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PRESENTATION OF SWISS
LAW ON THE INSURANCE AGAINST
UNEMPLOYMENT AND ALMPS IN TICINO
Meeting with operators of LMPs
LdV LMC – Leonardo da Vinci Partnerships –
Labor Market Competencies
Study Visit – Ecap Ticino UNIA
Lugano, 10th and 11th Dec. 2013
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Contents
• Statistics on unemployment in Switzerland and Ticino
• LADI – Federal law on the insurance against
unemployment
• LADI e LMPs – Role of unemployment consultant and reinsertion strategy
• ALMPs – Active labor market policies and measures
• Open space
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Statistics on unemployment in Switzerland and Ticino
www.amstat.ch
5.3 %
5.1 %
5.3 % 3.1%
5.2%
4.9%
5.2%
4.5%
www.area-lavoro.ch
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Statistics on unemployment in Switzerland and Ticino
• Swiss Federal figures
Registered unemployed
Unemployment tax
Young unemployed (15-24)
Young unemployment tax
Job seekers
Long term unemployed
Announced job
vacancies
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Statistics on unemployment in Switzerland and Ticino
• Unemployed people according to gender, time and
nationality (federal)
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LADI – Federal law on the insurance against unemployment
• The Swiss unemployment system works according to an
insurance logic. It is very structured and constrained, both
from rights and from duties point of view.
• Objectives of the agreement between Confederation and
local administrations (Cantoni) for the appliance of the
law:
 Rapidly re-insert
 Reduce long-term unemployment
 Limit the number of people who expire their right to
benefits
 Limit the number of people who register back into the
insurance
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LADI – Federal law on the insurance against unemployment
«Passive» measures
• The law sets the right to receive unemployment benefits
for job seekers, who fulfil all the seven legal requirements.
1. Notion of unemployement
2. The job loss must be accountable
3. Be resident in Switzerland
4. Age limits (17-64/65)
5. Having paid the insurance for the settled period, or be
exonerated for settled reasons
6. Be fit and available for employment
7. Strictly respect regulations on control.
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LADI – Federal law on the insurance against unemployment
• Fulfilment of contribution period: time frames
Period
of collection
TQ Periodo
di riscossione
Period
of di
contribution
TQ
Periodo
contribuzione
years
22 anni
2 anni
2 years
(except exeptions)
(except exeptions)
• Minimum period of
• contribution
Giorno
Day of
dell’iscrizione
announcement
all’URC
at job office
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LADI – Federal law on the insurance against unemployment
• Exemption from duty of contribution:
1. Education and training, inability to work, stay in prison
2. Separation and divorce, end of invalidity benefits
3. Return from residence abroad (outside UE)
• Equivalent periods of contribution
1. Employment from end of education to 17 years of age
2. Military service
3. Maternity insurance (14-16 weeks)
4. Valid employment contract but no salary because of
sickness or accident
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LADI – Federal law on the insurance against unemployment
• Quota of contribution: 2.2% , 50/50 shared with employer,
up to Frs.10’500/month. Then solidarity contribution of 1%
on salaries up to Frs 26’250/month .
• Insured income: global amount calculated in accordance
to law on social security, including 13 th month of salary,
bonus, night work extras, shifts extras, ecc.
• Minimum is Frs 500/month, under which there is no right.
• Period of calculation: average income of last 6 months, or
12 months if more convenient for the beneficiary.
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LADI – Federal law on the insurance against unemployment
Period of contribution/Maximum amount of daily benefits (5/week)
Period of contribution
(months)
Age/obligation of supporting
Conditions
Daily
indemnities
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LADI – Federal law on the insurance against unemployment
• Daily indemnity amount: 70% of insured income (max Frs
10’500/month).
L’80% to people who have support obligations, or whose
insured income is < Frs 3’797/month or has invalidity rent of
40% min.
• Exemple of daily indemnity:
Insured income / 21.7 (days/month) x benefit quota
• Frs 4’500 : 21.7 x 70%=145.16
• 145.16 x 21 (working days February) = Frs 3’048
• NB unemployment benefits are subject to social contributions
and are taxable
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LADI – Federal law on the insurance against unemployment
• Actors in the application of the law
• UMA –Active Labor Market Measures Office
• Regional employment offices (URC): consultants help
insured people to find an adequate job asap
They provide guidance, control and the assignement of
Active Measures
• Unemployment Cash-desks (trade union): they set and
calculate right to indemnities and provide for monthly
withdraws
• «Cantonal» Legal service: grants for equal application and
decides in case of doubts or conflicts.
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LADI – Federal law on the insurance against unemployment
• Beneficiary’s duties
1. Reduce the loss
2. Provide for proofs of job search personal efforts
3. Attend guidance and control meetings with Personal
Consultant at URC
4. Obligation to inform punctually (monthly «report»)
• In brief: the insured person is obliged to proof his/her
efforts to re-insert according to the strategy decided with
the PC and accept Active Measures he/she is assigned by
PC
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LADI e LMPs – Role of unemployment Personal Consultant and
re-insertion strategy
Tipical beneficiary’s pathway
Notice of end
of job: start job
seeking
Reception of
monthly report
to fill in and
take to cashdesk
Register at
URC and at
municipality
Withdraw of
monthly
indemnities on
bank account
Register at
Unemployment
Cask-desk
Attend
information day
on rights and
duties at URC
Job search
(min. weekly
quantity set by
PC URC)
Monthly
meeting with
PC URC to give
in proofs of job
search and
monitor
situation
Job search
(min. weekly
quantity set by
PC URC)
Participate into
assigned AM
First meeting
with PC URC.
Information,
strategy, ecc.
Application of
the strategy
until reinsertion or
end of right to
indemnities
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LADI e LMPs – Role of unemployment Personal Consultant and
re-insertion strategy
• The PC is in charge for the setting and managing of a focused,
personalised strategy aiming at rapid and durable re-insertion
of every insured job seeker assigned to his/her «care»
• He/she is provided with strict indications, codified procedures
and a guide to Active Measures. He/she still keeps a margin of
discretionary power, going less and less in the years.
• During the first interview with the job seeker (2h), the PC
makes a «coding» of the beneficiary, i.e. he/she assigns
him/her to a “group”, according to specific personal and
professional features.
• The coding allows the PC to instantly visualise Active
Measures meant for that type of job seeker.
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ALMPs – Active labor market policies and measures
• Aim of AM: promote rapid and lasting re-integration of
insured people, whose placement in the job market is
difficult, due to job market-related reasons.
• How?
• Improving their “suitability” to placement
• Promoting professional qualification according to labor
market needs
• Decreasing the risk of long-term unemployment
• Supporting acquisition of professional experiences
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ALMPs – Active labor market policies and measures
Funds invested in AM in some UE countries and in CH
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AM – Typologies
• Training measures
Individual or group courses, specialization or re-integration
Virtual companies for commercial practice (APC)
Training stages
• Occupational measures
Temporary occupational programs (POT-PO)
Professional practice periods (PPP)
Motivational semester (SEMO)
• Special measures
Checks/Grants for introduction period (API)
Training grants (AF)
Support to entrepreneurship (PAI)
Benefits for commuters or weekly stays (SPSS)
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PML – Typologies
• Federal or regional incentives (L-rilocc) to
employment of registered job seekers
• www.area-lavoro.ch/downloads/broschueren/arbeitslose/_seite1/
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PML – Tipologie
• Company-oriented Measures and Regional
Company Group
In each local office, there’s a group of consultants
dedicated to build and keep the link with companies,
enterprises and employers
• Tasks:
1. Acquire and handle customer-companies
2. Register and manage vacant positions
3. Select candidates among registered people
4. Decide on AM for companies
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PML – Typologies
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AM – Strategy and focused/sectorial pathways
Typology of
Insured
person
Phase I (1-4 Months)
Phase II (5-8 )
Phase III (8-fine)
- Support job search
Follow-up
Initial (VE)T
End of pathways
Search for
«adequate
occupation»
Young people
without
qualification
16-18
SEMO - Semestre di
motivazione
MIDADA
(progetto anche
residenziale)
Segnalazione ad
altro ente
Young people
without
qualification
19-25
(if not already
Building or
Industry path)
BILANCIO GIOVANI with
re-insertion support
MIDADA
PO – Occupational
program
- Assess competence
- Verify employability
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AM – Strategy and focused/sectorial pathways
Tipologia di
assicurato/a
FASE I (1-4 Mesi)
Sostenere ricerca
Accertare competenze
Verificare collocabilità
FASE II (5-8 )
FASE III (8-fine)
Seguito percorsi
FB
Fine percorsi
Ricerca occupazione
adeguata
Quadri superiori
e/o PCI con alta
qualifica+espe in
tutte le prof.
Bilancio quadri
Proposte bilancio PO - Programma
occupazionale
PCI con idea di
attività
indipendente
PAI - Percorso attività
indipendente
PCI con problemi
di salute che
accettano IPT
IPT – Integration pour
tous
PCI con problemi
di salute che
rifiutano IPT
Bilancio lungo,
PO, TRIS,
Mandato di
orientamento
Proposte IPT
Segnalazione ad altro
ente
PO - Programma
occupazionale
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AM – Strategy and focused/sectorial pathways
Tipologia di
assicurato/a
FASE I (1-4 Mesi)
Sostenere ricerca
Accertare competenze
Verificare collocabilità
FASE II (5-8 )
FASE III (8-fine)
Seguito percorsi
FB
Fine percorsi
Ricerca occupazione
adeguata
PCI settore
commerciale
RCC – Rilevamento
competenze commerciali
Percorso indicato
dal RCC:
PO
TRI sostegno
(Qualificati AFC e/o
ultima professione
nel settore)
APC – Azienda di
pratica commerciale
Nestore (stage)
PCI edilizia
(o interessati)
Rilevamento competenze
edilizia
Percorso edilizia
PO
PCI settore
industriale
Rilevamento competenze
industria
Percorso proposto
dal
Rilevamento ind.
PO
PCI settore vendita
Percorso vendita
Percorso proposto
dal
Rilevamento
vendita
Nessun PML o Percorso
settoriale alternativo;
O POT individuale o
specifico;
- PPP; SF; AF; Attività
indipendente.
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AM – Strategy for seekers without specific pathways
Tipologia di
assicurato/a
FASE I (1-4 Mesi)
Sostenere ricerca
Accertare competenze
Verificare collocabilità
PCI
Qualificate
TRI-Sostegno
TRI-Base
se giovani al primo
 CT2 di SOS e
impiego con meno di
Career Start-up
30 anni
 di Labor Transfer
PO
entro 1 mese dalla
conclusione del TRIS
PCI
Non qualificate
PO con sostegno
PO
PCI alloglotte
Non scolarizzate
PO con sostegno
PO
PCI alloglotte
Scolarizzate
Piattaforma italiano e
Corso di italiano
FASE II (5-8 )
FASE III (8-fine)
Seguito percorsi
FB
Fine percorsi
Ricerca occupazione
adeguata
Corso TRIS
PO
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PML – Special cases
Tipologia di
assicurato/a
FASE I (1-4 Mesi)
Sostenere ricerca
Accertare competenze
Verificare collocabilità
PCI con interesse
a misure fuori
Cantone
Corso Chance
Schprachmax, Lucerna
PML nazionali
FASE II (5-8 )
FASE III (8-fine)
Seguito percorsi
FB
Fine percorsi
Ricerca occupazione
adeguata
Tipologia di assicurato/a
PCI con periodo d’attesa
di 120 gg.
Qualificati
Non qualificati
< 30 anni:
Career
CareerStart-up/CT2
Start-up / CT2
PPP (solo se diritto in vigore)
TRI-Sostegno o TRI-Base (se
non possibile Career/CT2
> 30 anni:
TRI-Sostegno o TRI-Base
PPP senza incentivo
Lrilocc
(se diritto in vigore)
> 25 anni: PO con
sostegno
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PML – Special cases
Tipologia di assicurato/a
PCI che hanno esaurito il Corsi TRIS
diritto alle indennità
Pratiche di ricerca d’impiego
(senza rimborso spese viaggio)
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PML – Casi particolari
• Misure nazionali
Programmi occupazione temporanea per PCI con formazione/caratteristiche
particolari:
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PML – Casi particolari
Professional pratictice program (PPP) for job seekers with special
education/features:
Language courses abroad
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Spazio aperto
• Comments, questions, doubts?
• Thank you for your attention!!!