The Danish Act on employers’ and employees’ rights and duties under the salary/wage compensation scheme has now been passed

On 24 March 2020, the Danish Parliament passed the Danish Act on employers’ and employees’ respective rights and duties concerning salary/wage compensation to businesses in connection with COVID-19 (in Danish “Lov om arbejdsgiveres og lønmodtageres retsstilling ved lønkompensation af virksomheder i forbindelse med covid-19”). The Act was passed as a result of the tripartite agreement between the Danish Government and the two sides of industry on temporary salary/wage compensation for employees on the private labour market, which was announced on 14 March 2020.

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