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Requirement to use the word ‘psych’ on the vest of a service dog
Travel agency refused a woman with a disability to bring her electric scooter on a bus trip to France
Equal pay between female and male dominated professions
Denial of tort compensation for unjustified loss of a social service
Electricity company refused to provide a deaf person with a written offer
Conflicts between an employee using a guide dog and employees being allergic to dogs
Job advertisements on Facebook only shown on certain Facebook profiles
Whether requirements of face masks due to COVID-19 constitute discrimination
Equal access to social security rights during leave related to pregnancy and childbirth for employees and self-employed
Danish law prohibiting discrimination due to disability does not involve an obligation to provide reasonable accommodation outside the labour market area
Danish law prohibiting discrimination due to disability does not involve an obligation to provide reasonable accommodation outside the labour market area
Dismissal of an employee due to flexibility as indirect gender discrimination
Denial of service
Dismissal and level of compensation
Reasonable accommodation and dismissal
The effects of COVID-19 on gender equality
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
Country reports
Transposition and implementation at national level of Council Directives 2000/43 and 2000/78 - State of affairs 1 January 2021
How are EU rules transposed into national law? State of affairs 01 January 2021
State of affairs 1 January 2020
How are EU rules transposed into national law? State of affairs 01 January 2020
How are EU rules transposed into national law? State of affairs 01 January 2019
State of affairs 1 January 2019
How are EU rules transposed into national law? State of affairs 01 January 2018
State of affairs 01 January 2018
State of affairs 01 January 2017
How are EU rules transposed into national law? State of affairs 1 January 2017
How are EU rules transposed into national law? State of affairs 1 January 2016
State of affairs 01 January 2016
How are EU rules transposed into national law? State of affairs 1 January 2015
State of affairs 01 January 2015
Included in report: Gender Equality Law in 33 European Countries: How are EU rules transposed into national law in 2014?
State of affairs 01 January 2014
Included in report: Gender Equality Law in 33 European Countries: How are EU rules transposed into national law in 2013?
State of affairs 01 January 2013
