# flexicurity

> English word · Noun

## Definitions
1. A welfare state model with a proactive labour market policy, combining easy hiring and firing (flexibility for employers) and high benefits for the unemployed (security for the employees).

## Etymology
Blend of flexibility + security, coined by Danish prime minister Poul Nyrup Rasmussen in the 1990s.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
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