Unemployment law amendment to be monitored closely: PM

Prime Minister Juha Sipilä on Saturday said that government wants to monitor closely the consequence of the "active model" provision in the amended unemployment legislation during the first three-months monitoring period, reported the local media.

Sipilä said that the model can be adjusted if deemed necessary after the monitoring period.

The changes brought about to the unemployment benefit has given rise to a huge public debate.

The envisioned legislation requires that an unemployed person must show that he/she has worked 18 hours, earned 240 euros as an entrepreneur, or participated in five days of activities arranged by the public employment service offices during a three-month period, otherwise, the person will face an under-five-percent-reduction in the benefits for 65 days.

A citizens' initiative to repeal the unemployment model has collected over 100,000 signatures.