Taskforce on employability and long-term unemployed - summary of report

Summary:

The inter-Departmental Taskforce on Employability and Long-Term Unemployment was established under the Executives first Programme for Government to consider and drive forward action to increase employability and reduce long-term unemployment. Its meetings began under Ministerial chairmanship in March 2001. The Terms of Reference committed the Taskforce to report and make recommendations on how current actions might be improved and to prepare an Action Plan which integrated actions across Government Departments and Agencies. In its Report the Taskforce considers many of the barriers to employment such as benefits issues, childcare provision, educational issues, transport, essential skills, and others. The Summary of the Report contains twelve action points

Publish Date:

16 December 2002

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