Jobs czar frets about ‘lost generation’ of the young and unemployed

24 September 2020, 3:23 pm

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The head of the Employment Service, Rami Garor, warns of a prospective “lost generation” of young workers, amid soaring joblessness rates.

“We would like to remind you that hundreds of thousands have not yet returned to work since March, including employees in sectors that were badly hurt by the crisis,” he says. “As we warned, such a long unemployment period is likely to force hundreds of thousands into ‘chronic unemployment,’ to create a lost generation of youth experiencing long-term unemployment, as well as other repercussions.”

“We must do everything to ensure that the return to work after the lockdown is fast, otherwise the ramifications will linger for a long time,” he adds.