Navigating the EU Directive on Adequate Minimum Wages: Danish Perspectives on collective bargaining and adequate minimum wages

Abstract

The contribution aims to offer some Danish perspectives on Directive 2022/2041 on adequate minimum wages in the European Union. Three aspects are considered, including the characteristics of the Danish regulation of wages, how the Directive has been received in Denmark, and finally the Danish transposition of the Directive. The contribution highlights that the Danish opposition to the Directive has been a matter of principle and has become a salient example of the underlying tension connected to EU impact on the autonomy of social partners and negotiated rights.