Labour Law in Denmark, 5th Edition

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