Estonian labour market: flexible or secure?

At the beginning of October, the Estonian Trade Union Confederation presented one of the most thorough studies ever made on the Estonian labour market.* The press release accompanying the publication showed how the trade union interpreted the results of the study: “The results of the study leave no doubt that the Estonian labour legislation is flexible, but the security of employees is low. Participation in life-long learning has somewhat improved, but it is still insufficient. The insufficient financing of active labour policy proves that the state does not consider unemployment to be a significant problem.”