https://feeds.thelocal.com/ Read the latest news and views from Denmark in English en-us news@thelocal.com (TheLocal) webmaster@thelocal.com (TheLocal) TheLocal RSS Feed Denmark's government has asked a new expert group to find ways of reforming the country's employment system to make it both less costly and more flexible. https://www.thelocal.dk/20230529/denmark-tasks-expert-group-with-thorough-reform-of-unemployment-system Mon, 29 May 2023 17:25:55 +0200 denmark-tasks-expert-group-with-thorough-reform-of-unemployment-system The coronavirus crisis caused unemployment in Denmark to increase sharply, but latest figures show some improvement. https://www.thelocal.dk/20200812/danish-unemployment-at-lowest-level-since-march Wed, 12 Aug 2020 14:34:09 +0200 danish-unemployment-at-lowest-level-since-march Once you’ve landed your first job in Denmark, finding a new position might be easier than you think. https://www.thelocal.dk/20200214/how-easy-is-it-to-get-a-different-job-in-denmark Fri, 14 Feb 2020 18:01:33 +0100 how-easy-is-it-to-get-a-different-job-in-denmark Danish companies are hiring more and more internationals. https://www.thelocal.dk/20190822/more-foreign-nationals-work-in-denmark-than-ever-before Thu, 22 Aug 2019 19:30:45 +0200 more-foreign-nationals-work-in-denmark-than-ever-before A change to Denmark’s asylum rules, provided for in the agreement to form the new government, is unlikely to benefit a large number of people. https://www.thelocal.dk/20190704/denmarks-new-government-to-change-rule-for-refugees-but-few-will-benefit Thu, 04 Jul 2019 18:02:42 +0200 denmarks-new-government-to-change-rule-for-refugees-but-few-will-benefit Danish companies have created 208,000 new jobs over the past five years. But now they’re having trouble finding employees. https://www.thelocal.dk/20190628/208000-new-danish-jobs-in-5-years-but-companies-still-want-employees Fri, 28 Jun 2019 13:41:36 +0200 208000-new-danish-jobs-in-5-years-but-companies-still-want-employees The number of people receiving Danish state income support for unemployment has decreased further since the beginning of 2019. https://www.thelocal.dk/20190611/number-of-people-receiving-danish-unemployment-benefit-hits-ten-year-low Tue, 11 Jun 2019 20:16:14 +0200 number-of-people-receiving-danish-unemployment-benefit-hits-ten-year-low 70,300 times in the course of the past six months, Danish employers have not been able to find the right candidate for the job. https://www.thelocal.dk/20190329/number-of-unsuccessful-recruitments-reaches-ten-year-high-business-confederation Fri, 29 Mar 2019 15:51:16 +0100 number-of-unsuccessful-recruitments-reaches-ten-year-high-business-confederation December 2018 saw an eight-year low for the number of people receiving Denmark’s basic social welfare payment for unemployment, according to government figures. https://www.thelocal.dk/20190325/fewer-people-receiving-social-welfare-payment-in-denmark-ministry Mon, 25 Mar 2019 14:18:22 +0100 fewer-people-receiving-social-welfare-payment-in-denmark-ministry The number of foreign citizens employed in Denmark has increased by 75,000 since 2014, according to figures from Statistics Denmark. https://www.thelocal.dk/20190318/one-in-ten-wage-earners-in-denmark-is-foreign-national Mon, 18 Mar 2019 19:00:19 +0100 one-in-ten-wage-earners-in-denmark-is-foreign-national Employment increased in both the private and public sectors in Denmark in August, thereby continuing a record spell for the labour market. https://www.thelocal.dk/20181022/danish-labour-market-continues-good-form-august-figures Mon, 22 Oct 2018 14:00:55 +0200 danish-labour-market-continues-good-form-august-figures Denmark’s figures for employment of young people with higher education do not compare favourably with its Scandinavian neighbours, an analysis has found. https://www.thelocal.dk/20180911/denmark-trailing-neighbours-on-graduate-employment-analysis Tue, 11 Sep 2018 19:41:57 +0200 denmark-trailing-neighbours-on-graduate-employment-analysis The number of people of ‘non-Western’ heritage working in Denmark’s social healthcare sector has increased markedly, according to official figures. https://www.thelocal.dk/20180821/increased-numbers-of-minority-ethnic-social-healthcare-workers-in-denmark Tue, 21 Aug 2018 20:12:40 +0200 increased-numbers-of-minority-ethnic-social-healthcare-workers-in-denmark Employment levels in Denmark have continued an upward trend, with a new high point reached in April. https://www.thelocal.dk/20180622/danish-employment-levels-still-rising-3400-more-in-work-latest-figures Fri, 22 Jun 2018 12:53:21 +0200 danish-employment-levels-still-rising-3400-more-in-work-latest-figures We’re interested in your experiences working internationally. Complete our quick survey and tell us what it's been like. https://www.thelocal.dk/20180530/working-internationally-tell-us-about-it Wed, 30 May 2018 14:30:11 +0200 working-internationally-tell-us-about-it 1,500 more people became jobless in March compared to February, new data from Statistics Denmark shows. This brings total unemployment to 111,800, or 4.1 percent of the total workforce. https://www.thelocal.dk/20180507/surprising-increase-in-denmark-unemployment-in-march Mon, 07 May 2018 12:12:20 +0200 surprising-increase-in-denmark-unemployment-in-march Four out of ten Danish companies say they have received job applications from applicants who do not actually want to work for them. https://www.thelocal.dk/20180326/danish-firms-wasting-time-on-template-job-applications-organisation Mon, 26 Mar 2018 16:41:19 +0200 danish-firms-wasting-time-on-template-job-applications-organisation New data from the Confederation of Danish Industry (DI) shows that few people remain unemployed for extended periods. https://www.thelocal.dk/20180323/16500-job-seekers-find-work-every-month-in-denmark-di Fri, 23 Mar 2018 12:55:57 +0100 16500-job-seekers-find-work-every-month-in-denmark-di January 2018 saw the highest number of wage earners ever in Denmark. https://www.thelocal.dk/20180321/employment-levels-in-denmark-reach-record-levels Wed, 21 Mar 2018 14:27:14 +0100 employment-levels-in-denmark-reach-record-levels Minister of Employment Troels Lund Poulsen’s recent comments that the government supports improved access to the Danish job market for foreigners are highly commendable, says the Confederation of Danish Industry. https://www.thelocal.dk/20180108/ministers-call-for-more-foreign-labour-extremely-positive-di Mon, 08 Jan 2018 11:38:18 +0100 ministers-call-for-more-foreign-labour-extremely-positive-di