Poor working environment costs Denmark around 50 billion kroner per year.

Omissions

• The MEP's framing as 'poor working environment' (dårligt arbejdsmiljø) is broader than the NFA report's scope, which specifically quantifies the costs of work-related accidents and illnesses (arbejdsrelaterede ulykker og sygdomme). The NFA report does not attempt to monetise all dimensions of a poor working environment such as low job satisfaction, high turnover, or presenteeism unrelated to diagnosed conditions.
• The underlying data used by the NFA report dates from 2019. By the time of the claim in May 2026, the estimate is approximately seven years old and may not reflect changes in workplace conditions, inflation, or labour market composition since then.
• The figure of 48.7 billion DKK (rounded to 'around 50 billion') represents 2.1% of Denmark's GDP, which the MEP does not contextualise.

Sources

• PrimaryNational Research Centre for the Working Environment (NFA)Ulykker og sygdom på grund af arbejdet koster samfundet dyrt. En ny rapport viser, at regningen årligt løber op i cirka 50 milliarder kroner. (Accidents and illnesses due to work cost society dearly. A new report shows that the bill runs up to approximately 50 billion kroner annually.)
• PrimaryDanish Parliament (Folketinget) — NFA report PDFAnalysen viser, at de samlede samfundsøkonomiske omkostninger ved arbejdsrelaterede ulykker og sygdomme var på 48,7 mia. kr. i 2019, svarende til 2,1% af BNP. (The analysis shows that the total socioeconomic costs of work-related accidents and illnesses amounted to 48.7 billion DKK in 2019, equivalent to 2.1% of GDP.)
• SecondaryCSR.dkEn ny rapport fra Det Nationale Forskningscenter for Arbejdsmiljø viser at ulykker og sygdomme på grund af arbejde årligt koster samfundet 50 milliarder kroner. (A new report from the National Research Centre for the Working Environment shows that accidents and illnesses due to work annually cost society 50 billion kroner.)