New rules on workplace injuries in Greenland
Official title (in Danish): Lov om ændring af lov om arbejdsskadesikring i Grønland (Harmonisering af regler om anmeldelse, en lempeligere vurdering af anerkendelsesspørgsmålet ved arbejdsulykker m.v.)
In short
Reading time: 1 min- What changes:
- The act changes the rules on workplace injuries in Greenland.
- The injury may be temporary, and the employer must report a workplace accident no later than 14 days after the first day of absence, if the accident has caused absence beyond the day of injury (without absence, the deadline is 14 days after the day of injury).
- Who: The rules apply to injured persons and surviving dependants after workplace accidents in Greenland, to employers who must report workplace accidents, and to insurance companies.
- When: The Act was scheduled to enter into force on 1 January 2026. This has not yet been confirmed.
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The case at the Danish Parliament (ft.dk)
Source: Retsinformation.dk
Translated from Danish · The Danish version and the original source apply.
Summary by the Danish Parliament (in Danish)
Lovforslaget indeholder ændringer, som svarer til lovændringer af den danske arbejdsskadesikringslov i 2019, 2020 og 2021, og medfører, at lov om arbejdsskadesikring i Grønland og det grønlandske arbejdsskadesystem i højere grad er opdateret, samtidig med at de grønlandske forhold i højere grad afspejles. Hovedelementerne i lovforslaget er: - Lempelse af ulykkesbegrebet, så arbejdsulykker, der medfører en forbigående skade, kan anerkendes som en arbejdsskade i et større omfang. - Hjemmel til, at Arbejdsmarkedets Erhvervssikring kan træffe selvstændig afgørelse om anerkendelse. - Ændring af reglerne om anmeldelse af arbejdsulykker. - Ny kapitaliseringsfaktor (dvs. faktorerne for omsætning af løbende erstatning til kapitalbeløb). - Såfremt en arbejdsskade skyldes et produkt, får arbejdsskadeforsikringsselskabet adgang til at rejse et regreskrav mod producenten eller mellemhandleren af det produkt, der har påført tilskadekomne en personskade. - Garantifonden for Skadesforsikringsselskaber overtager forsikringsselskabets forpligtelser i tilfælde, hvor et forsikringsselskab får inddraget tilladelsen til at drive arbejdsulykkesforsikringsvirksomhed. - Afskaffelse af lovbestemte frister for behandling af arbejdsskadesager.
Source: Folketinget (ft.dk). Reproduced unchanged.
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- Introduced · 5 February 2025Status in the Danish Parliament: Fremsat
- Passed · 24 April 2025Status in the Danish Parliament: 3.beh./Vedtaget
- Stadfæstet · 6 May 2025Status in the Danish Parliament: Stadfæstet
- Entered into force · 1 January 2026The date is in the source, but entry into force has not been confirmed yet – the case awaits manual review