Finland gives its unemployed citizens salaries every month.
UNEMPLOYED – A basic salary of 560 euros or around Php. 29,145 every month awaits for the jobless citizens in Finland.
Unemployment is one of the concerns that need to be addressed in the Philippines. Undeniably, there are lots of Filipinos who go abroad to work and earn so that they can provide the needs of their families in the Philippines.
In looking for a greener pasture outside the country, some overseas Filipino workers landed on good jobs and employers who have really helped them earn.
However, undeniably, there were those who were welcomed by frustrating situations when they arrived in other countries. Some Filipinos arrived with no jobs that await them – contrary to what has been promised by their agencies.
In the field of employment, Pres. Rodrigo Roa Duterte wanted to end the contractualization scheme so that workers will have stability and security in their work.
Based on a previous news report, the Department of Labor and Employment has already issued an order that bans the end-of-contract or more commonly known as the ‘endo’.
However, Philippines is not the only country that faces the unemployment problem. Finland also faces the same. An experiment is even conducted in the European country as of the present.
According to a recent news report in Inquirer, to address the unemployment problem in Finland, one of the measures of the government of Prime Minister Juha Sipila is the basic income experiment.
In the basic income experiment, 2,000 jobless citizens that were randomly picked will be receiving a monthly basic salary of 560 euros for two years starting the 1st of January according to Olli Kangas from the agency that is responsible for the social benefits of the country, KELA.
Also, stated in the news report is that there will be no reporting on how the citizens have spent the basic monthly salaries that are given to them.
Kangas, the leader of the basic income experiment of Finland, sees it as ‘highly interesting’ to view how it makes the citizens behave.
“Will this lead them to boldly experiment with different kinds of jobs? Or, as some critics claim, make them lazier with the knowledge of getting a basic income without doing anything?” he added.
Based on the news report, the unemployment rate of the European country stood at 8.1 percent. Around 213,000 citizens are unemployed. Finland is the first country in Europe to do the scheme.