Denmark / 23,000 to lose unemployment benefits

Denmark’s ministry of employment has estimated that as many as 23,000 Danes will lose their unemployment benefits before the summer.

The figures come less than two weeks after major changes to the Scandinavian country’s so-called ‘dagpenge’ unemployment system went into force. The ministry had previously estimated that only 7,000 and 12,000 workers would lose benefits, but those figures nearly doubled on Monday.

Under the new rules, the length of time dagpenge benefits can be claimed for was cut in half to only two years.

The Finance and Employment Ministries official report read, “The increased number reflects the fact that fewer people left the dagpenge system in the autumn compared with earlier,” the Copenhagen Post reported on Friday.

In response to the changes, some ministers are urging Copenhagen to take further steps to ensure that there is minimal impact on the affected unemployed workers.

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