Finland: Government Fights Unemployment Through More Support And Services For The Unemployed

Finland: Government Fights Unemployment Through More Support And Services For The Unemployed

Article: Kontrast.at In Finland, the new Social Democratic government under Prime Minister Sanna Marin is focusing on work-life balance, investment in education and social partnership. It is also learning from its experiment with universal basic income. We spoke to Jenni Karjalainen, Special Advisor to the Minister of Employment, to find out more about the plans of this Finnish government.

Kontrast: In recent years, Finland has been suffering under a conservative political agenda with austerity programs, dismantlement of the welfare state, weakening the unions and cutting unemployment benefits. Last year, the social democratic party won back the Prime Ministership and […]

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