https://lovsnak.dk/en/topic/work/New explanations on the topic: WorkenWed, 04 Nov 2026 16:47:10 +0000https://lovsnak.dk/en/case/lov-20241-l-174/https://lovsnak.dk/en/case/lov-20241-l-174/Tue, 03 Nov 2026 08:44:35 +0000What changes: The act raises the media cheque to DKK 1,285 for 2025 and DKK 1,485 from 2026. Pensioners who have already received the media cheque for 2025, and who still have a personal supplement rate of 100 when the payment is made, will get an extra payment of DKK 200 for 2025. Who: The act applies to state pensioners and disability pensioners with a personal supplement rate of 100. The extra payment of DKK 200 is only given to those who have already received the media cheque for 2025. When: The Act entered into force on 1 July 2025.https://lovsnak.dk/en/case/bek-2026-618/https://lovsnak.dk/en/case/bek-2026-618/Fri, 30 Oct 2026 12:12:53 +0000What it sets out: The rules apply when employees work somewhere other than their own employer's premises. The employer must assess whether the conditions are safe and healthy. This must be done before and during the work. If they are not, they must be corrected, as far as is possible and reasonable. Employees must have access to a toilet and hand-washing facilities. They must have a suitable place to eat if they take a meal break. They must also be able to store clothing and personal belongings safely. If the work is very dirty or can spread infection, the employee may not be sent to their own home. Employees must learn what to do about a hazard they cannot fix themselves. If an employee has to sleep in a means of transport, it must be properly equipped for that purpose. Who: The rules apply to employers whose employees work outside the company. As a general rule, they do not apply to work at construction and civil engineering sites. When: The executive order entered into force on 1 July 2026.https://lovsnak.dk/en/case/bek-2026-612/https://lovsnak.dk/en/case/bek-2026-612/Fri, 30 Oct 2026 12:12:48 +0000What changes: The employer must make sure that personal protective equipment meets the requirements of an EU regulation from 2016. Before, it said that the equipment had to follow a Danish rule on safety requirements. Employers and trade unions can still agree how they share the costs of work clothing and protective footwear. This does not apply to protective equipment in category III of the EU regulation. Before, that exception referred to a Danish rule from 1996. The rule on protective equipment that came onto the market before 1 July 1995 has been removed. The penal provision only mentions orders, not prohibitions. When: The executive order entered into force on 1 July 2026.https://lovsnak.dk/en/case/bek-2026-602/https://lovsnak.dk/en/case/bek-2026-602/Fri, 30 Oct 2026 12:12:35 +0000What changes: The rules apply when employees work somewhere other than their own employer's premises. The employer must assess whether the conditions are safe and healthy. This must be done before and during the work. If they are not, they must be corrected, as far as possible and reasonable. Employees must have access to a toilet and handwashing facilities. They must have a suitable place to eat if they take a meal break. They must also be able to store clothing and belongings safely. If the work is very dirty or can spread infection, the employee may not be sent home. Employees must learn what to do about a danger they cannot fix themselves. If an employee has to sleep in a means of transport, it must be properly arranged for that purpose. Who: The rules apply to employers whose employees work outside the company. As a rule, they do not apply to work on building and construction sites. When: The executive order was repealed before it entered into force.https://lovsnak.dk/en/case/bek-2026-598/https://lovsnak.dk/en/case/bek-2026-598/Fri, 30 Oct 2026 12:12:27 +0000What changes: The rules are about medical check-ups for employees who may be exposed to ionising radiation at work. There is one difference from the old rules. It is in the penalty rule. It is a punishable offence not to follow an order. Prohibitions are no longer mentioned in the penalty rule. When: The executive order entered into force on 1 July 2026.https://lovsnak.dk/en/case/bek-2026-597/https://lovsnak.dk/en/case/bek-2026-597/Fri, 30 Oct 2026 12:12:20 +0000What changes: The executive order is about how the Danish Working Environment Act applies when you work in your own home. The difference from the previous executive order is in the penalty rule. It is a criminal offence not to follow an order. Decisions and bans are no longer mentioned in the penalty rule. When: The executive order entered into force on 1 July 2026.https://lovsnak.dk/en/case/bek-2026-594/https://lovsnak.dk/en/case/bek-2026-594/Fri, 30 Oct 2026 12:12:12 +0000What changes: The rules on access routes to lifts and escalators are largely the same. Access routes must still be clear and have enough light. The light must follow the standard DS/EN 12464-1 instead of DS/EN 12464. The exemption for cableways refers to an EU regulation from 2016 instead of a directive from 2000. The old lift directive from 1995 has been removed from the rules. It is an offence not to follow an order. Prohibitions are no longer mentioned in the penal provision. When: The executive order entered into force on 1 July 2026.https://lovsnak.dk/en/case/bek-2026-584/https://lovsnak.dk/en/case/bek-2026-584/Fri, 30 Oct 2026 12:12:02 +0000What it sets out: If you have a flex job, you get your wage from your employer. The municipality pays a subsidy on top of the wage. It is called a flexible wage subsidy. The subsidy is set at 98 per cent of the highest amount of unemployment benefit per month. The subsidy becomes smaller when you earn more. It falls by 30 per cent of your wage until you earn 17,672 kr. per month before tax. Pension contributions count. Wages above 17,672 kr. reduce the subsidy by 55 per cent. Your wage, your subsidy and certain other benefits together must not be higher than the wage ceiling. If they are higher, the subsidy is reduced by the amount that is over. The wage ceiling is the wage you would get on full time in the same job. Your employer states the amount. The subsidy is paid in arrears each month. If your wage changes afterwards, the subsidy must be corrected. This can happen for up to 12 months. Remuneration and allowances for volunteer firefighters and volunteers in emergency preparedness are not deducted from the subsidy. Who: The rules apply to people in flex jobs and to the municipalities that pay the subsidy. When: The executive order entered into force on 1 July 2026.https://lovsnak.dk/en/case/lov-20241-l-14/https://lovsnak.dk/en/case/lov-20241-l-14/Fri, 30 Oct 2026 11:46:26 +0000What changes: The act sets requirements for the housing that employers provide to their employees. The requirements match the existing housing requirements, and no new housing standard is introduced. The Danish Working Environment Authority supervises whether employers comply with the requirements. Employers can receive an order and a fine if they breach an order or the rules under the act. Who: The act applies to employers who provide housing to employees. Among others, it does not apply to employees of the state, barracks for conscripts, drivers who must take rest breaks, and au pairs. It also does not apply if the employer is covered by a collective agreement with rules on housing conditions. When: The Act entered into force on 1 July 2025.https://lovsnak.dk/en/case/lov-20241-l-143-a/https://lovsnak.dk/en/case/lov-20241-l-143-a/Fri, 30 Oct 2026 11:45:09 +0000What changes: Young people who are 15 or older and no longer have a duty to attend school may work between 6 a.m. and 10 p.m., or between 7 a.m. and 11 p.m. The duty to attend school ends no later than 30 June instead of 31 July. This applies in the year the child turns 17 or has completed an education equivalent to primary school. The guidance in the municipal youth support service may include part-time jobs to give experience for choosing an education. Who: The rules apply to young people aged 15-17 who have finished primary school or something similar. The guidance on part-time jobs applies to 13-17-year-olds in the municipal youth support service. When: The Act entered into force on 1 July 2025.https://lovsnak.dk/en/case/lov-20241-l-190/https://lovsnak.dk/en/case/lov-20241-l-190/Fri, 30 Oct 2026 11:44:55 +0000What changes: If you complain about the working environment to the Danish Working Environment Authority, you can give consent for the Authority's special duty of confidentiality about the complaint to be lifted. As a rule, consent must be given digitally and cannot be withdrawn. You can still choose to keep the duty of confidentiality. The purpose of the act is that the Danish Working Environment Authority can use, for example, photos and videos from the complaint to document a breach. Who: The rule applies to everyone who complains about the working environment to the Danish Working Environment Authority. People under 18 cannot give consent. When: The Act entered into force on 1 July 2025.https://lovsnak.dk/en/case/lov-20251-l-31-a/https://lovsnak.dk/en/case/lov-20251-l-31-a/Thu, 22 Oct 2026 15:42:26 +0000What changes: The act writes into the Working Environment Act that the Danish Working Environment Authority (Sikkerhedsstyrelsen) supervises the asbestos area. There is also a reference to the EU asbestos directive in a footnote. When: The Act entered into force on 21 December 2025.https://lovsnak.dk/en/case/lov-20251-l-27/https://lovsnak.dk/en/case/lov-20251-l-27/Thu, 22 Oct 2026 15:42:20 +0000What changes: The act stops payment of state pension and cash benefit while a person is placed or admitted to forensic psychiatry following a placement or treatment order. The person can still apply for other benefits, e.g. housing benefit and child allowance, if the conditions are met. Who: The act applies to persons sentenced to a placement order or a treatment order, and to persons placed in a psychiatric ward under section 78 of the Danish Execution of Sentences Act. Persons sentenced to outpatient treatment with the possibility of admission, and persons placed in alternative to custody (instead of being held in a remand prison), are not covered. When: The Act entered into force on 1 January 2026.https://lovsnak.dk/en/case/lov-20241-l-115/https://lovsnak.dk/en/case/lov-20241-l-115/Thu, 22 Oct 2026 14:23:52 +0000What changes: In special cases, after stepping up its inspections and giving written notice, the Danish Working Environment Authority can order a contractor to stop all work covered by the contractor's agreement with the client on a construction site. This also applies to the work of subcontractors. Who: The rules apply to contractors who have an agreement with a client to carry out work on a construction site, and to their subcontractors. When: Section 1, no. 1-5 and 7 entered into force on 1 January 2026. The rest of the Act entered into force on 1 July 2025.https://lovsnak.dk/en/case/lov-20241-l-207/https://lovsnak.dk/en/case/lov-20241-l-207/Thu, 22 Oct 2026 14:23:16 +0000What changes: The act extends the right to leave and parental benefit from a total of 3 months to 12 months for each parent when a newborn child is admitted to hospital. Early home stay is treated the same as admission. When moving to bereavement leave, all periods in which help has been paid to cover lost earnings under the Child Act are disregarded when calculating the employment requirement. Who: The act applies to parents of newborn children who are admitted to hospital or in early home stay. It also applies to parents who lose a child and have received help to cover lost earnings under the Child Act, when caring for the child at home, when they move to bereavement leave. When: Section 1, no. 1-3 entered into force on 1 January 2026. The rest of the Act entered into force on 1 July 2025.https://lovsnak.dk/en/case/lov-20241-l-150/https://lovsnak.dk/en/case/lov-20241-l-150/Thu, 22 Oct 2026 13:40:52 +0000What changes: The act gives entrepreneurs who close their business for a period from and including the third year up to and including the fifth year after start-up the option to have the qualifying periods for unemployment benefits extended, and to choose the last 12 months before start-up as the calculation period for the benefit rate. Self-employed people can also work up to 3.5 hours a week in their business during parental leave without this counting as resumed work. Who: The rules on unemployment benefits apply to members of an unemployment insurance fund (a-kasse) who have started a self-employed business and stop operating it for a period from and including the third year up to and including the fifth year after start-up. The de minimis limit during parental leave applies to self-employed people who receive full parental benefits, but not during periods of absence under section 6(2), section 7(1), first sentence, or section 13(3) of the Parental Leave Act. When: The rest of the Act entered into force on 1 January 2026. Section 2 entered into force on 5 January 2026.https://lovsnak.dk/en/case/lov-20251-l-115/https://lovsnak.dk/en/case/lov-20251-l-115/Thu, 22 Oct 2026 13:40:03 +0000What changes: The act makes it possible to pay a tax-free one-off amount as a food voucher to selected groups. The amount is 1,000, 2,500 or 5,000 DKK, depending on the group. The act is also added to the list of acts that Udbetaling Danmark handles tasks under. Who: Recipients of maintenance benefits receive 2,500 DKK. State pensioners receive 2,500 DKK if their liquid wealth is up to 350,000 DKK. Education groups receive 1,000 DKK. Families with children receive up to 5,000 DKK if each parent has a personal income of up to 498,200 DKK. Each person can receive no more than 5,000 DKK in total. Certain foreign nationals are not entitled to the voucher. When: The Act entered into force on 5 March 2026.https://lovsnak.dk/en/case/lov-20251-l-29/https://lovsnak.dk/en/case/lov-20251-l-29/Thu, 22 Oct 2026 13:39:09 +0000What changes: The act raises the contribution to the parental leave equalisation scheme in the private labour market from DKK 1,550 to DKK 2,200. It also changes which parents the scheme may process information about. Who: The contribution applies to private employers who pay an annual amount per full-time employee, and to self-employed persons who pay an annual contribution to the scheme. When: The Act entered into force on 1 January 2026.https://lovsnak.dk/en/case/lov-20241-l-108/https://lovsnak.dk/en/case/lov-20241-l-108/Thu, 22 Oct 2026 13:39:01 +0000What changes: The act sets out that you may stay overnight abroad no more than once per calendar month while receiving benefits. The tougher availability sanction can only be given to people who are education-ready or job-ready. Who: The rules apply to people who receive benefits under the Act on Active Social Policy. The sanction rule covers only education-ready or job-ready people, and activity-ready people who previously lost benefits under it can receive benefits again. When: The Act entered into force on 1 March 2025. Some parts entered into force on 1 July 2025. Some parts entered into force on 1 January 2026.https://lovsnak.dk/en/case/lov-20251-l-80/https://lovsnak.dk/en/case/lov-20251-l-80/Thu, 22 Oct 2026 13:16:19 +0000What changes: The act means that pensioners who have been sentenced to imprisonment for certain serious crimes will have their disability pension, senior pension or early pension withdrawn. The withdrawal takes effect from the time they have served their sentence, and the person can only have the pension granted again after a 5-year period. The waiting-period schemes in the benefit system are tightened, including extending the period from 3 to 5 years and lowering the level to cash benefit. Who: The rules apply to pensioners and others who, by final judgment, have been convicted of the listed crimes. When: The Act entered into force on 1 March 2026.https://lovsnak.dk/en/case/bek-2024-1090/https://lovsnak.dk/en/case/bek-2024-1090/Thu, 22 Oct 2026 12:21:55 +0000What changes: The executive order sets the adjustment percentage (the percentage your income is adjusted by when housing benefit is calculated) for personal income, which is used to calculate individual housing benefit for 2025. When: The executive order entered into force on 31 December 2024.https://lovsnak.dk/en/case/bek-2024-1157/https://lovsnak.dk/en/case/bek-2024-1157/Thu, 22 Oct 2026 12:21:44 +0000What changes: The income requirements for placement in the unemployment benefit period have been set to the 2024 level. Reported B-income is now fetched directly from the income register together with A-income. Employment supplement also applies to sick members who are not placed. When: The executive order entered into force on 14 November 2024.https://lovsnak.dk/en/case/bek-2024-1195/https://lovsnak.dk/en/case/bek-2024-1195/Thu, 22 Oct 2026 12:21:32 +0000What changes: The executive order now has a new rule that lists what counts as income from personal work under section 25 of the act. Income that is not taxable in Denmark is now calculated in the same way as the income in section 35. The reference in the rule on transfer to Danish pension has changed from sections 53-54 to sections 55-56. When: The executive order entered into force on 1 January 2025.https://lovsnak.dk/en/case/bek-2024-1251/https://lovsnak.dk/en/case/bek-2024-1251/Thu, 22 Oct 2026 12:10:51 +0000What it sets out: The executive order sets the guarantee contribution and the tariffs for 2025 in Arbejdsmarkedets Tillægspension (ATP). The guarantee contribution is 80 per cent after deduction for death benefits, and it is split into an interest contribution and a market contribution. Who: The rules apply to members of Arbejdsmarkedets Tillægspension. The split between interest contribution and market contribution depends on year of birth. When: The executive order entered into force on 1 January 2025.https://lovsnak.dk/en/case/bek-2025-966/https://lovsnak.dk/en/case/bek-2025-966/Thu, 22 Oct 2026 12:10:27 +0000What 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.https://lovsnak.dk/en/case/bek-2025-229/https://lovsnak.dk/en/case/bek-2025-229/Thu, 22 Oct 2026 12:10:11 +0000What changes: The executive order changes names in the rules on active employment measures (arrangement). The regional labour market council is now called the Regional Employment Council, and the introduction refers to the Labour Market Council instead of the Employment Council. When: The executive order entered into force on 1 March 2025.https://lovsnak.dk/en/case/bek-2024-1707/https://lovsnak.dk/en/case/bek-2024-1707/Thu, 22 Oct 2026 12:09:51 +0000What it sets out: The executive order sets out how absence on maternity benefit is calculated, and how parents apply for benefits, transfers and extra weeks. Who: The rules apply to employees, self-employed persons and unemployed members of an unemployment fund who receive maternity benefit. Some rules apply to only one of the groups. When: The executive order entered into force on 1 January 2025.https://lovsnak.dk/en/case/bek-2024-1207/https://lovsnak.dk/en/case/bek-2024-1207/Thu, 22 Oct 2026 12:09:45 +0000What changes: The income limits for the heating supplement and the standard deduction have been raised from the 2023 level to the 2025 level. The limit at which the municipality can consider making the disability pension suspended has also been raised. The rules on what income from personal work consists of have been rewritten. When: The executive order entered into force on 1 January 2025. Parts of the executive order apply from 1 September 2017 for persons who reach the state pension age on 1 September 2017 or later.https://lovsnak.dk/en/case/bek-2025-1229/https://lovsnak.dk/en/case/bek-2025-1229/Thu, 22 Oct 2026 11:58:30 +0000What changes: The executive order sets the adjustment percentage (the percentage your income is adjusted by when housing benefit is calculated) for personal income, which is used when individual housing benefit is calculated for 2026. When: The executive order entered into force on 31 December 2025.https://lovsnak.dk/en/case/bek-2025-1688/https://lovsnak.dk/en/case/bek-2025-1688/Thu, 22 Oct 2026 11:58:11 +0000What changes: The amounts in the executive order have been raised to the 2026 level, e.g. the calculation basis of DKK 31,700 versus DKK 30,400 before. The rules on pension deduction now also cover placement and admission. There is a new rule on housing needs when a stay exceeds 6 months, and the rule on notification from prisons has been removed. When: The executive order entered into force on 1 January 2026. Parts of the executive order apply from 1 September 2017 to persons who reach the state pension age on 1 September 2017 or later.https://lovsnak.dk/en/case/bek-2025-1745/https://lovsnak.dk/en/case/bek-2025-1745/Thu, 22 Oct 2026 11:57:31 +0000What it sets out: The executive order sets the guarantee contribution, tariffs and a limit for lump-sum payment in Arbejdsmarkedets Tillægspension (ATP) for 2026. The guarantee contribution is 80 per cent. Pensions where the annual pension, including bonus pension, is calculated at DKK 3,600 or less are paid as a lump sum. Who: The rules apply to members of Arbejdsmarkedets Tillægspension. The split of the guarantee contribution depends on birth year. When: The executive order entered into force on 1 January 2026.https://lovsnak.dk/en/case/bek-2026-30/https://lovsnak.dk/en/case/bek-2026-30/Thu, 22 Oct 2026 11:46:04 +0000What changes: The rules on holiday allowance now name the municipality where the job centre was previously named. An old transitional rule on holiday allowance from 2022-2023 has been removed. When: The executive order entered into force on 1 February 2026.https://lovsnak.dk/en/case/bek-2026-100/https://lovsnak.dk/en/case/bek-2026-100/Thu, 22 Oct 2026 11:45:06 +0000What it sets out: The executive order sets out that the Danish Agency for Labour Market and Recruitment may use artificial intelligence or similar solutions to process personal data, when this is necessary for the agency's tasks. When: The executive order entered into force on 1 February 2026.https://lovsnak.dk/en/case/lov-20241-l-132/https://lovsnak.dk/en/case/lov-20241-l-132/Thu, 22 Oct 2026 11:31:20 +0000What 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.https://lovsnak.dk/en/case/lov-20252-l-19/https://lovsnak.dk/en/case/lov-20252-l-19/Wed, 21 Oct 2026 12:07:21 +0000What changes: The act introduces a requirement for ID cards on construction and civil engineering projects with a project cost over DKK 100 million. The client must make sure that time on site is recorded and reported to the Danish Working Environment Authority (Arbejdstilsynet). Who: The act applies to construction and civil engineering projects with a project cost over DKK 100 million, and to the people who work on them. The client has a duty to make sure that time on site is recorded and reported. When: Section 17 will enter into force on 1 January 2027.https://lovsnak.dk/en/case/bek-2026-845/https://lovsnak.dk/en/case/bek-2026-845/Wed, 21 Oct 2026 08:36:16 +0000What it sets out: The executive order sets that a percentage of 0.45 must be deducted in 2027 when adjusting the rates of a number of income transfers. This applies, among other things, to the rates under the rules on unemployment insurance, pensions, sickness benefit and parental leave. When: The executive order will enter into force on 1 December 2026.https://lovsnak.dk/en/case/bek-2026-831/https://lovsnak.dk/en/case/bek-2026-831/Tue, 20 Oct 2026 22:44:41 +0000What it sets out: The executive order sets rules for a trial in which selected unemployment benefit recipients choose for themselves who will handle their contact process in the first 4 months of unemployment. They can choose the municipality, their own unemployment insurance fund or another provider. When: The executive order was scheduled to enter into force on 1 October 2026. This has not yet been confirmed.https://lovsnak.dk/en/case/bek-2026-422/https://lovsnak.dk/en/case/bek-2026-422/Wed, 14 Oct 2026 20:44:04 +0000What it sets out: The executive order sets out how ATP recalculates existing pension commitments because the state pension age has increased from 69 to 70 years for people born after 31 December 1970. The value of the commitments must remain the same after recalculation. Who: The rules apply to members of ATP who were born after 31 December 1970. When: The executive order entered into force on 20 April 2026. The executive order applies to pension commitments made before 1 January 2026.https://lovsnak.dk/en/case/bek-2026-350/https://lovsnak.dk/en/case/bek-2026-350/Wed, 14 Oct 2026 20:42:25 +0000What it sets out: The executive order sets out rules for applying for, processing and paying out social pension and supplements. Who: The rules apply to citizens who apply for or receive state pension, disability pension, senior pension or supplements, as well as to municipalities and Udbetaling Danmark. When: The executive order entered into force on 1 March 2026.https://lovsnak.dk/en/case/lov-20251-l-89/https://lovsnak.dk/en/case/lov-20251-l-89/Sun, 11 Oct 2026 13:03:59 +0000What changes: The Minister for Employment will be able to set rules requiring employers to ensure that employees or the occupational health and safety organisation receive the results of asbestos samples directly from the party analysing the samples. An indicative level of imprisonment is introduced for management persons in particularly serious cases. A higher fine level is also introduced for larger companies for certain violations, namely failure to report work accidents and the building owner's violation of the rules on a safety and health plan. Who: The rules apply to employers, building owners, company management and employees. When: Section 1, no. 1 entered into force on 1 July 2026. The rest of the Act entered into force on 1 March 2026.https://lovsnak.dk/en/case/lov-20251-l-28/https://lovsnak.dk/en/case/lov-20251-l-28/Sun, 11 Oct 2026 13:03:59 +0000What changes: The tax-free senior bonus is being increased, and from 2029 it will be increased further. The first senior bonus rises from 42,000 DKK to 53,901 DKK, and from 2029 it will be 63,080 DKK. The second senior bonus rises from 25,000 DKK to 32,074 DKK, and from 2029 it will be 37,420 DKK. Work in Greenland and the Faroe Islands now counts towards the accrual, and the same rules on counting work and income apply to people who are taxable in Denmark and have accrued work in Greenland or the Faroe Islands. Who: The act affects people who accrue the right to the senior bonus. When: The Act entered into force on 1 January 2026. Some parts entered into force on 1 July 2026. Some parts will enter into force on 1 December 2026. Parts of the act apply for the financial year 2027.https://lovsnak.dk/en/case/lov-20241-l-149/https://lovsnak.dk/en/case/lov-20241-l-149/Sun, 11 Oct 2026 13:03:59 +0000What changes: The state pension age will be 70 for everyone born after 31 December 1970. Who: The new age limit of 70 applies to you if you were born after 31 December 1970. If you were born in 1967-1970, it remains 69. The compensation rules also apply to people injured and surviving relatives after work injuries from before 2004/2005. When: The Act entered into force on 31 December 2025.https://lovsnak.dk/en/case/bek-2026-611/https://lovsnak.dk/en/case/bek-2026-611/Sun, 11 Oct 2026 13:03:59 +0000What changes: Publication of information about companies' work environment can now be fully or partly set aside under sections 4-7 in periods where it is not possible to publish the information. This can be due to IT development, data errors or IT system outages, for example. Who: The rules apply to companies that have received decisions about the work environment. When: The executive order entered into force on 1 July 2026.https://lovsnak.dk/en/case/bek-2026-608/https://lovsnak.dk/en/case/bek-2026-608/Sun, 11 Oct 2026 13:03:59 +0000What changes: Employers must ensure that knowledge about rest periods is included in the cooperation on safety and health. This knowledge comes from the working time records that the employer must keep. Who: The rule applies to employers in companies with a workplace safety organization. When: The executive order entered into force on 1 July 2026.https://lovsnak.dk/en/case/bek-2026-605/https://lovsnak.dk/en/case/bek-2026-605/Sun, 11 Oct 2026 13:03:59 +0000What changes: Examples of preventive measures (arrangement) and the list of general prevention principles have been removed from the executive order. It is a criminal offence not to comply with an order under the executive order. Previously, it was also a criminal offence not to follow decisions, including prohibitions. Who: Some of the rules do not apply to work in the employer's private household, work carried out solely by family members of the employer who belong to the household, and actual military service. When: The executive order entered into force on 1 July 2026.https://lovsnak.dk/en/case/bek-2026-604/https://lovsnak.dk/en/case/bek-2026-604/Sun, 11 Oct 2026 13:03:59 +0000What changes: The executive order's list of violations previously read "decisions, including orders or bans". Now it only reads "decisions, including orders". When: The executive order entered into force on 1 July 2026.https://lovsnak.dk/en/case/bek-2026-601/https://lovsnak.dk/en/case/bek-2026-601/Sun, 11 Oct 2026 13:03:59 +0000What changes: Any emergency plans must now also be sent to the Working Environment Authority before work with genetically modified organisms begins. The plans must be updated at regular intervals. The Working Environment Authority forwards the plans to the Danish Environmental Protection Agency, which ensures that the information is made available to the public. Who: Companies where work is carried out with genetically modified organisms. When: The executive order entered into force on 1 July 2026.https://lovsnak.dk/en/case/bek-2026-600/https://lovsnak.dk/en/case/bek-2026-600/Sun, 11 Oct 2026 13:03:59 +0000What changes: Previously, one could be punished for not complying with orders or bans issued under the executive order. Now the rule only mentions orders. When: The executive order entered into force on 1 July 2026.https://lovsnak.dk/en/case/bek-2026-599/https://lovsnak.dk/en/case/bek-2026-599/Sun, 11 Oct 2026 13:03:59 +0000What changes: Work-related violence is now defined as violence against employees by persons who are not employees or employers at the company, including citizens and customers. Previously, it stated "citizens, including clients and customers". Robbery is now explicitly included. The rules stating that the employer must provide guidance, guidelines, and offers of help for police reports regarding violence outside working hours no longer appear in the executive order. Who: The executive order affects employers and employees. When: The executive order entered into force on 1 July 2026.https://lovsnak.dk/en/case/bek-2026-596/https://lovsnak.dk/en/case/bek-2026-596/Sun, 11 Oct 2026 13:03:59 +0000What changes: The Offshore Oil and Gas Accident Investigation Board now sends its reports to the Minister for Employment and the Minister for Civil Defence and Emergency Preparedness. Previously, they went to the Minister for Employment and the Minister for Environment. A summary of the findings must now also be made available to the European Commission when the investigation is concluded, or, if criminal proceedings are brought, when the court case is concluded. Who: The executive order applies to offshore oil and gas activities. When: The executive order entered into force on 1 July 2026.