Employment / Labour Law

Labour Law in Denmark, 5th Edition

By Ole Hasselbalch
Kluwer Law International July 2019

Specifications

ISBN-13
9789403509648
Publisher
Kluwer Law International
Publication
July 2019
Format
Paperback
Jurisdiction
Denmark ? Countri(es) for reference only

Details

Derived from the renowned multi-volume International Encyclopaedia of Laws, this monograph on labour law in Denmark not only describes and analyses the legal aspects of labour relations, but also examines labour relations practices and developing trends. It provides a survey of the subject that is both usefully brief and sufficiently detailed to answer most questions likely to arise in any pertinent legal setting. 

Both individual and collective labour relations are covered in ample detail, with attention to such underlying and pervasive factors as employment contracts, suspension of the contracts, dismissal laws and covenant of non-competition, as well as international private law. The author describes all important details of the law governing hours and wages, benefits, intellectual property implications, trade union activity, employers’ associations, workers’ participation, collective bargaining, industrial disputes, and much more.

Building on a clear overview of labour law and labour relations, the book offers practical guidance on which sound preliminary decisions may be based. It will find a ready readership among lawyers representing parties with interests in Denmark, and academics and researchers will appreciate its value in the study of comparative trends in laws affecting labour and labour relations.

Table of Contents

Chapter 1. General Background 

§1. Geography, Location, Size and Boundaries 

§2. Economic Conditions 

§3. Population 

§4. The Political System and Parties in Parliament 

§5. Statistics 

§6. Underlying Social and Cultural Values 

Chapter 2. Definitions and Notions 

§1.Labour Law vs. other Branches of Law 

§2. Definitions and Concepts 

Chapter 3. Historical Background

Chapter 4. Role of Government Institutions in the Shaping and Administration of Labour and Industrial Relations Policy 

§1. Degree of Government Intervention 

§2. Incomes Policy 

§3. Competence of Ministries and/or Agencies in Labour Questions 

Chapter 5. Sources of Labour Law 

§1. The Constitution 

§2. Statutes and Orders 

§3. Work Rules in the Enterprise 

§4. Collective Agreements 

§5. Case Law 

§6. Customary Law

§7. The Individual Employment Contract as a Source of Law 

§8. Relationship between the Different Sources of Labour Law 

Chapter 6. International Private Labour Law – Conflicts of Law, Selected Bibliography 


Part I. The Individual Employment Relation

Chapter 1. Definitions and Concepts 

§1. The Different Categories of Employee 

§2. The Contract of Employment 

Chapter 2. Rights and Duties of the Parties during Employment

§1. Duties of the Employee 

§2. Duties of the Employer 

Chapter 3. Working Time, Annual Holidays, Public Holidays Falling on a Normal Working Day and Leave Schemes 

§1. Working Hours 

§2. Annual Holidays 

§3.Public Holidays Falling on Normal Working Days 

§4. Leave Schemes 

Chapter 4. Remuneration and Benefits

§1. Pay Determination 

§2. Forms of Pay 

§3. Variable Contributions 

§4. Payment in Kind §5. Payment Formalities 

Chapter 5. Incapacity to Work 

§1. Illness 

§2. Pregnancy and Childbirth 

§3. National Service 

§4.Other Forms of Inability to Perform Work 

Chapter 6. Job Security 

§1. General Principles 

§2. Terms of Notice in the Event of Dismissal 

§3. Termination of Employment without Notice 

§4. Reasons for Dismissal

§5. Collective Dismissals 

§6. Special Protection of Trade Union Leaders and Workplace Union Members’ Representatives, etc. 

§7. Certificate of Service 

Chapter 7. Protection of Certain Categories of Employee and against Discrimination in Employment 

§1. Female Employees, Young or Handicapped Workers and Other Groups 

§2. Equal Treatment 

Chapter 8. Covenants of Non- Competition 

§1. General Rules 

§2. Special Statutes and Collective Agreements 

Chapter 9. Inventions by Employees 

Chapter 10. Settlement of Disputes 

§1. General Outlines 

§2. Amicable Settlements, Administrative Decisions and Special Dispute Resolution Boards 

§3. Role of the Courts 

§4. Arbitration 

§5. Borderline Cases 


Part II. Collective Labour Relations

Chapter 1. Trade Union Freedom 

§1. Freedom to Establish and Join Unions and to Perform Union Activities 

§2. Freedom not to Join Unions 

Chapter 2. Trade Unions and Employers’ Associations 

§1. Degree of Organisation 

§2. Role and Powers of the Organisations 

§3. Structure 

Chapter 3. Institutionalised Relations between Employers and Employees 

§1. At Enterprise and at Plant Level 

§2. At Industry Level

Chapter 4. Collective Bargaining 

§1. Levels of 

§2. Content of the Collective Agreement 

§3. Extension and Coverage of Collective Agreements 

§4. Duration and Termination of Collective 

Chapter 5. Strikes, Lock-outs and other Legal Forms of Industrial Action 

§1. Various Categories of Collective Industrial Action 

§2.Legal and Illegal Collective Action 

§3. Notices on the Initiation of Collective Industrial Action 

§4.Consequences of such Actions 

§5. Effects of the System 

Chapter 6 . Settlement of Industrial Disputes of Interest and Protection of Vital Needs 

§1. Local Disputes of Interest 

§2. Disputes of Interest at the National

§3. Special Agreements on Rules of Bargaining 

§4. Role of Government and Parliament 

§5. The Rules According to the White-Collar Workers Act (FUL) 

Chapter 7. Disputes of Rights 

§1. Background and Basic Principles 

§2. Negotiation Procedure 

§3. Final Juridical Judgment

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