Friday, September 2, 2011

Something wrong with the labor market

Today's Helsingin Sanomat writes about plans to reduce the incentives for sabbatical leaves. The federation of employer's director of legal affairs notes that the system with sabbaticals is a great way of testing potential new recruits.

Essentially what he's saying is that the need for temporary employees created by people on sabbaticals is a good thing, as it enables employing people on temporary, rather than non-temporary contracts.

There's something wrong with the labor market if the only decent way of testing potential recruits is having somebody leave so that you can employ people in a sensible way.

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