The traditional practice utilized by the German government was to prohibit benefits for citizens who did not search for jobs during their period of unemployment. The court did allow for up to a 30 percent reduction in benefits for those who did not comply with the job search requirement. However, the Federal Court stated that the overall elimination of benefits would violate some of the fundamental pillars of human rights.
It's basically the final official layer of the social security net, which by design provides for survival ("existence minimum") and no more, which makes cutting it, as we've seen, arguably...
It's basically the final official layer of the social security net, which by design provides for survival ("existence minimum") and no more, which makes cutting it, as we've seen, arguably inhumane.
To receive it, you need to regularly divulge all sorts of personal and financial data and participate in what amounts to job hunt LARPing. So, not quite "universal", I guess.
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That sounds like, essentially, a universal basic income, though perhaps not enough to live on.
It's basically the final official layer of the social security net, which by design provides for survival ("existence minimum") and no more, which makes cutting it, as we've seen, arguably inhumane.
To receive it, you need to regularly divulge all sorts of personal and financial data and participate in what amounts to job hunt LARPing. So, not quite "universal", I guess.
Perhaps I'm just unused to seeing what a functioning safety net looks like.