How Danish Flexicurity works

1. The Flexible Labour Market in Denmark Embassy of Finland 11 April 2011 Henning Gade Confederation of Danish Employers

5. Employment Security Scale from 1-10 – the higher the number the more secure, 2001 NOTE: Figures in brackets are unemployment rates in 2006. SOURCE: CEPS (2004) and Eurostat. (3,9) (4,8) (3,9) (7,0) (8,4) (7,7) (8,2) (4,4) (5,3) (6,8) (9,4) (8,6) (7,7) (8,9)

6. Job Satisfaction Per cent, 1999 SOURCE: European Foundation for the Improvement for Living and Working Conditions (2004).

7. Job Tenure in OECD Average number of years in same job SOURCE: CEPS (2004), A New European Agenda for Labour Mobility OECD

8. Life long learning Share of population participating in education and training, aged 25-64, per cent, 2006 QUELLE: Eurostat

13. Collective agreement DA LO The General agreement The Coorporation agreement ” The Norm” Employers’ associations Collective agreements Trade unions Employees Local agreements Firms

14. Flexibility in Wage Setting Per cent of employees where wages are negotiated: NOTE: DA/LO area SOURCE: DA 1989 2007 34 62 16 62 Locally 22 4 Centrally Locally, but minimum wage centrally negotiated

15. Flexible Working Hours

18. Job protection is also present in Denmark Denmark “ Blue collar worker” Collective agreement “ White collar worker” Law Social obstacles upon dismissal? None

24. Net replacement rate of unemployment NOTE: APW is income for average production worker. The replacement rate is net of taxes SOURCE: Hansen (2002) Country Unemployed a full year, with varying former income levels for insured single Former income, per cent of APW 75 100 150 200 Denmark 79 61 46 37 Sweden 81 70 50 40 Finland 62 59 49 45 Austria 57 56 56 45 Germany 59 58 58 49 Netherland 73 72 67 53 United Kingdom 25 20 14 10 Canada 55 56 42 33

26. Expenditure on Labour Market Policy Per cent of GDP, 2004 KILDE: OECD, Employment Outlook, 2006

31. Outlook for Denmark SOURCE: The Danish Economic Council (Report from October 2010) 2009 2009 2010 2011 2012 Level in million kr. Change in percent GDP 1,662 -4.7 2.2 1.1 1.8 Exports 785 -10.2 3.5 2.3 3.1 Public investments 34 12.4 11.2 10.0 -10.0 Business investments 191 -14.0 -3.7 2.7 9.3 Private consumption 818 -4.6 2.8 1.7 2.2 Level in 1.000 people Change in 1.000 people Private employment 1,993 -110 -65 -5 3 Public employment 830 17 15 -12 0 Total workforce 2,921 -46 -33 1 0 unemployment 98 46 18 18 -3