There is evidence that, on average, workers benefit from a dynamic labour market, brought about by flexibility-enhancing, but duality-reducing, reforms. This occurs because in the process workers have greater opportunities to find jobs that better match their skills and needs and can more easily progress in their career and pay. In particular, certain workers are likely to lose their jobs as a consequence of these reforms, thereby experiencing significant income losses. This suggests that for equity and political-economy reasons, governments should consider addressing these individual losses by coupling EPL reforms with adequate unemployment benefits, properly enforced job-search requirements and effective re-employment services.