quality internships – Youth UnEmployment Project https://www.projects.aegee.org/yue Wed, 29 Apr 2015 14:35:31 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=4.9.7 EU Employment and Social Situation Quarterly Review https://www.projects.aegee.org/yue/eu-employment-and-social-situation-quarterly-review/ Wed, 26 Jun 2013 10:04:11 +0000 http://www.projects.aegee.org/yue/?p=573 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.

 

]]> UK releases framework on new traineeship scheme https://www.projects.aegee.org/yue/uk-releases-framework-on-new-traineeship-scheme/ Fri, 17 May 2013 13:06:46 +0000 http://www.projects.aegee.org/yue/?p=537 The UK last week released a government framework detailing a new traineeship scheme. Whilst the scheme has a strong emphasis on the quality of traineeships, and their educational purpose, the remuneration of trainees is not part of the scheme’s regulations:
“Employers are not required to pay young people for the work placement under the traineeship. Traineeships fall under an exemption to the National Minimum Wage. We would encourage, but do not require, employers to consider providing trainees with support to meet their travel or meal costs.” (p.23)
As outlined in the European Quality Charter on Internships and Apprenticeships, remuneration of trainees is a core element of quality internships in order to ensure that internships are equally accessible to all young people and are not exploitative experiences. The scheme, despite its promising focus on the educational element of traineeships, is thus highly disappointing in its absence of such regulation.
Read an article from the European Youth Forum here

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