Denmark

Dismissal and level of compensation

Reasonable accommodation and dismissal

The local municipality of Herning established a special section in a primary school for children with an ethnic minority background

Denial of tort compensation for unjustified loss of a social service

Reasonable accommodation at a municipal job centre

First three cases dealing with discrimination because of disability adjudicated according to the new 2018 Act on the Prohibition of Discrimination due to Disability

Supreme Court ruling on dismissal of office worker in flex-job and possible discrimination based on age and disability

First decisions by the Board of Equal Treatment to conclude discriminatory dismissals because of religion or belief

Report to the UNCRPD Committee from the Danish Institute for Human Rights describing that persons with disabilities generally are in a disadvantageous position when compared to the rest of the population in Denmark

New laws to prevent and dismantle ghettos and parallel societies in Denmark

New Danish Act requires individuals to shake hands with a Danish official to obtain citizenship

New bills to prevent and dismantle ghettos and parallel societies in Denmark

New report on unregistered migrants in Denmark

Danish parliament adopted new law prohibiting face covering in the public sphere

Danish parliament adopted new act prohibiting discrimination because of disability

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