The government signed an agreement with DA, LO and KL to improve labor market integration for non-western residents and youngsters of immigrant descent, as these groups are overrepresented among welfare beneficiaries. The close link between Danish language lessons and corporate practice is the agreement’s central element. This deal is an extension of those signed since 2002 to improve the integration of immigrants and their descendants on the labor market.
On June 11, the Ministry of Education, the Ministry of Labor, the LO and DA union and employers’ organizations, and the KL association of local authorities signed a new quadripartite agreement on employment-oriented integration. Even though the gap between the employment rate of non-western and Danish residents has decreased in the last 15 years, the former’s is still lower. Pointing out that one of the major obstacles for them to access employment is the Danish language, this agreement aims
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