Legal developments
New amendment of the Gender Equality Law sanctions harassment while lowering the administrative fines for discrimination and harassment on the ground of sex.
Headscarf and employment
Pregnancy discrimination in employment
Exclusion of female cleaners from the possibility to be transferred to another branch of a private bank resulted in the termination of their employment contract
Comparison in equal pay cases
Pregnancy and Maternity Discrimination Protection
The provision of the ’4 Plus’ retirement benefits only to mothers under the new Act on Parental Supplementary Benefit of 31 January 2019, discriminates men and strengthens the stereotypical division of social gender roles.
Current situation regarding exclusion and discrimination of persons living in marginalized Roma communities
“Good Friday” as a public paid holiday only for members of certain religious groups constitutes discrimination
New rights-based legislation replaces the Integration of Persons with Disabilities Act
Proposed law on anti-discrimination is blocked in Parliament by both MPs from parties in power and from opposition MPs
The Supreme Court reverses trial Court decision about the legality of an age restriction in a disability welfare scheme
Draft amendments to the law on family violence of 2005, do not comply to the Istanbul Convention
Hate speech/ harassment
New laws to prevent and dismantle ghettos and parallel societies in Denmark
Evidence of racial profiling in identity controls by police
The ruling of the Constitutional Court in the field of migration lays the foundation for the recognition of the rights of same-sex couples and explicitly adds the grounds of sexual orientation as an integral part of the Constitutional Equality clause
Higher roof for payments during maternity/paternity leave
Sexual harassment
New Danish Act requires individuals to shake hands with a Danish official to obtain citizenship
Discrimination in the field of Employment and Pensions
