From the 1st of January 2025, people receiving kontanthjælp will be subject to a work obligation, which means that the municipality can send you to work for the benefit of society and you cannot refuse (well you can, but then you lose the social benefits). The government says that 22,000 people will be affected by the work obligation.
- There is an exemption for people who fulfill two conditions: they have lived in Denmark for nine out of the last 10 years, and they have had full time work for at least two and a half years in the past 10 years.
- According to Liberal Alliance, the proposal is just “symbol politics” as it will cost 170 million DKKandl bring only 300 full-time people to the labor market.
