The latest EU Employment and Social Situation Quarterly Review has been published.
The Review highlights that the number of jobs is at an all time low since the onset of the crisis. Youth unemployment continues to rise in countries such as Greece, Spain, Portugal, Italy, Cyprus and Slovenia, and in April 2013 stood at 23.5% in the EU27.
The report has a special focus on young people on temporary contracts:
- In countries such as Germany and Austria with the lowest youth unemployment rates, temporary contracts are linked to education and training contracts (ie apprenticeships and traineeships)
- In countries such as Spain and Portugal, the high percentage of young people on temporary contracts (60% in Poland) is not linked to such training possibilities, but is instead due to the inability to find permanent work, reflecting problems of labour market segmentation
This highlights the importance of apprenticeships and traineeships in helping young people get a quality job and places further pressure on Member States to ensure that the Youth Guarantee is implemented.
The Youth Forum’s upcoming publication on Quality Jobs for Young People, will address the problems associated with temporary contracts as well as the need to ensure quality apprenticeships and traineeships in order to help young people find quality employment.
Please find here the Press Release.
