The Ministry of Labour is responsible for the following:
- The unemployment insurance system, the early retirement pay scheme and the transitional allowance scheme.
- The public employment service and vocational training, including adult vocational training, training courses for semi-skilled workers and retraining.
- Employment and training activities/programmes for young unemployed persons, long term unemployed persons, disabled persons and other special risk groups.
- Employment promotion measures and the enterprise allowance scheme.
Labour law matters which also come under the auspices of the Ministry of Labour include: industrial relations, income policies and legislation on the Public Conciliation Service and the Industrial Court, the Labour Market Supplementary Pension Scheme, the Employers' Guarantee Fund, legislation relating to salaried employees, holiday legislation and safety and health at work.
It should be mentioned in this context that the basic vocational training courses (the so-called efg courses) come under the auspices of the Ministry of Education.
The following executive directorates have been set up to implement labour market policy:
- The National Labour Market Authority
- The Directorate for the Unemployment Insurance System.
In addition, the Ministry of Labour is responsible for health and safety at work and this field is administered by a third directorate, the Danish Working Environment Service.
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