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Was the contract terminated or not renewed?
Discrimination - Equal Treatment Act
A fixed-term contract was held in the circumstances to be an open-ended contract. The employer’s decision not to renew was therefore held to constitute termination of employment which, due to the employee’s pregnancy, was in conflict with the Danish Act on Equal Treatment of Men and Women.
A simplified, complex Compulsory Holiday Act?
A new Compulsory Holiday Act comes into effect on 1 April. Leif Ramberg, Paula Hogéus and Fredrik Nordlöf describe the new rules.
Construction Company Wins Protracted Dispute on Illegal Industrial Action
A Latvian company, Laval un Partneri Ltd, with its principal offices in Riga, supplied around 35 workers for construction work on a number of sites in Sweden, including in Vaxholm, from May to December 2004. The work was to be performed by Laval's subsidiary, L&P Baltic Bygg AB.
Whistleblowing
Whistleblowing is a system under which employees in a company can report serious irregularities in the company aside of the normal reporting channels.