Finland's unemployment benefit regime changed at the start of this month, with income-linked benefits set to reduce in stages the longer a recipient is unemployed.
The goal is to encourage people to take jobs they might not consider if they were on the higher payments for longer.
A Kauppalehti editorial says the inspiration for this reform comes from Denmark, where people are encouraged back into work quickly and unemployment benefits reduce over time.
KL writes that the Finnish reform is, however, missing an important element. Denmark's employment offices are exceptionally active in helping people to find work and offering new training, whereas Finland's are not.
Individual officials are overworked, with too many clients and not enough time to offer genuine help.
The paper suggests that this might doom the Finnish reform, and notes that third-sector and private-sector providers should be asked to offer some of the missing services.
Faking, but not so illegal
Helsingin Sanomat followed up on recent controversies over a campaign against fake tickets on Helsinki buses with an attempt to use the paper's front page as a ticket.
The local transport authority had launched an ad campaign fighting the scourge of fake tickets, which can be shown on a phone screen but are revealed to be invalid when scanned by inspectors.
That campaign was pulled from physical stops after a controversy over possible racist undertones, but HS decided to test how difficult it is to use fake tickets.
The reporter sent out on this mission did have a valid ticket, so he was not subject to a fine if inspectors boarded the bus, but instead showed bus drivers the Helsingin Sanomat website. As he was not using a forged ticket, nothing illegal was taking place.
Most nodded him through and barely glanced at his phone, suggesting that controls are lax on the Helsinki region's bus system.
Although inspectors did check tickets on one service, he had a ticket to show when asked. The challenge for Helsinki Regional Transport (HSL) appears to be getting bus drivers to request to see it.
Therian ban
Ilta-Sanomat reports on an Oulu school that has been forced to clamp down on children identifying as animals, a trend linked to the Therian subculture, where individuals emotionally, psychologically, or spiritually identify as non-human animals.
These children have been crawling on all fours and going outside in their socks (because animals don't wear shoes), which then get wet and dirty.
As pupils don't wear shoes indoors, that in turn makes other pupils' socks wet and dirty.
So the school decided to act, sending messages to parents stating that such role playing should occur outside school hours.
The problem was small, but clear communication was necessary, according to the headteacher.
Pupils are now banned from acting or dressing like animals, but special permission can be granted if teachers believe doing so is necessary to ensure the psychological safety of the child.
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