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Introduction

The initial step towards the founding of The Danish Confederation of Employers' Associations in Agriculture (SALA) was a co-operation among six agricultural employer’s associations established in 1940, resulting in the formation of a committee of employers' associations in 1942. The six organisations merged and established SALA in 1947, and later on other employers' associations within agriculture and food processing were affiliated to SALA - the most important being the abattoirs and the dairies.

In 1963 SALA concluded a General Agreement with the Danish Confederation of Trade Unions (LO), with the result that SALA obtained status as a central national organisation on the labour market along with The Danish Employers' Confederation (manufacturing industry, services, transport etc).

While production and trade policy issues in farming and food processing business are dealt with by a number of farmers' and co-operative organisations, gathered in the umbrella organisation The Agricultural Council of Denmark (Landbrugsraadet), the employers' interests are attended to by SALA and the affiliated member organisations.

SALA take care of working and wage matters, education, health and safety at work and staff administration in general.

Also, international relations in connection with the labour market are attended to by SALA - first and foremost in connection with the EU and the Nordic countries.

SALA’s members

The Danish Confederation of Employers' Associations in Agriculture (SALA) is the central organisation of employers' associations and companies within the agricultural field, i.e. farming, forestry, horticulture, nurseries, landscape gardeners, agricultural entrepreneurs, farm supply companies etc. as well as dairies and abattoirs. At present this cover

• Employer’s Association of Dairies and Ice Cream Industry
• Employer’s Association for Agriculture, Horticulture and Forestry
• Danish Co-operative Farm Supply, DLG
• The Association of Danish Agricultural Machinery Dealers

SALA’s objectives

In the capacity as central organisation SALA’s objectives are:

• defend the agricultural employers' interests towards the government and public authorities at national as well as international (EU) level, the counter parts on the labour market and other parts of society.
• to conclude collective agreements with trade unions
• to represent the members in a number of public boards, committees and commissions concerning employment and labour issues such as
  - labour marked policy
  - training and education
  - health and safety at work
  - work injury insurance
  - EU social and employment policies
• settle disagreements between employers and workers and inspire a fruitful dialog between the to parts at the individual enterprise in order to improve the employees’ work satisfaction and the competitiveness of the enterprises
  SALA is co-operating with the Agricultural Council of Denmark and its member organisations in questions of common interest.

SALA services to members

According to labour legislation, the central organisation plead the cases in court on behalf of their members. SALA offers assistance to employers in labour legislation issues and informs about new rules and legislation both within and outside the SALA area.

SALA offer assistance and advise to members and employers on all issues related to management of staff, labour legislation, education, health and safety at work, work councils, interpretation of collective agreements etc.

Information

SALA keep members informed about all relevant matters by circulating "SALA-Info".

Information towards the public, politicians, newspapers, etc. takes place via "SALA Newsletter", which is available by e-mail. SALA is furthermore running a home page on http://www.sala.dk/

SALA
Vester Farimagsgade 1, 5.
DK-1606 Copenhagen V
Denmark
Phone +45 3313 4655 – Telefax +45 3311 8953
E-mail: info@sala.dk
Web: www.sala.dk