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- We need to use all efforts to create growth and jobs. The key economic data indicate slow growth in 2013 following a fall in GDP last year which increases the need for initiatives to boost growth and employment. This is where the Government is to keep its primary focus and take the lead, LO-President Harald Børsting states.

- Part of the solution is to invest in society. This can be done, among other things, by launching site development projects in the local municipalities and carrying out energy retrofitting of our schools and institutions. With these tools, we have the opportunity to stop the rise in unemployment and long-term unemployment, says Harald Børsting. 

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Social dumping is about unfair competition on pay and employment conditions in the EU member states. The unfair competition may originate from cross-border employees or from businesses’ services offered across borders or the relocation of businesses to low-pay countries.

Read more about the aspects of social dumping from a Danish perspective in our publication on this issue,

"The borderless fight against the undermining of Danish workplaces".

Cash benefit reform - From passive support to active efforts

The Government's proposal for a cash benefit reform is in line with LO's beliefs. - We believe that everyone who can work, must work. It has never been our intention that certain groups should be on permanent cash benefit. We therefore welcome those elements of the proposal that aim to encourage people to work after having completed their training says LO-Secretary Marie-Louise Knuppert.

Read the most recent issue of LO's quarterly newsletter here;

Danish Labour News March 2013