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I wonder if you have misunderstood your friends. The Danish system is different from other Nordic countries in that dismissal is quite easy from legal point of
by ptaipale 9y ago
I wonder if you have misunderstood your friends. The Danish system is different from other Nordic countries in that dismissal is quite easy from legal point of view (even if for someone running a small company, it may still be psychologically very difficult).
The unemployment benefits are good, although the officials monitoring it also force the unemployed to be quite active to find a new job.
- beagle3 9y agoThis was his complaint 10 years ago, from an earlier time (perhaps 20 years ago?) he was considering starting a business. I probably have misunderstood his complaints, as you and Tehnix both point out; I'll reach out to him to get the details right...
- ptaipale 9y agoPerhaps that experience is more than 20 years old. Denmark started to implement a thorough labour market reform in 1990's and coined the term "flexicurity", to denote a system where hiring and firing are extremely simple, but employees have good unemployment benefits and receive active guidance by authorities for re-employment. This has been created since then. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flexicurity https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flexicurity
- greglindahl 9y agoYes, this unusual Danish system is why I said Denmark -- it's pretty different from the rest of Europe.