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In Europe its called "Social Security"
by mcjiggerlog 8y ago
In Europe its called "Social Security"
- kryptiskt 8y agoNo, it’s not. In Sweden unemployment insurance and socialbidrag are very different concepts. The latter is very meager and has intrusive checks.
- dudul 8y agoNo. Actually in most countries "social security" and "unemployment insurance" are 2 different things. Social security IIRC is mostly there to take care of medical expenses, including for employed people.
- mcjiggerlog 8y agoSocial security generally pays unemployment benefits too. How that works is obviously very dependent on the country. Also, at least in the UK there are national funds available to cover redundancy. And yes, I was being facetious - I'm aware unemployment benefit is often pretty low and that actual income protection insurance does exist.
- dudul 8y ago" How that works is obviously very dependent on the country" True, so why make a broad statement about a continent that includes 30-ish countries, each with their own system, only based on "the UK-way"?
- mcjiggerlog 8y agoNope, I've lived in 3 different EU countries.
- dudul 8y agoSo 10% is enough of sample size to infer a general rule? Also, your first comment was about "Europe" not "EU".