预防失业是失业保险制度的重要功能,然而,由于失业保险相关制度顶层设计缺乏、立法缺位、经办工作人员机制创新和工作方法创新能力不足等原因,其预防失业功能远未充分发挥,一定程度上挫伤了用人单位的用人积极性、迟滞了劳动者劳动技能的提升、造成了沉淀的失业保险基金闲置性浪费。本文拟就失业保险预防失业相关问题提出粗浅看法。一、失业保险预防失业功能发挥不足《失业保险条例》1999年颁布 Unemployment prevention is an important function of the unemployment insurance system. However, due to the top-level design of the unemployment insurance system, the absence of legislation, the lack of innovation in staffing mechanisms and the lack of innovative methods of work, the function of preventing unemployment is far from adequate. To a certain extent, hurt the employer’s enthusiasm for employment, delayed the improvement of laborers’ labor skills, and caused the idle unemployment insurance fund to be wasted. This article intends to put forward a superficial view on unemployment insurance to prevent unemployment related issues. First, the unemployment insurance function to prevent underappreciation “Unemployment Insurance Ordinance” promulgated in 1999