Home » HR practices » Quality of life at work » At TDC, the biggest telecom company in Denmark, employee who smoke outside of collective breaks now have to “compensate” the time gone up in smoke At TDC, the biggest telecom company in Denmark, employee who smoke outside of collective breaks now have to “compensate” the time gone up in smoke On October 1, at TDC, the biggest telecom company in Denmark (8,500 employees), a new antismoking policy came into force. It provides for a complete ban on smoking inside the premises and in company cars and the obligation for employees who smoke outside of collective breaks to sign an agreement with their boss to compensate the time lost – 15 minutes per cigarette. This new policy, rejected by the company’s unions, is in line with a national context particularly averse to smoking, with several large public organizations already adopting a complete ban on smoking at work. (Ref. 130581) Through . Published on 02 October 2013 à 16h28 - Update on 02 October 2013 à 16h28 Resources TDC’s new antismoking policy aims to encourage “as many employees as possible to decide not to smoke during working hours,” Miriam Igelsø Hvidt, the company’s HR manager, told Planet Labor. After adopting a first regulation in 1996, prohibiting smoking in joint offices and open spaces, TDC adopted gradual changes, often ahead of the law, like when it introduced “smoking cabins” (Rygekabiner) in the early 2000s (the law imposed them in 2007), thus allowing workers to smoke inside,… Need more info ? Contact mind's on-demand study service Which service do you want to contact :WritingCommercial serviceTechnical SupportFirst name Last name Organization Function email* Object of the message Your messageRGPD J’accepte la politique de confidentialité.EmailThis field is for validation purposes and should be left unchanged. Essentials Les dernières publications Supporting parenthood in the workplace: a win-win strategy Supporting employee carers: a CSR challenge Analyzes Les dernières publications Paternity leave: data observations from 41 countries EU: during H1 2022 five EU Member States have raised their minimum salary levels
