While this criterion might encourage young people to make a habit of unemployment by working a year then taking six months off, it represents a serious obstacle to workers in their middle and later years who have lost their jobs and for whom the reemployment rate is lowest.
這對於年輕人來說，可能產生乾脆「做一年，休半年」的「慣性失業」現象；而對於再就業率最低的中高齡失業者而言，則反倒是個難度極高的門檻。