20 August 2020
An Overview of the Implementation of the Whistleblowing Directive in the Nordics
www.twobirds.com/en/news/articles/2020/global/an-overview-of-the-implementation-of-the-whistleblowing-directive-in-the-nordics

The objective of this three-part series is to analyse how the Nordic countries are going to implement the Whistleblowing Directive. We are going to start the series with an overview of the Directive itself as well as ...

12 June 2020
Slovak Antimonopoly Office imposes fines of EUR 6.7 million on Volkswagen dealers
www.twobirds.com/en/news/articles/2020/slovakia/slovak-antimonopoly-office-imposes-fines-of-eur-6-7-million-on-volkswagen-dealers

The Council of Slovak Antimonopoly Office imposed fines in the amount of EUR 6.7 million on 18 Volkswagen distributors in Slovakia. According to the Slovak Antimonopoly Office, the cartel has lasted for several years, ...

01 July 2019
Danish FSA issues statement addressing possible exemption for financial management systems, ERP systems and similar systems with an integrated payment function from the requirement of strong customer authentication under PSD2
www.twobirds.com/en/news/articles/2019/denmark/the-danish-fsa-issues-statement-addressing-possible-exemption-for-financial-management-systems

The Danish FSA recently issued a statement addressing possible exemption for financial management systems, ERP systems and similar systems with an integrated payment function from the requirement of strong customer ...

22 February 2019
Denmark: Regulation on the pay limit under the "pay limit scheme" in relation to application on work and residence permit
www.twobirds.com/en/news/articles/2019/denmark/regulation-on-the-pay-limit-under-the-pay-limit-scheme

Third country citizens (i.e. non EU-citizens) can apply for a work- and residence permit in Denmark pursuant to various application schemes, e.g. under the so-called "pay limit scheme". It is a requirement that employee ...

02 September 2019
New EU directive ensures earmarked parental leave to men
www.twobirds.com/en/news/articles/2019/denmark/nyt-direktiv-sikrer-oeremaerket-barsel-til-maend

The European Parliament and the European Council have approved the final wording for a new directive that i.a. ensures earmarked parental leave for men.

27 June 2019
Bird & Bird assists Addtech Group with the acquisition of Thiim A/S
www.twobirds.com/en/news/articles/2019/denmark/bird-bird-raadgiver-addtech-i-forbindelse-med-opkoeb-af-thiim

Bird & Bird assisted the Swedish Addtech Group during the M&A process of all shares outstanding in the Danish company Thiim A/S on 12 June 2019.

08 July 2019
Update: The New Danish Holiday Act
www.twobirds.com/en/news/articles/2019/denmark/update-the-new-danish-holiday-act

The aim of this article is to give a general introduction to the changes and obligations which the implementation of the new Danish Holiday Act will produce.

22 August 2019
Summary dismissal of an employee, who threw a computer mouse and made an audio recording from a meeting with his employer without the employer's knowledge, was unjustified
www.twobirds.com/en/news/articles/2019/denmark/bortvisning-af-medarbejder-som-kastede-med-computermus-var-uberettiget

According to the Supreme Court, the summary dismissal was unjustified because the throwing of the computer mouse could not be considered as a sufficient serious breach of the employment to substantiate a summary ...

02 September 2019
New EU judgement: Employees who show support to discriminated job applicants is also protected against discrimination pursuant to the rules on victimising
www.twobirds.com/en/news/articles/2019/denmark/ny-eu-dom-medarbejdere-som-udviser-stoette-til-forskelsbehandlede-jobansoegere-er-ogsaa-beskyttet

The European Court of Justice has stated that employees who have knowledge about colleagues or job applicants being discriminated and in this connection support these colleagues or job applicants are protected against ...

09 December 2019
Danish Competition and Consumer Authority publishes first decision and injunction on discriminatory access to accounts maintained by a credit institution
www.twobirds.com/en/news/articles/2019/denmark/danish-competition-and-consumer-authority-publishes-first-decision-and-injunction

On 4 December 2019, the Danish Competition and Consumer Authority (DCCA) published their first decision and injunction on discriminatory access to accounts maintained by a credit institution under Article 63(1) of the ...