Flexicurity

Flexicurity folder

The Danish labour market model is often referred to as the flexicurity-model. Liberal forces have misinterpreted the Danish model in the current European debate by focusing simply on the flexibility-element of the model. This is one of the reasons why LO presents a new publication on the issue to serve as a source of inspiration to other countries.

Click here to see the folder in PDF-format

The Danish Model

In this publication, CO-industri presents a wider and more thorough introduction to flexicurity in Denmark as seen from the trade union perspective, and provides a tool for colleagues in other countries who find themselves in a political debate when confronted with “The Danish Example.”

Click here to read the full text of the report "Flexicurity - a Danish  trade union view"

Flexicurity, The EU's third way

Can flexibility and security be combined? Yes say the social partners in Denmark in a joint letter to the Financial Times.

 Click here to read the contribution to the Financial Times

New forecasts show that the EU-member states with the highest relative investments into social welfare are also the countries that have the highest employment and the lowest unemployment rates. Read more about "The EUs Third Way ".

 read the full text of the paper in PDF-format

The ETUI-REHS research department has launched a new web site with papers and publications in connection with its research on flexicurity and the Midterm Review of the Lisbon agenda for more and better jobs. Click below to see the new web site. (The site is still under construction)

 ETUI-REHS research on flexicurity

Danish employment policy - A model for the EU?

The Danish labour market is subject to increasing interest from the other European countries.

Denmark has a high employment rate, low inflation and sound public finances while at the same time being one of the countries with the fewest number of persons living in poverty.

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