that plays a pivotal role in this scenario is the European Works Council Directive. As part of the Trans-European Law Firms Alliance (TELFA), Lund Elmer Sandager has contributed with the Danish part of a jurisdictional overview of this directive, shedding light on its critical implications for companies operating in the EU.

As of 1 January 2024, Great Prayer Day will no longer be considered a public holiday in Denmark, but instead a normal business day. This will have an impact on all employees who previously had a day off or received compensatory time off on Great Prayer Day as they will now be required to work one extra day during the year.

Lund Elmer Sandager has contributed with an enlightening chapter on Danish labour and employment law, which provides updated insights into the Danish legal employment environment in this prestigious, international guide.

The proposed act on employment contracts and certain working conditions, which implements the European Parliament and Council Directive (EU) on transparent and predictable working conditions from 2019, was submitted for consideration on 29 March, and underwent its first reading on 13 April 2023. It is now scheduled for a second reading on 9 May, 2023, and a third reading on 11 May 2023.