In its draft 7th review of Ireland the European Commission is ignoring the key issue that jobs are not being created on the scale required and that the bailout process is failing to address both the employment and unemployment problems.
A new report by Eurofound shows how Ireland has one of the highest rates of NEETS in Europe at 22%. Greece has the highest at 35.9%, Bulgaria 24.6% AND Spain has 21.1%. NEETS are young people aged 15 – 29 who are not in education, employment or training.
A report by Eurofound examining' NEETS' in Europe. NEETS are young people aged 15 – 29 who are not in education, employment or training.
The latest figures published by the CSO paint a grim picture in terms of employment and growth in Ireland. There has been an annual decrease in employment by 33,400 since Q2 2011 and a 1.3% increase in unemployment over the same period.
The average tax and social security/insrance burden on employment incomes increased in 26 out of 34 OECD countries in 2011 according to the new OECD Taxing Wages publication.
Unemployment continues to rise across the EU as detailed in the latest figures from Eurostat. The euro area (EA17) seasonally-adjusted unemployment rate was 10.9% in March 2012, compared with
Unemployment continues its steady rise in the EU. Ireland's unemployent rate is the fourth worst of the 27 EU countries with only Spain, Greece and Portugal with higher levels.
Goes nowhere near the scale required to address long-term unemployent.
There is no greater challenge facing Ireland than getting our people back to work. There have been over 300,000 job losses since a flawed economic model collapsed in 2008 and there are
The Irish Government’s ‘Action Plan for Jobs - 2012‘ contains more than 270 actions, identifies the Government Departments and agencies responsible for implementing each of these, and sets ou
