Denmark

The responsibility of the manager to guarantee a working environment without harassment because of ethnic origin

Whether a psychosocial impairment constituted a disability

A medical diagnosis is not necessary to establish that an employee has a disability at the time of dismissal

The extent of the employer’s obligation to provide reduced working hours as a reasonable accommodation

Recommendations from ECRI on school segregation in Denmark

Does it constitute discrimination that a vocational school has prohibited the exercise of religious rituals at the school?

A preliminary ruling by the CJEU regarding the meaning of “ethnic origin” in the Race Directive. Requested by the Western High Court of Denmark

Whether a refusal to hire a gardener because he was deaf amounted to disability discrimination

Danish Supreme Court rules in Ajos-case that the unwritten EU principle prohibiting age discrimination does not take precedence over Danish law 

Whether diabetes and sequelae to diabetes constitute a disability

The extent of the employer’s obligation to provide reduced working hours as a reasonable accommodation 

A medical diagnosis is necessary to establish that an employee has a disability at the time of dismissal

Does it constitute discrimination to reject a job applicant for a position as an organ player in a church due to lack of Danish language skills?

Does the use of the words “Negro” and “American” by a public social worker constitute discrimination? 

The extent of the employer’s obligation to provide reasonable accommodation 

Can obesity be deemed to be a disability covered by the Act on Prohibition of Discrimination in the Labour Market etc. 

Did the dismissal of a woman because of long absence from her job constitute indirect discrimination because of her son’s disability? 

From January 1, 2016 the Board of Equal Treatment can only deal with complaints from persons with a legal interest in the case 

Use of statistics to document age discrimination in a case of dismissal

Occupational pension scheme and possible age discrimination: pension contributions increasing with age

1. Definition of disability

2. Reasonable accommodation

3. Conditions for applying a Danish provision entitling dismissals with a shorter notice period because of sickness related absence 

A small firm’s “softened” obligation to establish reasonable accommodation

1. Definition of disability.

2. Obligation to establish reasonable accommodation for persons with disabilities.

3. Whether a national provision entitling a dismissal with a shorter notice period because of sickness related absence is in conflict the Directive 2000/78.

The burden is on the employer to prove that reasonable accommodation imposes a disproportionate burden