| Active labour policies | Objective | Measures |
| Incentives | Encourage employment and discourage unemployment or underemployment | Tax receivables―Employment subsidies―Time limits on receiving incentives―Reduction of benefits―Contingent benefits programs―Sanctions |
| Employment services | Remove obstacles to employment and facilitate first entry and/or return to the labour market | Job brokerage and placement services―Counselling―Job search programs―Recruitment services for businesses |
| Employability | Keeping people who lose their jobs employable―Minimizing the depletion of human capital due to unemployment | Direct job creation in the public and non-profit sectors―Training programs not strictly related to the job that has been lost |
| Human capital | Improve the chance of finding work by increasing the skills of those who lose their job | Basic education (university, language studies, computer science, etc.)―Vocational training (apprenticeship, continuing education, work-study programs, etc.) |