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Foreign engineers in Denmark and their trade union - IDA
Bo Falkencrone ([email protected])
Copenhahen Language Center
February 20th 2013
www.ida.dk
Facts about IDA
• 86,300 members (January 2013)62,300 regulars + 24,000 students
• 8 regions and 25 sections• 43 science and technology networks• 33 science and technology groups • 1,500 annual events – 50,000 participants• Annual budget – 24 million Euro• Staff – approx. 200 employees
Service on employment Service on employment issues:issues:
Advising the members and negotiating on their behalf in matters concerning contracts and remuneration, employment conditions, dismissals and everything in between
Negotiation of collective agreementsAdvising on competence and career
development
Service on employment Service on employment issues:issues:
IDA has approx. 25,000 member queries per year
70% are resolved on the spotCurrently there are a number of lawsuits
pending on behalf of one or more members on issues e.g.:◦Maternity leave◦Dismissals◦Bonuses and severance payments
Other benefitsOther benefitsInsurance:
IDA Forsikring offers exclusively to IDA’s members what is probably the cheapest and best insurance coverage in Denmark
The Engineers’ Weekly:As a member of IDA you will receive a copy of ”Ingeniøren” by mail every Friday, keeping you up to date with career oppor-
tunities and latest developments within the fields of technology, science and ITC
The Danish Labour MarketThe Danish Labour Market The Flexicurity ModelThe Flexicurity Model
High mobility / turn over in the labour marketRather high level of securityStrong organisation among both employers and
employeesHigh level of unionisation (80 % of the employees)Long tradition of collective bargaining (since 1899)Regulation by collective agreements and/or by law
(engineers mainly by law, eg. salaried employees act)No general minimum wage
Company Company structurestructure92 per cent of all Danish companies have
less than 10 employeesOnly 2 per cent have more than 50
employeesBut :68 per cent of the entire labour force is
employed by companies with 50 employees or more
SalarySalary Relatively high salaries (and
high income taxes) Few collective agreements
covering engineers working within private companies
Individual negotiations of employment conditions
Be well aware of what your contract really means!
TaxationTaxation
Min. 39% on a salary of approx. 27.000€ per annumProgressive income tax system. Max. 60%25% tax scheme for key employees and researchersVAT 25%Danes are rather happy to pay taxes – value for
moneyDanes state that they prefer welfare to tax reductions
Danish Labour Market for Danish Labour Market for EngineersEngineers 37 hrs./week
Min. 5 weeks vacation per year + min. 9 public holidays
High salaries – Engineers start at approx. 4.750 € BT
- Civil engineers (M.Sc) 36.500DKK incl. pension contributions
- Other engineers (B.Sc) 35.400DKK incl. pension contributions
Private pension plans are often part of the remuneration
Often no overtime compensation (neither time nor money)
Terms of notice are 1-6 months depending on seniority
Equal opportunities and employment rate for men and women
Engineers’ current unemployment rate is 3,7 % (Sept. 2012)