Cuts to business advisors, tutors and other key services risk providing fewer tools to help the unemployed find work. Danish trade unions, particularly HK, are perplexed about the effectiveness of the labour reform, which could negatively impact companies and jobseekers. HK believes that close cooperation between municipalities and companies is crucial for a flexible and inclusive labour market. The reduction in funding for support services for the unemployed complicates matters further. Business advisors at job centres help companies to recruit staff, set up apprenticeship programmes and wage subsidies, improve employees’ skills, and find solutions when an employee is about to leave the labour market. They are familiar with local companies and their requirements, and open doors for individuals who would otherwise be unable to find employment. If these services are cut, unemployment may rise as a direct result, and the additional costs of passive pension provision would exceed all savings. HK says that this “is economically irresponsible and humanly unacceptable”.
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