Changed rules for young people's work: night-time, work placements and education
Official title (in Danish): Bekendtgørelse om ændring af bekendtgørelse om unges arbejde
In short
Reading time: 2 min- What changes:
- The rules for young people's work are changed on four points.
- Basic vocational training (erhvervsgrunduddannelse) is now mentioned in the exception to some of the work bans.
- The night ban now applies between 10.00 pm and 6.00 am, or between 11.00 pm and 7.00 am.
- A special rule allowing work until 10.00 pm in offices, shops and similar places is repealed (that a rule stops applying).
- And for 13- and 14-year-olds, the wording "short-term vocational placement" is replaced by "work placement etc."
- Who: The rules apply to young people. The night ban applies to young people from 15 years of age who are not covered by the compulsory education requirement. The work placement rule applies to young people from 13 years of age.
- When: The executive order entered into force on 1 July 2025.
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Young people from 15 years of age who are in a basic vocational training programme under the Act on Preparatory Basic Education (lov om forberedende grunduddannelse) are now mentioned in an exception to some of the work bans. It is not new that the exception only applies to the extent that the work is necessary for completing the specific education. That already applied before.
Young people aged 15 and over who are not covered by the compulsory education requirement must not work between 10.00 pm and 6.00 am, or between 11.00 pm and 7.00 am. Previously the ban applied between 8.00 pm and 6.00 am. The rule that young people in offices, shops, service stations and similar places could work until 10.00 pm has been repealed (section 22(2)).
Young people aged 13 and over may, during work placements etc., carry out other similar forms of work than those listed in Annex 7. This requires that the purpose is to gain work experience, and that the work does not involve a risk to the young people's safety and health. Previously, subsection 1 on 13-year-olds said "short-term vocational placement" instead of "work placement etc." For young people aged 14 and over, the rule in section 30(2) has also been changed: during work placements etc., with the purpose of gaining work experience, they may carry out work other than that listed in subsection 1, if it does not involve a risk to their safety and health.
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Source: Retsinformation.dk
Translated from Danish · The Danish version and the original source apply.
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- Issued · 25 June 2025
- Published in the Danish Law Gazette (Lovtidende) · 30 June 2025
- In force · 1 July 2025