IDA's Labour Market Council
The Labour Market Council is a policy-making body whose task is to influence the political agenda for the benefit of IDA's members.
From November 2026, the Employees’ Council has changed its name to the Labour Market Council.
The Labour Market Council is responsible for the following tasks:
- Recommends to the Executive Committee frameworks and budgets within the competence of the
- Labour Market Council and contributions to the Liquid Reserve Fund
- Recommends to the Executive Committee proposals concerning policies on pay, recruitment, pension conditions, labour market conditions, employment conditions, and health and safety conditions
- Lays down the guidelines for payments from the Liquid Reserve Fund
- Establishes the framework for IDA Public Sector and IDA Private Sector
- Establishes the framework for trade union representative training
- Establishes the framework for matters pertaining to salary, hiring, pension, labour market, employment, and health and safety conditions in the workplace
- Sets the recommended minimum salaries
- Agrees on negotiation demands and approve negotiation results as well as decides in favour of or against industrial conflict
The Labour Market Council key issues:
- IDA must be accessible in workplaces and promote a dialogue-based approach to common solutions
- Strengthen the public sector union representative area
- The sustainable working life
- Diversity, equality and inclusion, including alternative forms of employment and any new trends
- PhDs and postdocs conditions
- Self-employed and students as observers in the Labour Market Council
The vision of the Labour Market Council:
As a trade union, we set the course for the labour market of the future. To do so, we must:
- Ensure members have the security to challenge and develop themselves in their own working life
- Collaborate with workplaces and inspire them to stay ahead of the curve
- Monitor a changing labour market and influence in a flexible and inclusive direction
The Labour Market Council consists of 6 members and a chairman:
The chairman of the council is elected by the Executive Committee at its inaugural meeting. The chairman must belong to member category 2 and be engaged in active employment at the time of election.
In addition, the Executive Committee appoints 6 members to the council.
IDA Public and IDA Private each appoint a spokesperson for the council from their respective boards. In addition, there are observers from Akademikernes A-kasse, DdL, STEM students and the self-employed area.
See the members of the Council of Employees
Rules of procedure for the Council of Employees
Applicable policies (in Danish):
The policies will soon be translated into English.