The Danish government has a majority for a job plan to create 7,000 new jobs. Key points of the plan include: 

• Extending the green card scheme by allowing foreigners access to the Danish job market based on a points system 
  
• Tightening the rules for supplementary unemployment benefits 
  
• Granting a tax discount to persons aged 64 years of up to approximately EUR 15,000 if they have been employed since turning 60 years of age 
  
• Extending the job card scheme and reducing the scheme’s earnings limit from EUR 60,000 to EUR 50,000
  
• Reintroducing the adult apprentice scheme 
  
• Allowing old-age pensioners better opportunities to work without it affecting their old-age pension entitlement