On 07 October the Department of Labor put a draft law before the Danish parliament. In it regulations on employment contract clauses have been gathered together and reviewed. Non-poaching clauses will cease to exist after 2021. Other clauses will see their conditions of use change and compensation rules will also alter with their validity periods being reduced. The goal of this draft law is to facilitate business development through increased job mobility that has been sluggish due to these clauses.
The draft law is a result of an analysis carried out by the Productivity Commission that had been put in place by the former government. The analysis showed that these contract clauses present a ‘barrier’ to the optimal use of workers’ qualifications and skills for the beneficial development of businesses.
Non-competition clause. The draft law aims to restrict and regulate the use of employment contract clauses (ansættelsesklausule). It especially focuses on both the non-competition clause...
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