Public employment services: part-time work, temporary work and transitions into full-time employment

Abstract

The aim of this report is fourfold. The first aim is to investigate how working during unemployment benefit receipt has developed, and analyse benefit and employment spells of the partially unemployed. Second, we study whether administrative barriers still prevail after adopting payment-based adjusted unemployment benefits and the national income register. Third, we explore how public employment services (PES) facilitate taking part-time or incidental jobs by totally unemployed or facilitate full-time employment by partially unemployed. In addition, we examine whether employers experience problems with the obligation to offer extra hours to their current employees before hiring additional labour. In the analyses we utilise both register and survey data (unemployed, PES experts, employers).

Our analysis shows that a receipt of adjusted unemployment benefits has substantially increased during 2010-2019. Benefit spells which begin with a receipt of adjusted unemployment benefits often end in transitions to full-time employment (not long lasting). Benefit spells during which full-time unemployed started partial working have a higher probability of leading to full-time employment.

We find that adopting payment-based adjusted unemployment benefits and the national income register has shortened delays in benefit payments, but administrative barriers and lack of information still exist.

PES expert survey suggests that partially unemployed get less services compared to full-time unemployed job seekers.

Regarding the obligation of employers to offer extra hours the employer survey did not reveal any new problems in the legislation.

Publication Information

Kauhanen, M., Ojala, S., Mäkinen, N., Kyyrä, T. & Pesola, H. (2022), Palvelujärjestelmän toiminta: osa-aikatyö, tilapäinen työ ja siirtymät kokoaikatyöhön, Publications of the Government´s analysis, assessment and research activities 2022:25.

• ISSN: 2342-6799 (Online)
• ISBN: 978-952-383-032-5 (Online)