Denmark: the social partners demand a flexible partial unemployment system to face the crisis

nt has soared since the crisis began. However, unions and employers think that the system is still too strict. They asked the Minister of Labor to make it more flexible, but he doesn’t seem too inclined to accept. (Ref. 090201)

A record number
of businesses appealed to partial
unemployment since the beginning of the crisis. In less than six months, the
number of employees sent to partial unemployment in the metal and building
sector increased tenfold, unions say. In September, only 51...