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New article on water plans and buffer strips
Partner Søren Stenderup Jensen and Assistant Attorney Sebina Harder have written the article "Water plans and buffer strips: reducing emissions into watercourses", which has been published in the current edition of International Law Office (ILO).- Plesner -
Insourcing and Outsourcing in a VAT Context
Legal Consultant Casper Bjerregaard Eskildsen has published the article "Insourcing and Outsourcing in a VAT Context" in the latest issue of Intertax.- Plesner -
New article on monster rain
Partner Søren Stenderup Jensen and Senior Attorney Ellen Skodborggaard have contributed the article "Monster Rain: Further advice on how to avoid damage from flooding" to the latest issue of International Law Office (ILO).- Plesner -
Article on new guidelines on low-frequency noise from wind turbines
The latest issue of the International Law Office (ILO) newsletter on environmental law includes the article "Agency introduces guidelines on low frequency noise from wind turbines" by Søren Stenderup Jensen and Sebina Harder .- Plesner -
Amendment of workplace smoking policy may be necessary
Health and safety at work The amendments to the Danish Anti-Smoking Act recently entered into force, and workplace smoking policies may therefore need to be amended. -
Pay during parental leave before the Supreme Court
Discrimination - Equal Treatment Act The question of whether EU law entitles an employee under notice to receive pay during the notice period if this period coincides with a period of unpaid parental leave will be considered by the Danish Supreme Court. -
Supreme Court ruling on compensation under the Part-Time Employment
Discrimination - Equal Treatment Act Supreme Court ruling on compensation under the Part-Time Employment Act A dental assistant who was dismissed after refusing to work full time was awarded 3 months’ pay by the Danish Supreme Court. -
No doubt about the Employment Equality Directive
Discrimination - Equal Treatment Act The Danish Supreme Court refuses to refer the issue of lower pay and termination due to age of under-18s to the EU Court. Age discrimination is prohibited by the Danish Anti-Discrimination Act and the Employment Equality Directive. In Denmark, however, this general principle is subject to the derogation that employers are permitted to pay under-18s less than adults and to terminate their employment once they turn 18, so long as the employer is comprised by a collective agreement containing specific provisions on under-18s in relation to recruitment, payment and termination. -
Sick holiday
Holiday The EU Court recently ruled that employees who fall sick during holiday are entitled to replacement holiday. -
The management of Danish companies
The outline concentrates on the management of the Joint-stock Company and the Limited Liability Company being the most commonly used forms of companies in Denmark.- DELACOUR