英国就业计划-劳动,(2012-02-27,伦敦)英国青年失业率屡创新高,为帮助该国青年找到一份工作,英国政府去年推出了“青年合约”计划,让英国青年可以获得实习、工读和培训合约。这计划,劳动。
英国国家统计局本月15日公布的数据,去年第四季度,英国约有104万名,16至24岁的年轻人,处于失学或失业状态,占该年龄段人口总数的五分之一。这比第三季度的失业人数多了2万人,为1992年-有可比记录以来的最高水平。
英国首相卡梅伦去年宣布:推行“青年合约”计划,给青年人创造实习机会,让他们吸取宝贵的工作经验,方便他们日后寻找工作。参与这项计划的青年必须签定合约,义务完成所选择的工作,如果半途而废,将面临处罚,包括,失去政府失业救济金等。
批评者指出,这项计划不能促进青年就业率,为许多大型企业制造免费劳动力。
批评者指出,到目前为止,有约3万4200名青年,参与了这项计划,他们为快餐连锁店麦当劳等大型企业,提供了高达6750万英镑的无偿劳动。
英国“工作权利运动”组织的发言人布莱德利说:“如果有人认为,他们被逼白白工作,那就可以将之形容为‘奴隶劳动’。如果这些年轻人参与实习计划后,不但没有学习到任何东西,在结束实习后,也找不到工作,那他们其实,是被强迫白白地工作。”
批评声浪越来越大;许多大型零售商退出计划
随着此计划的批评声浪越来越大,有许多大型零售商先后宣布:退出计划,其中,包括大型超级市场乐购(Tesco)。上周,乐购的多个分行外,出现大规模示威抗议活动,其中,伦敦分行,因为示威活动,被迫暂时关闭。
UK有不少部长声援“青年合约”计划,他们指出,参与计划的青年人都是自愿的,许多青年人确实通过此计划,找到全职工作。工作和养老金部表示,参与计划的青年人,有超过一半,在加入计划不到13个星期,就不必再领取失业救济金,仅有210名青年,因为半途而废,失去得益。
UK employment programs – labor, (2012-02-27, London) British youth unemployment rate to record high, the British government last year launched a “youth contract” plan to help the country’s youth to find a job, so that British youth can get internship work-study and training contracts. This scheme, labor.
Office for National Statistics data released on the 15th of this month, the fourth quarter of last year, the United Kingdom about 104 million, 16-24 year-olds, in school or unemployed, accounting for a fifth of the total number of population in this age group. Than the number of unemployed in the third quarter of more than 2 million people in 1992 – the highest level since comparable records.
British Prime Minister David Cameron announced last year: the implementation of the “youth contract” plan to create internship opportunities for young people so that they draw on the valuable work experience to enable them to find work in the future. Young people must be involved in the project signed the contract, the obligation to complete the selected work, if halfway, will face penalties, including, loss of government unemployment benefits.
Critics point out that this program is to promote youth employment rate, the manufacture of free labor for many large enterprises.
Critics point out that so far, some 34,200 young people participating in the program, their fast-food chain McDonald’s and other large enterprises, providing up to 67.5 million pounds of unpaid labor.
Bradley said: “If someone believes that they forced a vain work, it can be described as ‘slave labor’. If these young people to participate in the internship program, the spokesman for the organization of the right to work movement, not only does not learn anything at the end of the internship, but also can not find jobs, they actually are forced vain. ”
Growing criticism; many large retailers have left the program
With the growing criticism of this plan, many large retailers have announced: exit plan, which include large supermarkets Tesco (Tesco). Last week, Tesco branches, large-scale protests, London Branch, because of the protests, was forced to temporarily shut down.
UK Many Minister of Solidarity with the “youth contract” plan, they noted that the young people participating in the program is voluntary, many young people do through this program, full-time employment. Department of Work and Pensions said that the young people participating in the program, more than half in less than 13 weeks to join the Scheme, no longer receiving unemployment benefits, only 210 youth, because of the collapse, lose benefit.