Should unemployment benefits last longer but pay less?

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This vote proposed extending the maximum period for unemployment benefits from 300 to 400 days while reducing standard payments from 80% to 70% of previous insured earnings for some unemployed people. It also introduced measures encouraging people to accept temporary or lower-paid work, with unemployment insurance helping compensate for the lower income.

Supporters argued that the changes would provide longer protection during high unemployment while controlling costs and helping people return to work. Opponents argued that reducing benefit payments and requiring acceptance of lower-paid work could put unfair pressure on unemployed people and wages.

The proposal was approved by Swiss voters.

VoteWorld wording adapted from a Swiss federal vote. Seed votes are official Swiss results for the original linked proposal, not votes cast on this adapted wording.

Seed source: Swissvotes federal popular vote dataset.
Swissvotes page: https://swissvotes.ch/vote/398.00
Official result data: https://bk.admin.ch/de/details-referenden-und-weitere-erlasse?voteNumber=398
Vote date: 1993-09-26
Original Swissvotes English title: Massnahmen in der Arbeitslosenversicherung
Original German title: Massnahmen in der Arbeitslosenversicherung
Swissvotes short-description title: Weniger soll mehr sein: Deutliches Ja zur Kürzung der Arbeitslosengelder und zur Verlängerung der Bezugsdauer
Original French title: Mesures en matière d'assurance-chômage
Année Politique Suisse description: https://anneepolitique.swiss/prozesse/29927
BFS result map (German): https://mapexplorer.bfs.admin.ch/?obs=politic&lang=de#c=indicator&i=vp19930926.prop_oui_398_0
BFS result map (French): https://mapexplorer.bfs.admin.ch/?obs=politic&lang=fr#c=indicator&i=vp19930926.prop_oui_398_0
Official chronology (French): https://bk.admin.ch/fr/details-referendums-et-autres-actes?voteNumber=398