Denmark: sacred union of political parties to increase control over foreign businesses

t signed an agreement with the opposition parties which will be enforced via a law aimed at better monitoring foreign businesses’ activity and their staff’s working conditions. Therefore, the agreement increases the contractor’s liability, toughens sanctions and gives more power to the Labor Inspectorate. (Ref. 091129)

Fight against social dumping. Danish unions have been asking for tougher controls over foreign businesses for a long time, saying that many of them didn’t comply with Danish labor market rules and violated the obligation to sign up to the registry of foreign businesses (Registret for Udenlandske Tjenesteydelse, RUT – see our dispatch No.