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On 10 December 2021, several new restrictions took effect as a result of the Covid-19 development in Denmark. The new restrictions involve closing the night life, including closing time at midnight for restaurants and restrictions on larger concerts and the like. Companies affected by the restrictions will now get some help as the general compensation schemes are reintroduced.

Given the fact that we are once again experiencing increasing infection rates with Covid-19, the Government and the social partners (DA and FH) entered into a three-party agreement on Friday 12 November 2021, which allows employers to demand presentation of valid corona passports. The law has now commenced. Here you get an overview of the most important elements of the law.

On 23 November, the Government and the social partners (FH, DA, AC, KL and the Danish Regions) made an agreement which entails that companies can be reimbursed for sick pay from the first day of illness if an employee is infected with the coronavirus. In addition, parents that are allowed stay at home with their children send home due to Covid-19, have the right to receive maternity pay. You can get an overview of the two temporary schemes here.

The spreading of COVID-19 is increasing again. The Danish Government and the labour market parties (DA and FH) have entered an agreement which entitles employers by law to ask employees to present a valid corona passport.

If your company is sent for compulsory dissolution by the Danish Business Authority, you can still manage to save it! If you need help to get your company resumed, please contact Attorney Lærke Bruun Hansen.

Back in April 2021, the European Commission presented a proposal on what could be the first targeted EU legislation in the field of Artificial Intelligence. This so-called AI (Artificial Intelligence) Regulation aim to ensure the EU citizens’ reliance in the use of AI systems.

Covid-19 has made the scale and pace of change greater than ever. Especially in companies, where digital tools and new ways of working have become widespread very fast. But how can management best sustain the positive changes and restart companies when the crisis subsides? The new CEO of Lund Elmer Sandager, Peter Mejlby, pass on three specific and universal advice.

During the summer of 2021, the Danish Data Protection Agency has imposed fines on three public authorities and two private companies in the range of DKK 150,000 – 600,000 for violating the GDPR legislation. The new size of the fines emphasizes the importance of companies ensuring an adequate level of security when processing personal data.

Join the engine room on a challenging case that include all elements of drama: Commercial interests to Danish trade unions, a project with public attention, complicated law, and a settlement two hours before we were to meet in court. Follow the course of the battle and see how we came to land a contract for the first major contractor in the Fehmarn Belt.

The temp and recruitment agency Moment A/S, which was acquired by the private equity fund Axcel at the beginning of 2021, has acquired Xterna with the aim of strengthening the company’s position in relation to being able to attract foreign labour.

Lund Elmer Sandager is proud to have contributed with an article in CorporateLiveWire’s Expert Guide – Labour and Employment 2021 where Partner, Attorney Michael Møller Nielsen and Assistant Attorney Marta Valgreen Knudsen cover recent developments in the area of working time. The article gives you insights into a recent landmark decision on working time as well as some recent interesting rulings of the European Court of Justice on the same subject.

The Danish Competition Authority and the National Consumer Agency has just submitted a draft on the proposed law on changing the Marketing Law in the Directive on unfair trading practices as well as the introduction of a new fine level that can be important to companies in the future.