History of labor legislation in the Scandinavian countries . ehigher ohamber^ but in 1908, IMar. 13) It was finally Incorporated In the law andfive years substituted for the previous ten. From the disousslon on the measure,It appears that the one reason for having a ten year period at the out set wasto muke old age relief dearly distinofr from poor relief. It was not urged thatfive years would serve to make this distinction equally well.^ As the law now stands, there are some defeots, whioh have been referredto in the discussions, and whioh will undoubtedly reoeive the attention of Parlia-ment
History of labor legislation in the Scandinavian countries . ehigher ohamber^ but in 1908, IMar. 13) It was finally Incorporated In the law andfive years substituted for the previous ten. From the disousslon on the measure,It appears that the one reason for having a ten year period at the out set wasto muke old age relief dearly distinofr from poor relief. It was not urged thatfive years would serve to make this distinction equally well.^ As the law now stands, there are some defeots, whioh have been referredto in the discussions, and whioh will undoubtedly reoeive the attention of Parlia-ment in the near future. The first of these is the indefiniteness in the amountof compensation. It Is left to the ooamunal authorities to determine what is asufficient amount and as a result, thepolicy varies not only from time to timebut from commune to commune. There has, however, been a tendenoy of late for 1. Danish Poor Relief System - E. 2. Folketing p. >+669 3. Ibid. p. 1221.«f. Polketing p. 1130 5. Ibid. p. 2682. 6. Polketing p. some of the oonriunes to Join with neighboring communes In fixing upon a uniformand fixed polioy in this regard. In Copenhagen, for lnstunoe, the authoritieshuvs fixed upon a definite soale which is adhered to Jji all oases.^ It is statedby the ohief of the hureuu, in oharge of old age relief, that there are indica-tions that the scale fixed by Copenhagen will become very general in that theother oomnuncs will follow the example set by the oapltol oity. The same authori-ty, however, refers to the statements of a large number of rural communes, whlohmaintain that a fixed scule is not necessary, and that it is possible In theoountry to determine for each individual oase what constitutes a sufficient pension A second defect in the law is the tendenoy to inolude too many personsunder the law sinoe the oommunes in the oase of old age pensions reoelve baokone half of the expenditure whereas they have to stand all the expense In th
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