Reform of the Danish unemployment insurance scheme

Based on a proposal by the Unemployment Insurance Commission, the Danish parliament adopted a reform of the unemployment insurance scheme on 22 October 2015. The reform would make the scheme more secure and flexible for the insured as well as easier to understand and to administer. It would reduce the number of people exhausting benefit periods.

Author: Jon Kvist

Background information

Flexicurity - the Danish labour market model - means that employers can easily hire and fire to adjust to the needs of the marketplace. At the same time, employees have a secure safety net in-between jobs.

• Primary Source

ESO: Background information: Hiring, employment, and health in Scandinavia: the Danish ‘flexicurity’ model in comparative perspective http://www.europeansources.info/record/hiring-employment-and-health-in-scandinavia-the-danish-flexicurity-model-in-comparative-perspective/

Denmark: Denmark.dk: Society and Business: The Danish labour market https://denmark.dk/society-and-business/the-danish-labour-market

Wikipedia: Flexicurity https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flexicurity

OECD: Back to Work: Denmark Improving the Re-employment Prospects of Displaced Workers, 2016 https://doi.org/10.1787/9789264267503-6-en

Denmark: Danish Agency for Labour Market and Recruitment: Flexicurity https://star.dk/en/about-the-danish-agency-for-labour-market-and-recruitment/flexicurity/

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