Obligation To Keep Records Of Employees' Daily Working Time Deferred Until 1 July 2024

• Published date: 20 November 2023
• Subject Matter: Employment and HR, Litigation, Mediation & Arbitration, Employment Litigation/ Tribunals, Employee Rights/ Labour Relations, Trials & Appeals & Compensation
• Law Firm: Plesner
• Author: Tina Br'gger S'rensen

The bill on an obligation for employers to set up a system for keeping record of employees' daily working time was introduced in the Danish Parliament on 8 November 2023. It follows from the bill that the proposed obligation to keep records will come into force on 1 July 2024. The amendments were originally intended to come into force already on 1 January 2024.

The bill was introduced in continuation of the judgment of the Court of Justice of the European Union of 14 May 2019 in case C-55/18 (Deutsche Bank). The Court of Justice of the European Union establishes that member states are obliged to order employers to set up a system for keeping records of the individual employee's daily working hours. The purpose of the bill is to ensure that the employer complies with the rules of the Working Time Directive and the...