Lederne Reviews 

I have been a member of Lederne for decades. This review concerns the union, not the A-kasse. The people at the A-kasse have always been professional, competent, and helpful.

I have been a member since I started working many years ago. For most of my career, I rarely needed support beyond occasional contract reviews when changing jobs. These were usually routine and led to only marginal adjustments. In that sense, I believe I have been a very loyal and low-maintenance member: paying my membership fees for decades and almost never taking up their time.

That changed when I truly needed help.

At 60+, I was dismissed from my last job without any explanation and without any reasonable cause. Two days earlier, I had received a positive performance review. I had never received any written or verbal warnings indicating that anything was wrong. I was offered one additional month of severance on the condition that I accepted quietly and left without creating problems.

The dismissal itself was handled in a deeply impersonal way: a short meeting with HR, being told I was fired, instructed to put my belongings in a box, and escorted out - still with no explanation.

I contacted Lederne expecting that my union would stand up for me. Instead, I was told that “it was not worth pursuing,” and that at most they might secure the same extra month of severance I had already been given.

I explained that for me, the worst part was not even the money - it was not knowing why I was fired. Given my recent positive reviews and lack of warnings, it would have been possible to challenge the dismissal as unjustified and either seek reinstatement or a more appropriate severance.

I never imagined that I would feel left alone by my own union at the moment I needed them most.

You often hear about other unions that are willing to take cases to court for their members - and that sometimes win. Unfortunately, that was not my experience with Lederne.

UPDATE 22/02/2026 - If you read the answer from Lederne to my review, you could assume that maybe they were somehow interested. I contacted the person who signed the answer via LinkedIn and as expected I was not contacted back. That confirms my personal experience, that they are absolutely uninterested in their members.
So I just wanted to update casual readers that my intial conclusions are unfortunately true.

Friendly, competent service in English. Wish the written instructions online were also in English however😌

After being searching for a job for more than 7 months in Denmark, I have consulted with the jobcentre case worker in mid July the possibility of claiming my rights to be 3 months on dagpenge in my home country to return for finding a job close to my family.

After a lot of personal and family arrangements, I had to extend unexpectedly my vacation due to sickness and cancel my return from vacation due to sickness.

Now the Lederne withholds unreasonably my rights as EU citizen, while public information says that the requirement is actually to register as soon as possible in the country where you want to seek a job.

Why should I travel back and forth to Denmark to get a paper that can be granted to me electronically?
As EU citizen I have my rights, I do have the right to come back and try to find a job in my home country that provides to my family.

Unfortunately the process for claiming to the EU is 10 weeks, do I have to be self paying this period? Why should I expend personal resources into paying a plain ticket again?

None of the workers at Lederne have attended to my meetings in the Jobcentre for all these months, and after no proper legal advice last year when I became unempolyed, and no actual support more than checking a CV. Lederne withholds unreasonable a paper that can give me better opportunities in a different country.
I hope they have a good explanation exposing my case in public.

Unprofessional. They cover for each other’s mistakes. They asked me to write a letter of complaint to the same people who I was complaining about. Then they send me a letter saying I did not have a case. The letter they sent has inaccurate information about my case. They even mentioned a company that I supposedly work for but the name of the company is not even close to the company I actually work for. Incompetent, unprofessional and a total lack of transparency and honesty.
Stay away from this A-kasse. TOTALY WORTHLESS.

Amazing service! Quick responds and very professional!!⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Good legal service. Thank you Ledernes.

Great advisors, fast communication, great value for how much I pay per month.

I've been greatly advised since I joined them three years ago, strongly recommended if you're looking for a great Union for IT managers!

To the point, professional support and good in understanding needs

The registration process and information I was provided were outstanding.
So far pleased with the move to Lederne.

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