Work in ProgressMalta 5th to 7th May 2013

Cees van Bruggen

Joost van Alkemade

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General Labour market NL facts & figures

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Age groups and Labourmarket facts & figures

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Immigrants labour market facts & figures

In particular, youth unemployment among non-Western migrants reached dramatic heights had already risen to 29% in the first quarter of 2012.

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Youth Unemployment EU

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research 2012 SCP “at a disadvantage” • Knowledge, lack of skills, education and disadvantage

job search skills: 'human capital': are main thresholds in the search to work,

• examples are the level in Dutch language, social networks, manners and personal characteristics.

On the other hand • Discrimination is a particular obstacle to entering the

labor market• Agencies differentiate to the ethnic background off

jobseekers.• Dutch jobseekers had 46% chance of getting a job

offered. The non-Western jobseekers with exactly the same CV had 28% chance.

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Advice Former Taskforce youth unemployment

• An employers no-risk policy for all disadvantaged in the labor market.

• School Exit and Extension programma• Matching-offensive: youths over proportional

addressed in vacancies• Jobs XXL: jobs where master/apprentice situations

arise in sectors with shortages of skilled workers • Attention to vulnerable groups: Strengthen young

people with weaker labor market position

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Targetgroup Specific Solutions unemployment

• Migrant woman: EVC prior learning and experience certificate; voluntary work

• Youth/elderly: (Social)neighbourhood enterprises

• Youth: Vital cooperation between schools employers, local government.

• Youth/elderly: not only raising retirement age but flexible retirement of 58-67Y

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Legislation and different groups

• Relatively many foreign workers illegally working in sectors such as horticulture, catering and construction.

• A proportion of employers makes abuse of foreign workers.Some examples of abuse by employers are:

1. paid less than the statutory minimum wage pay;2. do not comply with the collective agreements;3. not pay insurance premiums for employees.

• Special arrangements for knowledge workers and high-skilled

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Discussion and Questions?

Will there be work for all in the future? Influence of the global market; discrepancy between people low

educated, low IQ and more and more only quality jobs? Gap between short and long-term: unemployment now and aging and

shortage of people in the future? The starting point of economic growth or “the world of equality and

plenty”

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