Criticism of the selection committee chairman, who reports his own employees to the Labor Inspectorate.
DR-Inland in Denmark
Tuesday, November 04, 2025 • 5:01 PM UTC - in Denmark
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Council's criticism of committee chair, who reports own employees to the Labor Inspectorate
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The issue has caused significant disagreement over how best to solve major problems with the work environment in the Bornholm municipality.
Committee chair René Danielsson goes directly to the Labor Inspectorate in a case of poor work environment. (Photo: © Henriette Kaae Andersen, DR) 15 min. ago
In the final stretch of the election campaign, a heated dispute has arisen about problems in Bornholms Regionskommune. A committee chair has indeed unusually reported his own administration to the Labor Inspectorate.
- It's one of the worst things I've seen when it comes to poor work environment, says the chair of the Social- and Health Committee in the Bornholm municipality, René Danielsson (DF), about the background for his decision to report the Myndighed for Voksen- and Børneindsatser to the Labor Inspectorate.
The authority works with, among other things, serious child cases and assistance to citizens with disabilities, and René Danielsson refers to a series of serious complaints he has received from users and employees.
Bornholms Regionskommune issued a response on its website on Friday, stating that it takes the issues seriously.
Already, a series of initiatives have been launched to strengthen both the work environment, labor relations, and the quality of case handling, writes the municipality, which has also initiated cooperation with the Danish Social Advisory Association.
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Off-course leader
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Three other members of the Bornholm social- and health committee believe the leader is off-course. They believe René Danielsson should have raised the issue internally within the committee, as is normally done when there are problems.
- So it's possible that we could later seek help from outside, says the Enhedslisten's Sanne Friborg.
The Christian Democrat Bjarne Hartung Kirkegaard points out that it only makes the problems with poor work environment worse when one goes outside the employees and their management.
The Moderates' Kirstine van Sabben finds it striking that the criticism and complaint to the Labor Inspectorate comes 14 days before the election day, when, according to the committee chair himself, there have been problems with the work environment for a long time.
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Creates distrust
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Professor and municipal researcher Ulrik Kjær from Syddansk Universitet tells that it is completely unusual to report one's own administration and in this way also oneself. He also points out that there is a serious problem regarding the employees who are in the line of fire.
- The complaint is an expression of suspicion and distrust towards some leaders who do not have the opportunity to respond again in the public sphere. And not at all during an election campaign, he says.
However, according to René Danielsson, one cannot wait any longer for solutions:
- The problems are too severe.
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Council's criticism of committee chair, who reports own employees to the Labor Inspectorate
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The issue has caused significant disagreement over how best to solve major problems with the work environment in the Bornholm municipality.
Committee chair René Danielsson goes directly to the Labor Inspectorate in a case of poor work environment. (Photo: © Henriette Kaae Andersen, DR) 15 min. ago
In the final stretch of the election campaign, a heated dispute has arisen about problems in Bornholms Regionskommune. A committee chair has indeed unusually reported his own administration to the Labor Inspectorate.
- It's one of the worst things I've seen when it comes to poor work environment, says the chair of the Social- and Health Committee in the Bornholm municipality, René Danielsson (DF), about the background for his decision to report the Myndighed for Voksen- and Børneindsatser to the Labor Inspectorate.
The authority works with, among other things, serious child cases and assistance to citizens with disabilities, and René Danielsson refers to a series of serious complaints he has received from users and employees.
Bornholms Regionskommune issued a response on its website on Friday, stating that it takes the issues seriously.
Already, a series of initiatives have been launched to strengthen both the work environment, labor relations, and the quality of case handling, writes the municipality, which has also initiated cooperation with the Danish Social Advisory Association.
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Off-course leader
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Three other members of the Bornholm social- and health committee believe the leader is off-course. They believe René Danielsson should have raised the issue internally within the committee, as is normally done when there are problems.
- So it's possible that we could later seek help from outside, says the Enhedslisten's Sanne Friborg.
The Christian Democrat Bjarne Hartung Kirkegaard points out that it only makes the problems with poor work environment worse when one goes outside the employees and their management.
The Moderates' Kirstine van Sabben finds it striking that the criticism and complaint to the Labor Inspectorate comes 14 days before the election day, when, according to the committee chair himself, there have been problems with the work environment for a long time.
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Creates distrust
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Professor and municipal researcher Ulrik Kjær from Syddansk Universitet tells that it is completely unusual to report one's own administration and in this way also oneself. He also points out that there is a serious problem regarding the employees who are in the line of fire.
- The complaint is an expression of suspicion and distrust towards some leaders who do not have the opportunity to respond again in the public sphere. And not at all during an election campaign, he says.
However, according to René Danielsson, one cannot wait any longer for solutions:
- The problems are too severe.
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