In light of the limited action in many Member States to introduce or review gender pay transparency instruments as recommended, in November 2017 the European Commission announced the possible need for further targeted measures at EU level. This report reviews experiences in four Member States –
Given an increasing amount of contracting out of public services and the privatisation of state-owned corporations, and after a freeze on the new employment of public servants which has so far lasted two years, it seems there is no future for trade unions in solely organising public servants and
Around 450 hospital orderlies and cleaners at three hospitals in the county of Frederiksborg went on strike on 16 August 1999 in protest against a proposal by the county council - headed by county mayor,Lars Lykke Rasmussen- that all hospital orderly and cleaning work should be put out to tender by
The Danish trade union movement lost another union when a substantial majority of the members of the Danish Union of Graphical Workers (Grafisk Forbund) - an affiliate of the Danish Federation of Trade Unions, (Landorganisationen i Danmark, LO) - voted to dissolve the organisation in a ballot held
The Danish Confederation of Trade Unions (Landsorganisationen i Danmark, LO) reportedly wants to change the fundamental structure of Danish industrial relations, according to a proposal which is still before the confederation's executive committee for approval. It seeks the abolition of the
In a recent high-profile incident, a Muslim woman of Lebanese origin was rejected for employment by Denmark's two largest supermarket chains because she refused, if employed, to remove the headscarf that she wore according to Muslim tradition. The woman concerned, Maria Mawla, brought the matter to
On 1 September 1999, 100 years have passed since the two most prominent social partner confederations in Denmark - the Danish Employers' Confederation (Dansk Arbejdsgiverforening, DA) and the Danish Confederation of Trade Unions (Landsordanisationen i Danmark, LO) - concluded the "September