DenmarkArbejdsmarked og erhvervsliv 12 · Labour market and business
May an employer require an employee to be a member of a particular trade union?
In the exam (Danish)
Må en arbejdsgiver kræve, at en medarbejder er medlem af en bestemt fagforening?
- aNo, membership of a trade union is voluntary.Nej, det er frivilligt at være medlem af en fagforening.Correct answer
- bYes, but only at public-sector workplaces.Ja, men kun på offentlige arbejdspladser.
- cYes, if there is a collective agreement at the workplace.Ja, hvis der er en overenskomst på arbejdspladsen.
Why?
You decide yourself whether you want to be a member. Nobody may force you to join or leave, dismiss you because of your choice, or ask about it when you are hired.
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Questions from past Medborgerskabsprøve papers (danskogproever.dk), reproduced verbatim with their official answers by permission of the Danish Agency for International Recruitment and Integration (SIRI), and our own practice questions on the facts of the official study material. The explanations are ours. Questions whose official answer no longer holds have been left out. The English translation and the explanations were made with AI help; in the test the questions are asked in Danish. We are not affiliated with SIRI.
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