I'm from Germany. We have all the upsides you mention, with a system that's less drastic than Basic Income.
There are more details involved, but roughly speaking: If you fulfill certain minimum requirements of being in training, beyond retirement age, medically inhibited from working or prove to the state that you send at least two job applications per month, the state guarantees you a certain quality of life.
You're guaranteed decent housing (rent, phone, internet, water, electricity, heat other utilities), health insurance (and various other small insurances), and in addition to that receive (currently) 391€ per month per person, and if you have extraordinary expenses (usually medical or social stuff) they're covered for you. (And yes, my own sister lives on this. She's well cared for. It's honestly an amazing boon on the rest of the family.)
And despite all this workers here aren't even easy to terminate. For early termination the workplace has to prove active illegal acts, or prove that they informed you of low performance and you did nothing to improve, with limits on both lay-offs or quitting usually being between 3-6 months (depending on the contract).
There are more details involved, but roughly speaking: If you fulfill certain minimum requirements of being in training, beyond retirement age, medically inhibited from working or prove to the state that you send at least two job applications per month, the state guarantees you a certain quality of life.
You're guaranteed decent housing (rent, phone, internet, water, electricity, heat other utilities), health insurance (and various other small insurances), and in addition to that receive (currently) 391€ per month per person, and if you have extraordinary expenses (usually medical or social stuff) they're covered for you. (And yes, my own sister lives on this. She's well cared for. It's honestly an amazing boon on the rest of the family.)
And despite all this workers here aren't even easy to terminate. For early termination the workplace has to prove active illegal acts, or prove that they informed you of low performance and you did nothing to improve, with limits on both lay-offs or quitting usually being between 3-6 months (depending on the contract).