After final negotiations, the Confederation of Danish Industry (DI) and the Central Organisation of Industrial Employees in Denmark (CO-industri) announced that they had reached an agreement on a three- year renewal of the collective agreement for industry. The new agreement includes amendments to the rules on parental leave. The period of leave with full pay has been extended from a total of 13 weeks to 16 weeks.
Together, the Industrial Agreement and the Collective Agreement for Salaried Employees in Industry cover more than 6,000 businesses and 230,000 employees.
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