In light of the limited action in many Member States to introduce or review gender pay transparency instruments as recommended, in November 2017 the European Commission announced the possible need for further targeted measures at EU level. This report reviews experiences in four Member States –
A large-scale conference took place on 27 April 2006, involving participants from all sections of the Danish labour market. At issue was whether the existing regulation of the labour market in Denmark, which has been coined the ‘Danish model’, would be able to survive the pressure coming from three
In December 2003, the Danish parliament approved an agreement establishing a national transition scheme concerning access to the Danish labour market of workers from eight of the 10 new Member States (except Cyprus and Malta) that joined the European Union (EU) on 1 May 2004. According to the
On 26 April 2006, two major trade union confederations, the Danish Confederation of Trade Unions (Landsorganisationen i Danmark, LO [1]) and the Confederation of Salaried Employees and Civil Servants in Denmark (Funktionærerne og Tjenestemændenes Fællesråd, FTF [2]), signed a new cooperation
An official tripartite committee on 'lifelong upgrading of skills and qualification and education/training for all groups on the labour market' was set up in September 2004 for the purpose of mapping out and analysing present programmes and activities in the field of adult and continuing training in
The Danish Labour Court decided 11 January 2006 that temporary agency workers working in companies under the provisions of the sectoral collective agreement, the Electricians’ Agreement must be treated on the same level as permanent staff concerning pay and working conditions. The ruling concerned
On the 23 January 2006 almost 200 Danish SAS pilots left the cockpits in order to attend a joint meeting about the implications for the pilots caused by new management plans of restructuring. The pilots, who have experienced several reductions in their employment conditions over the last years, were
On 11 January 2006, the Grand Chamber of the European Court of Human Rights in Strasbourg convened to deliver the Court's long-awaited judgment [1] in the case of /Sørensen & Rasmussen v Denmark/ (applications nos. 52562/99 and 52620/99). The question at issue was whether it is a violation of
The German-owned discount supermarket chain, Lidl, has concluded a collective agreement with the United Federation of Workers (Fagligt Fælles Forbund, 3F). Commentators argue that this would appear to challenge Lidl's reputation in Denmark as having a poor staff policy and paying low wages - it has
Since he EU enlargement 1 May 2004 workers from the East European countries have contributed to counteract bottlenecks problems at the Danish labour market - in particular in seasonal employment as agriculture and horticulture and in the building sector. This is the conclusion of a new report about
A labour dispute in Sweden that has led to a case being referred to the European Court of Justice (ECJ) and to controversial comments by the EU Commissioner for the Internal Market and Services is being followed with the utmost interest in Denmark