That's to the point that it is complex. You have part I and part II. Part II, again, is a whole kettle of wax with funding that goes through. We would argue again for simplification, and an additional principle we would have is transparency around where that funding goes, how its spent and who gets to decide what.
On part I, different organizations and different people around this table have different opinions, whether they are education and training or special benefits. They're not sickness benefits. That's not to say that sickness benefits aren't important, but at what point and how much do we do it so we don't strain the system?
Special benefits as well.... I've heard discussions here of sort of an account that you can draw down on, which is also interesting as well, but different people have to draw down for different things, including for example, maternity leave. There's a gender aspect to that. There's also, you know, how much you pay into it. In an insurance scheme, the point is to help you through temporary periods of unemployment. I think we really have to get back to that core mandate. That's not to say that other things aren't important, but this is it.
Let's look at the future of work. Let's look at what's needed and then start mapping out what's needed where and how. Yes, there is an urgency, but this has to be done properly as well or it will break. The system rates were higher in the 1980s, but what would they look like if there weren't a freeze? We don't even know that.