Back to Work: Finland Improving the Re-employment Prospects of Displaced Workers (eBook)

Oecd (Autor)

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2016 | 1. Auflage
136 Seiten
OECD Publishing (Verlag)
978-92-64-26471-7 (ISBN)

Infos

Job displacement (involuntary job loss due to firm closure or downsizing) affects many workers over their lifetime. Displaced workers may face long periods of unemployment and, even when they find new jobs, tend to be paid less  and have fewer benefits than in their prior jobs. Helping them get back into good jobs quickly should be a key goal of labour market policy. This report is part of a series of nine reports looking at how this challenge is being tackled in a number of OECD countries. It shows that Finland has a higher rate of job displacement than most OECD countries but that most of these workers find a new job again relatively quickly. However, those who do not face a considerable risk of long-term unemployment; with older displaced workers and those with a low level of education facing the highest risk. While labour market institutions in Finland serve most displaced jobseekers well, there is room to improve policies for those at risk of long-term unemployment or inactivity who would benefit from earlier identification of their problems and early, effective and well-targeted counselling and intervention.

Inhalt

Foreword 5
Table of contents 7
Acronyms and abbreviations 11
Executive summary 13
Assessment and recommendations 15
Chapter 1. Job displacement in Finland and its consequences 27
The Finnish labour market context 28
Displaced workers: incidence and characteristics 31
Labour market outcomes following displacement 36
A regional focus on worker displacement 41
How is skill use related to and affected by job displacement? 44
Conclusions 48
Notes 49
References 50
Annex 1.A1 - Supplementary figures and tables 52
Chapter 2. Prevention of job displacement in Finland and early interventions to promote job-to-job transitions 55
Preventing job displacement 56
Public early intervention to assist workers to be dismissed 71
Conclusions and recommendations 78
Notes 81
References 83
Annex 2.A1 - Supplementary figures 85
Chapter 3. Mainstream income support and employment services and their effectiveness for displaced workers in Finland 89
Accessibility and adequacy of income support 90
Availability and effectiveness of re-employment support 107
Conclusions and recommendations 126
Notes 128
References 130

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 24.11.2016
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Recht / Steuern ► Arbeits- / Sozialrecht ► Sozialrecht
• Themenwelt: Recht / Steuern ► EU / Internationales Recht
• Themenwelt: Wirtschaft ► Volkswirtschaftslehre ► Makroökonomie
• ISBN-10: 92-64-26471-X / 926426471X
• ISBN-13: 978-92-64-26471-7 / 9789264264717