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Gwenn PARENT, Economist
OECD - Directorate for Employment, Labour and Social Affairs
Back to Work: DENMARK
Improving the re-employment prospects of displaced workers Launch OECD report
Ministry of Employment - Danish Economic Council - OECD
Copenhagen, 15 December 2016
1. Background: OECD review on displaced workers
2. The labour market situation of displaced workers
in Denmark
3. Policies to assist displaced workers: strengths,
weaknesses and possible ways forward
- Prevention and early intervention
- Income support and re-employment assistance
4. Main recommendations
Outline of the presentation
2
Phase 1: Analytical report focussing on
comparable statistics on job displacement and its
consequences in Employment Outlook 2013
Phase 2: Nine country case studies: Korea,
Canada, Japan, Sweden, Australia, Finland, the
United States, Denmark and New Zealand
Phase 3: A synthesis to be published in the
OECD Employment Outlook 2017 (July)
OECD policy reviews on displaced workers
Definition of job displacement:
Displaced workers are defined as employees with strong labor
market attachment loosing their job because of economic reasons
such as plant closings, business downturns and changes in
technology.
3
THE LABOUR MARKET SITUATION
OF DISPLACED WORKERS
IN DENMARK
 Labour turnover is high in Denmark: 1 in 5 Danes separate
from their job every year
 Among those with stable labour market attachment,
2.7% lost their job every year as a consequence of mass
dismissal or firm closure (2000-12).
 Some workers are particularly vulnerable to displacement:
o Low-educated
o Youth
o Short job tenure
Job displacement in Denmark: key facts
5
o Transportation and other services
o Elementary occupations
o Working in small firms
Job displacement in Denmark is below the
average of OECD countries with similar data
Job displacement rates in Denmark and selected countries
Percentage of employees aged 20-64 who are laid-off from one year to the next
6
0
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
0
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
Japan
New
Zealand
France
Canada
Russian
Federation
United
States
Australia
Korea
Germany
Sweden
Portugal
United
States
Finland
United
Kingdom
Self-defined displacement Firm-identified displacement
%%
2003-08 2009-10
Denmark
Source: OECD (2016), Back to Work: Denmark: Improving the Re-employment Prospects of
Displaced Workers, OECD Publishing, Paris.
Up to 5.2% in 2009 due to the global financial crisis
Crisis hit particularly hard the manufacturing sector
Uneven recovery across sectors
The Danish labour market reacted promptly to
the global financial crisis in 2008-09
0
2
4
6
0
2
4
6
%%
Firm closure, Denmark Mass dismissal, Denmark Sweden Finland
Source: OECD (2016), Back to Work: Denmark: Improving the Re-employment Prospects of
Displaced Workers, OECD Publishing, Paris.
Job displacement rates in Denmark, Sweden and Finland
Denmark is among the better performing
countries in terms of re-employment rates
Re-employment rates in Denmark and other selected OECD countries
Percentage of all displaced workers, averages 2003-2008 and 2009-2010
8
0
10
20
30
40
50
60
70
80
90
100
0
10
20
30
40
50
60
70
80
90
100
France
Korea
Canada
Japan
Russian
Federation
United
States
New
Zealand
Australia
Portugal
United
Kingdom
Germany
United
States
Sweden
Finland
Self-defined displacement Firm-identified displacement
%%
Self-defined displacement Firm-identified displacement
Denmark
Re-employed
within one year
(2003-08)b
Re-employed
within two years
(2003-08)b
Re-employed
within one year
(2009-10)c
Source: OECD (2016), Back to Work: Denmark: Improving the Re-employment Prospects of
Displaced Workers, OECD Publishing, Paris.
Job displacement induce significant and
long-lasting earnings and wage losses
 On average, reduction in annual earnings by 5.5% due to
 lack of wages received during periods of
unemployment
 For long-tenured workers, reduction in hourly wage
(by 2.3%)
 More than one displaced worker out of four faces an
wage loss of at least 10%
 Losses are higher and more persistent for older workers,
and the age gap is more pronounced in Denmark than in
its neighbouring countries.
 Job quality worsens following job displacement
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POLICIES TO ASSIST DISPLACED
WORKERS: STRENGTHS,
WEAKNESSES AND POSSIBLE
WAYS FORWARD
 Employment protection for permanent workers is close
to OECD average, balanced between flexibility for
employers and security for workers:
 Third-lowest level of difficulty to dismiss permanent
workers (comparable with US, Canada and UK);
relatively low statutory severance payments
 Rigid notification procedures and consultation
requirements including with trade unions when
starting the dismissal process
 Early notification gives the necessary space and time for
dialogue between the social partners, negotiation and
intervention at an early stage
Legislation and collective bargaining protect workers
without hampering labour market dynamism
11
 Advance notice periods defined by legislation (white
collars) or collective agreements at the industry level
(for blue collars) → much shorter advance notice for
blue-collar than for white-collar workers
 Distinct industry-specific collective agreements
Large disparities between blue and
white-collar workers
12
Preventing “unnecessary” layoffs
 Targeted measures to prevent job losses are not as
developed as in other countries
 Prevention of displacement is limited to temporary
solutions for temporary changes in market demand:
 short-time work (STW) scheme which acted as a
countercyclical measure during the GFC (easing of
regulations implemented in 2009)
 rely on retaining employment by shaping the skills and
employability of employees (take up only 10%)
 The usual risks of overuse (deadweight cost and
displacement effects) are maintained to a low level
 Need to enhance vocational training and formal education
with the possibility for publicly-funded training subsidies. 13
 Early implementation of warning pools in cases of mass dismissal
(advance notification to their regional labour market authority, ordinary
warning pools, supplementary warning pools), and additional support
through the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund for 10 large firms
 Reaching soon-to-be displaced workers at the earliest possible stage,
providing them with tailored assistance and counselling so as to:
 Ease transition into new jobs
 Enhance skill-enhancing opportunities (work-sharing, adult apprenticeship,
up-skilling through the Jobrotation scheme)
 Main challenges:
 Early intervention remains concentrated on large dismissals from
large firms
 Early help for workers displaced from small firms or
experiencing individual or small-scale dismissals is limited
Denmark has strong early intervention
policies for some workers
14
Collective bargaining in Denmark improved
skills development during the notice period
 Several job changes over a working life call for
continuous upgrading of workers’ skills and employability
 Various trade unions putt skills up-grading at the centre of
the collective bargaining discussions in 2014
 Innovative collective agreements:
 industry sector: training for a minimum of one week
during their notice period, paid from the employer-
funded competence development fund
 transport sector: two weeks of training during their
notice period, extending the notification period
proportionally
 Using the notice period for additional vocational training
and retraining => one of the good practices
recommended by the OECD 15
 HQ Sharp in Japan: network of subcontractors of the same employer,
helps preventing displacement of employees whose skills are still in
demand within the network.
 Continuous-Entry Reclassification Committees (CREC) in Quebec:
similar to warning pools but open to all displaced workers in an area
regardless of the size of the firm or the number of dismissals
 Job Security Councils in Sweden: based on collective agreements at
industry level, JSC distribute the risk and costs of restructuring among
its members while allowing access to workers in small and medium
enterprises:
 provide advice and consultation to employers and trade unions
 provide transition services and guidance to laid-off workers
 financed by employers, contribution determined within collective
agreements (0.3% of payroll).
Early intervention policies : good practices
from other countries
16
Unemployment insurance coverage is high in
Denmark but unevenly distributed
 UI is a voluntary scheme: only members of a UI fund can be insured
against unemployment
 Three employees out of four are insured (around EU average), but
uneven distribution across income levels
 Only one Danish unemployed (ILO definition) out of two actually
received UI benefit during his unemployment spell in 2012.
Income support as a safety net for displaced
workers
 Limited role of severance payments
 Unemployment insurance system provide security to workers:
 high benefits for a rather long period of time
 reduces the poverty risk after displacement
 Great pressure on the income support system during the crisis
 Inequality issues due to combination of two facts:
 voluntary scheme
 tax-financed system, with only a small part of the costs covered by
the members’ contributions to the UI fund.
 Non-insured workers pay taxes but do not benefit from the UI system
 Security provided mostly to those less flexible, leaving behind:
young workers, low-skilled, low-wage workers
Strengthening income support
 Recent reforms reduced benefit generosity and increased activation
requirements to ensure sustainability of the Danish income support
system:
 UI duration progressively shortened from four to two years (with
several temporary extensions to smooth the process)
 Re-entitlement conditions to UI benefit tightened
 Social assistance reformed towards more activation
 UI reform (2017): innovative measures to foster the acceptance of
short periods of work while on UI benefit:
 flexible extension of the benefit period for up to one year (one
day work = two days benefits)
 consumption of UI benefit rights in hours instead of weeks
 additional waiting period conditional on short periods of work
 benefit levels no longer adjusted during unemployment spell
Denmark has a strong activation strategy with
considerable programme spending
 Third pillar of the Danish flexicurity model:
 Frequent contacts with a caseworker
 Participation in active labour market programmes (ALMP): 10 to 15% of
all still unemployed displaced workers are in ALMP
 Profiling tool (classifying jobseekers based on their distance from the
labour market) with different rights and obligations apply to each of the
three match groups
 Strict job-search monitoring with some inefficient overlap of
responsibilities (Jobcenter/UI funds)
 Denmark remains the world champion of ALMP spending (1.8% of
its GDP in 2013), despite a slight decrease over the past decade
 2015 employment reform implemented a tighter activation process
 most ALMPs have positive employment effects during boom periods
but much lower effects during recessionary periods (Danish
Economic Council, 2012) => regular contact and meetings
MAIN RECOMMENDATIONS
 Ease access to early intervention reserved for collective
dismissals to:
dismissing firms in the supply chain or in regions facing
multiple redundancies.
workers displaced in small-scale and individual
dismissals
 Provide a level playing field for blue-collar workers:
by making notice periods equal or at least more similar
to those of white-collar workers
to improve access to early intervention measures
before dismissal.
Making early intervention accessible for all
displaced workers
22
 Increase UI benefit coverage for low-wage, low-skilled
workers either:
By making the system universal
By changing the financing structure to make
insurance attractive also for low-wage earners
 Remove differences between blue-collar and white-collar
workers (interaction between severance pay and
unemployment benefit entitlements).
 Unemployment reform (2016): better incentives to
accept short-term, fixed-term and part-time jobs
(stepping stone).
Making the unemployment benefit system
available for all workers
 Bring the recognition of prior learning forward in time
 Involve employers in this recognition process
 Rigorously evaluate active labour market programmes
and training schemes (with special focus on their
effectiveness for displaced workers)
 Reinforce training and pre-training counselling to ensure
people choose and get the right training at the right time
and avoid costly but ineffective training
Making active labour market policies effective
for displaced workers
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For further information:
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OECD Directorate for Employment, Labour and Social Affairs: www.oecd.org/els
OECD work on displaced workers: http://www.oecd.org/els/emp/displaced-workers.htm
OECD Employment Outlook: www.oecd.org/employment/outlook
@OECD_Social
Contact: gwenn.parent@oecd.org or christopher.prinz@oecd.org

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Back to-work-Denmark-launch-oecd-presentation

  • 1. Gwenn PARENT, Economist OECD - Directorate for Employment, Labour and Social Affairs Back to Work: DENMARK Improving the re-employment prospects of displaced workers Launch OECD report Ministry of Employment - Danish Economic Council - OECD Copenhagen, 15 December 2016
  • 2. 1. Background: OECD review on displaced workers 2. The labour market situation of displaced workers in Denmark 3. Policies to assist displaced workers: strengths, weaknesses and possible ways forward - Prevention and early intervention - Income support and re-employment assistance 4. Main recommendations Outline of the presentation 2
  • 3. Phase 1: Analytical report focussing on comparable statistics on job displacement and its consequences in Employment Outlook 2013 Phase 2: Nine country case studies: Korea, Canada, Japan, Sweden, Australia, Finland, the United States, Denmark and New Zealand Phase 3: A synthesis to be published in the OECD Employment Outlook 2017 (July) OECD policy reviews on displaced workers Definition of job displacement: Displaced workers are defined as employees with strong labor market attachment loosing their job because of economic reasons such as plant closings, business downturns and changes in technology. 3
  • 4. THE LABOUR MARKET SITUATION OF DISPLACED WORKERS IN DENMARK
  • 5.  Labour turnover is high in Denmark: 1 in 5 Danes separate from their job every year  Among those with stable labour market attachment, 2.7% lost their job every year as a consequence of mass dismissal or firm closure (2000-12).  Some workers are particularly vulnerable to displacement: o Low-educated o Youth o Short job tenure Job displacement in Denmark: key facts 5 o Transportation and other services o Elementary occupations o Working in small firms
  • 6. Job displacement in Denmark is below the average of OECD countries with similar data Job displacement rates in Denmark and selected countries Percentage of employees aged 20-64 who are laid-off from one year to the next 6 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Japan New Zealand France Canada Russian Federation United States Australia Korea Germany Sweden Portugal United States Finland United Kingdom Self-defined displacement Firm-identified displacement %% 2003-08 2009-10 Denmark Source: OECD (2016), Back to Work: Denmark: Improving the Re-employment Prospects of Displaced Workers, OECD Publishing, Paris.
  • 7. Up to 5.2% in 2009 due to the global financial crisis Crisis hit particularly hard the manufacturing sector Uneven recovery across sectors The Danish labour market reacted promptly to the global financial crisis in 2008-09 0 2 4 6 0 2 4 6 %% Firm closure, Denmark Mass dismissal, Denmark Sweden Finland Source: OECD (2016), Back to Work: Denmark: Improving the Re-employment Prospects of Displaced Workers, OECD Publishing, Paris. Job displacement rates in Denmark, Sweden and Finland
  • 8. Denmark is among the better performing countries in terms of re-employment rates Re-employment rates in Denmark and other selected OECD countries Percentage of all displaced workers, averages 2003-2008 and 2009-2010 8 0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 100 0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 100 France Korea Canada Japan Russian Federation United States New Zealand Australia Portugal United Kingdom Germany United States Sweden Finland Self-defined displacement Firm-identified displacement %% Self-defined displacement Firm-identified displacement Denmark Re-employed within one year (2003-08)b Re-employed within two years (2003-08)b Re-employed within one year (2009-10)c Source: OECD (2016), Back to Work: Denmark: Improving the Re-employment Prospects of Displaced Workers, OECD Publishing, Paris.
  • 9. Job displacement induce significant and long-lasting earnings and wage losses  On average, reduction in annual earnings by 5.5% due to  lack of wages received during periods of unemployment  For long-tenured workers, reduction in hourly wage (by 2.3%)  More than one displaced worker out of four faces an wage loss of at least 10%  Losses are higher and more persistent for older workers, and the age gap is more pronounced in Denmark than in its neighbouring countries.  Job quality worsens following job displacement 9
  • 10. POLICIES TO ASSIST DISPLACED WORKERS: STRENGTHS, WEAKNESSES AND POSSIBLE WAYS FORWARD
  • 11.  Employment protection for permanent workers is close to OECD average, balanced between flexibility for employers and security for workers:  Third-lowest level of difficulty to dismiss permanent workers (comparable with US, Canada and UK); relatively low statutory severance payments  Rigid notification procedures and consultation requirements including with trade unions when starting the dismissal process  Early notification gives the necessary space and time for dialogue between the social partners, negotiation and intervention at an early stage Legislation and collective bargaining protect workers without hampering labour market dynamism 11
  • 12.  Advance notice periods defined by legislation (white collars) or collective agreements at the industry level (for blue collars) → much shorter advance notice for blue-collar than for white-collar workers  Distinct industry-specific collective agreements Large disparities between blue and white-collar workers 12
  • 13. Preventing “unnecessary” layoffs  Targeted measures to prevent job losses are not as developed as in other countries  Prevention of displacement is limited to temporary solutions for temporary changes in market demand:  short-time work (STW) scheme which acted as a countercyclical measure during the GFC (easing of regulations implemented in 2009)  rely on retaining employment by shaping the skills and employability of employees (take up only 10%)  The usual risks of overuse (deadweight cost and displacement effects) are maintained to a low level  Need to enhance vocational training and formal education with the possibility for publicly-funded training subsidies. 13
  • 14.  Early implementation of warning pools in cases of mass dismissal (advance notification to their regional labour market authority, ordinary warning pools, supplementary warning pools), and additional support through the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund for 10 large firms  Reaching soon-to-be displaced workers at the earliest possible stage, providing them with tailored assistance and counselling so as to:  Ease transition into new jobs  Enhance skill-enhancing opportunities (work-sharing, adult apprenticeship, up-skilling through the Jobrotation scheme)  Main challenges:  Early intervention remains concentrated on large dismissals from large firms  Early help for workers displaced from small firms or experiencing individual or small-scale dismissals is limited Denmark has strong early intervention policies for some workers 14
  • 15. Collective bargaining in Denmark improved skills development during the notice period  Several job changes over a working life call for continuous upgrading of workers’ skills and employability  Various trade unions putt skills up-grading at the centre of the collective bargaining discussions in 2014  Innovative collective agreements:  industry sector: training for a minimum of one week during their notice period, paid from the employer- funded competence development fund  transport sector: two weeks of training during their notice period, extending the notification period proportionally  Using the notice period for additional vocational training and retraining => one of the good practices recommended by the OECD 15
  • 16.  HQ Sharp in Japan: network of subcontractors of the same employer, helps preventing displacement of employees whose skills are still in demand within the network.  Continuous-Entry Reclassification Committees (CREC) in Quebec: similar to warning pools but open to all displaced workers in an area regardless of the size of the firm or the number of dismissals  Job Security Councils in Sweden: based on collective agreements at industry level, JSC distribute the risk and costs of restructuring among its members while allowing access to workers in small and medium enterprises:  provide advice and consultation to employers and trade unions  provide transition services and guidance to laid-off workers  financed by employers, contribution determined within collective agreements (0.3% of payroll). Early intervention policies : good practices from other countries 16
  • 17. Unemployment insurance coverage is high in Denmark but unevenly distributed  UI is a voluntary scheme: only members of a UI fund can be insured against unemployment  Three employees out of four are insured (around EU average), but uneven distribution across income levels  Only one Danish unemployed (ILO definition) out of two actually received UI benefit during his unemployment spell in 2012.
  • 18. Income support as a safety net for displaced workers  Limited role of severance payments  Unemployment insurance system provide security to workers:  high benefits for a rather long period of time  reduces the poverty risk after displacement  Great pressure on the income support system during the crisis  Inequality issues due to combination of two facts:  voluntary scheme  tax-financed system, with only a small part of the costs covered by the members’ contributions to the UI fund.  Non-insured workers pay taxes but do not benefit from the UI system  Security provided mostly to those less flexible, leaving behind: young workers, low-skilled, low-wage workers
  • 19. Strengthening income support  Recent reforms reduced benefit generosity and increased activation requirements to ensure sustainability of the Danish income support system:  UI duration progressively shortened from four to two years (with several temporary extensions to smooth the process)  Re-entitlement conditions to UI benefit tightened  Social assistance reformed towards more activation  UI reform (2017): innovative measures to foster the acceptance of short periods of work while on UI benefit:  flexible extension of the benefit period for up to one year (one day work = two days benefits)  consumption of UI benefit rights in hours instead of weeks  additional waiting period conditional on short periods of work  benefit levels no longer adjusted during unemployment spell
  • 20. Denmark has a strong activation strategy with considerable programme spending  Third pillar of the Danish flexicurity model:  Frequent contacts with a caseworker  Participation in active labour market programmes (ALMP): 10 to 15% of all still unemployed displaced workers are in ALMP  Profiling tool (classifying jobseekers based on their distance from the labour market) with different rights and obligations apply to each of the three match groups  Strict job-search monitoring with some inefficient overlap of responsibilities (Jobcenter/UI funds)  Denmark remains the world champion of ALMP spending (1.8% of its GDP in 2013), despite a slight decrease over the past decade  2015 employment reform implemented a tighter activation process  most ALMPs have positive employment effects during boom periods but much lower effects during recessionary periods (Danish Economic Council, 2012) => regular contact and meetings
  • 22.  Ease access to early intervention reserved for collective dismissals to: dismissing firms in the supply chain or in regions facing multiple redundancies. workers displaced in small-scale and individual dismissals  Provide a level playing field for blue-collar workers: by making notice periods equal or at least more similar to those of white-collar workers to improve access to early intervention measures before dismissal. Making early intervention accessible for all displaced workers 22
  • 23.  Increase UI benefit coverage for low-wage, low-skilled workers either: By making the system universal By changing the financing structure to make insurance attractive also for low-wage earners  Remove differences between blue-collar and white-collar workers (interaction between severance pay and unemployment benefit entitlements).  Unemployment reform (2016): better incentives to accept short-term, fixed-term and part-time jobs (stepping stone). Making the unemployment benefit system available for all workers
  • 24.  Bring the recognition of prior learning forward in time  Involve employers in this recognition process  Rigorously evaluate active labour market programmes and training schemes (with special focus on their effectiveness for displaced workers)  Reinforce training and pre-training counselling to ensure people choose and get the right training at the right time and avoid costly but ineffective training Making active labour market policies effective for displaced workers 24
  • 25. For further information: 25 OECD Directorate for Employment, Labour and Social Affairs: www.oecd.org/els OECD work on displaced workers: http://www.oecd.org/els/emp/displaced-workers.htm OECD Employment Outlook: www.oecd.org/employment/outlook @OECD_Social Contact: gwenn.parent@oecd.org or christopher.prinz@oecd.org

Notas del editor

  1. Synthesis: will review the lessons learnt from the 9 case studies on how to reduce the costs of displacement for workers Identify good practices but also some pitfalls to avoid. Throughout the project, the term displaced workers refers to workers involuntarily separated from their job due to economic or technical reasons or as a result of structural change.
  2. For this Danish review, we make use of the IDA database Integrated Database for Labour Market Research (IDA) Since IDA does not document reasons for job separations, workers are classified as displaced if they experience a separation between year t-1 and year t from a plant that has undergone either : A firm closure a mass dismissal defined as an reduction in employment of 5 employees or more or a relative reduction in employment of 30% The sample consists of workers aged 20-64 with at least one year tenure who are employed in firms with 10 or more employees. Based on this definition, over the period 2000-2012, 2.7% ….. A maximum rate of 5.2 was reached in 2009 with the GFC The rate decreased only slowly after, in 2010 and 2011, but slightly more in 2012, reflecting the subdued labour market performance Comparing displacement rates across groups of workers, we see that some groups are particularly vulnerable to displacement: Job tenure is by far the characteristic which makes the largest difference: workers with job tenure of less than five years had a displacement rate of about 7% between 2000 and 2012, against 4% for those with job tenure of 5‑10 years and less than 3% for those with job tenure above 10 years. Youth face higher displacement rates than the other age groups (close to 7 %), although older workers were also strongly affected since 2009 Displacement rates are generally higher in the service sector than in the manufacturing sector, although they increased significantly for craft and related trade workers during the crisis. 2 definitions: - firm-identified definition of job displacement considering job separations from firms that, from one year to the next, either ceased to operate (firm closure), or experienced an absolute reduction in employment of five employees or more and a relative reduction in employment of 30% or more (mass dismissal). - self-defined definition of job displacement, the accuracy of which depends on respondents’ answer to the reason for leaving their job.
  3. Job displacement in Denmark is below the average of OECD countries with similar data, with Portugal, Finland, the United States and the United Kingdom showing higher rates, but Germany and Sweden performing better than Denmark [The Figure shows the risk of job displacement in 13 OECD countries for the period 2003‑08 and 2009‑10 based on either firm level data (firm identified displacement) or labour force surveys (self‑identified displacement).]
  4. Between 2000 and 2012, on average 2.7% of Danish workers with at least one year of tenure are displaced every year with a minimum of 1.8% in 2006-07 (over-heating period with skills shortages) and a maximum of 5.2% in 2009. The Danish labour market reacted promptly to the crisis in 2008. Being a country with a very flexible labour market (see Chapter 3), the immediate job displacement response to the GFC was very severe in Denmark. The crisis hit particularly sharply the manufacturing sector with displacement rates more than tripling (from 1.8% in 2000-07 to 5.7% in 2008-09). Displacement rates also rose to a sharp extent for some vulnerable groups of workers: low-skilled workers (5.8%), short-tenured workers (6.2%), youth (6.9%) and workers working in small firms (6.9%). Uneven recovery: no recovery in other services and agriculture and mining, elementary occupation Significant decrease in job displacement (down to 1.1% in 2010-12) in the construction sector, most probably linked to the government’s 2009-10 fiscal stimulus package, boosting infrastructure investment in particular in railroads and roads
  5. On average over the period 2000‑12, Seven displaced workers out of ten get back into work within one year Re-employment rates of laid off workers in Denmark are relatively high by international standards but below those in Finland and Sweden (87% in both countries) This reflects the relatively high labour market turnover in Denmark compared with most OECD countries Crisis: Re-employment rates fell sharply in Denmark during the crisis, from 72% in 2000-08 to 52% in 2009, and did not recover to pre-crisis levels in the close aftermath (2010-12). Sweden and Finland, for comparison, showed more resilience to the crisis as re-employment rates only declined respectively by 5 and 6 percentage points (pp) between pre-crisis years (2003-08) and 2009-10, compared with 16 pp in Denmark. Here again, some groups face more difficulties getting back to work than others: older and low-skilled workers struggle to find a new job (less than one out of two finding a new job within one year: 47% in 2000-07 compared to 77% for prime-aged workers) long tenured DW (who spent 20 years or more in their previous job) also have extremely low chances of re-entering employment within a year (56%). The two are linked, but once controled for observables, long job tenure only slightly decreases re-employment (by -3 pp compared with workers with short tenure), while older workers are extremely penalised in their re-employment prospects because of their age (-22 pp compared with prime-aged workers). Low-skilled workers: only 64% of displaced workers with less than secondary school find employment within one year, compared with almost 80% for their post-secondary counterparts Effect of the crisis: Men in Denmark were hit particularly hard by the crisis: their chances of finding a new job dropped by 14 pp compared with only 3 pp for women.
  6. Laid off workers are less likely to be member of an UI fund compared to job stayers, less often insured against unemployment Job quality worsens following job displacement Laid off workers are: More likely to work only part time Face higher household strain and instability Poorer health outcomes Have a lower level of happiness and subjective well-being Face higher mortality risk (Sweden, Eliason and Storrie, 2009)
  7. In Denmark, individual and collective dismissals are regulated by a mix of legislation and collective agreements, shaping the practices of and incentives for employers, employees, trade unions, Jobcentres and unemployment insurance funds. Employment protection for permanent workers is close to OECD average: third-lowest level of difficulty to dismiss permanent workers (comparable with US, Canada and UK) + relatively low statutory severance payments rigid notification procedures and consultation requirements including with trade unions when starting the dismissal process Additional protection for permanent workers against collective dismissal is common to increase the effectiveness of prevention and early intervention measures for displaced workers. Among other requirements, longer notification periods. Distinct industry-specific collective agreements also lead to sizable disparities in EPL among both blue-collar and white-collar workers blue-collar workers are entitled to much shorter advance notice than white-collar workers
  8. In Denmark, individual and collective dismissals are regulated by a mix of legislation and collective agreements, shaping the practices of and incentives for employers, employees, trade unions, Jobcentres and unemployment insurance funds. Advance notice periods are defined by legislation (white collars) or collective agreements at the industry level (for blue collars). blue-collar workers are entitled to much shorter advance notice than white-collar workers Distinct industry-specific collective agreements lead to sizable disparities in EPL among both blue-collar and white-collar workers
  9. Higher flexibility granted to employers to adjust their labour force to economic conditions Danish employees working in a firm considering downsizing can agree to a reduction in working-time8 (and thereby also in wages) in exchange for safeguarding of jobs,9 to limit job displacement. The maximum duration of the programme is 13 weeks, however, extensions can be granted by the regional labour market authority. During this period, employees use their entitlement to unemployment insurance and are therefore also required to actively participate in finding an employment solution (e.g. updating CV, applying for jobs, etc.). The relaxed regulations contributed to the large increase in take-up of the STW scheme: the number of beneficiaries grew almost 9-fold from 2008 to 2009 and the number of extensions also increased (Figure 3.3). In the following years, STW participant numbers dropped substantially again and are now just above the pre-crisis level.
  10. Once receiving advance notification of a big mass layoff, the regional labour market authority organises this rapid-response service to begin assisting affected workers during their notice period. Ordinary warning pools: Counselling services are provided during the notice period - Supplementary warning pools: supporting displaced workers after their notice period. Various services can be provided: short counselling, clarification courses (up to two weeks), educational courses like work-study programmes (internships and education) or language courses (up to eight months). Support for skills-upgrading is granted either for skills in current or future demand (as determined by the regional labour market authority) or whenever an employer is willing to hire an unemployed person without wage subsidy after completion of a skills-upgrading course. Skills-upgrading must be planned within 14 days after displacement, must begin no later than three months after displacement and end at least six months after displacement. - Since 2009, in Denmark ten firms experiencing large-scale dismissals have applied for funds through the EGF (seven in the field of machinery, two in shipbuilding and one in electronics), The Jobcentre of the municipality where the firm is located can arrange to provide job-search assistance, career planning, and educational solutions either in the Jobcentre itself or in a temporary employment service office set up at the workplace.
  11. The agreement set up in the manufacturing sector between the Central Organisation of Industrial Employees and the Confederation of Danish Industry set the standard and economic framework for all other collective bargaining agreements in Denmark (Jørgensen, 2015). industry sector: training for a minimum of one week during their notice period, paid from the employer-funded competence development fund Transport: dismissed employees with at least one year of tenure are entitled to two weeks of training during their notice period, thereby extending the notification period proportionally. Tenure condition, 6 month for the first one, 1 year for the second
  12. - JSCs were first developed in the 1970s against the backdrop of the deteriorating economic conditions in Sweden and the massive job losses of white-collar workers in the wake of the oil crisis in 1973. At that time, the Swedish PES was not regarded by employers as providing sufficient support for white-collar workers to find new jobs. The JSCs, based on collective agreements between social partners in a sector or an occupational field, are actively involved in the process of restructuring and provide advice and consultation to employers and trade unions at an early stage, while also providing transition services and guidance to workers who are made redundant. JSC activities are financed by the employers who continuously contribute a percentage of their total payroll, determined within collective agreements (0.3% of payroll). JSCs distribute the risk and costs of restructuring among its members while also allowing access to workers in small and medium enterprises. actively involved in the process of restructuring provide advice and consultation to employers and trade unions at an early stage providing transition services and guidance to workers who are made redundant
  13. Inequality issues due to combination of two facts: a voluntary scheme and second, the bulk of the system is tax-financed, with only a small part covered by the members’ contributions to the UI fund. Therefore, non-insured workers will pay taxes but will not benefit from the UI system. the flexicurity system provides security mostly to those less flexible on the labour market, leaving behind to a certain degree those who bear the highest level of flexibility: young workers who are often not covered by unemployment insurance as well as low-skilled, low-wage workers
  14. In 2015, the Danish government set up the Danish income support commission (Dagpengekommissionen [DPK], 2015) composed of nine members (four representatives of the social partners and five independent experts). The DPK recommended an interesting mix of measures to modernise the unemployment benefit system without affecting public finances. A version of the reform proposal was adopted by parliament on 22 October 2015 and will be implemented as of 2017. The UI reform includes innovative measures to foster the acceptance of short periods of work while on UI benefit: i) a flexible extension of the benefit period for up to one year based on a simple rule of one day of work during the unemployment spell extending the payment period by two days; ii) a flexible extension in the reference period of wages considered for the calculation of the daily UI benefit amount, so as to decrease the financial penalty for workers accepting low-paid jobs during their unemployment spell; iii) the consumption of UI benefit rights in hours instead of weeks, to avoid a financial penalty for workers accepting part-time or short-term jobs during their unemployment spell; iv) the creation of an additional waiting period of one day every four months for all unemployed who have not worked at least 20 days over the past four months; and v) benefit levels will no longer be adjusted during the unemployment spell to prevent that the recalculation every three months discourages take-up of low-paid work. An Employment Account will be created to give the unemployed personalised, up-to-date information on their acquired and consumed rights. The reform also includes as of 1 July 2017 a major change in terms of entitlement to UI, which will be based on 12 months of work with earnings of at least EUR 29 380 (DKK 218 616 in 2016)11 over the past 3 years, while it was previously based on hours worked (1 924 hours). This means the reform will penalise workers earning less than EUR 15.24 per hour, who will now be required to work for a longer period of time to earn the right to an UI entitlement. Expected Effects of the reform: foster incentives for displaced workers to accept jobs during their unemployment spell even though these might not be the expected and desired ultimate job they were looking for. increase their labour market attachment while enhancing income security through more flexible UI benefit extension and reference period. Ministry of Finance and DPK estimated that the reform would reduce the number of persons exhausting their UI entitlement by between 15% and 40% at no extra cost and with no adverse impact on structural employment.
  15. Third pillar of the Danish flexicurity model: strong activation based on: Frequent contacts with a caseworker, aiming to counteract the potentially negative effects of unemployment benefits on incentives to work by enforcing conditionality and active job search; and participation in active labour market programmes (ALMP), - among the strictest OECD countries as regards job-search requirements and monitoring UI-insured jobseekers have to attend meetings in both the Jobcentre and the UI fund every third month. While UI funds monitor job-search efforts, they also attract their clients by offering job-search counselling and providing, to the extent possible, interesting job vacancies based on their knowledge of the branch and their contact with employers in their industry. most ALMPs have positive employment effects during boom periods but much lower post-programme effects during recessionary periods (Danish Economic Council, 2012) regular contact and meetings appear to be the most effective instrument during a recession