1. Norwegian Confederation of Trade Unions (LO) Youth employment
2/24/2019
Robert Hansen – Youth adviser
Norwegian Confederation of Trade Unions (LO) Youth employment
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2. The situation in Norway
Last year: unemployment rate was 1.7 percent at the lowest
Today it is 3.1 percent and rising
The youth unemployment rate is usually two or three times higher
Today it is 8.7 percent (between the ages 15 and 24 years)
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3. The situation in Norway
The unemployment rate for young people from ethnic minorities is even higher. Usually 4 or 5 times higher
In 1995 an youth guarantee was introduced by the government
It guarantied young people under the age of 25 years the right to either work, education or skills training within 6 months of unemployment
Research and documentation has shown that it is increasing the young peoples possibilities to enter the work life
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4. The situation in Norway
It was not a policy the new center/right government in 1997 wanted to continue, and the youth guarantee was removed
LO in Norway has demanded a reintroduction of the youth guarantee ever since
The LO leader called for a European youth guarantee during the ETUC congress in 2003
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5. The situation in Norway
Today we have three different guarantees:
A youth guarantee that gives everyone under the age of 20 years the right to secondary school
A guarantee that the manpower services will help you in your search for a job. This guarantee helps everyone between the age of 15 and 24 years, within an unemployment period of 6 months
It consists of measures like help to active job seeking, motivation and individual activities
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6. The situation in Norway
In 2009 the government introduced a new guarantee. This guarantee gives young people between age 15 and 24 years the right to skills training after a unemployment period of at least 6 months
LO in Norway's position today is that the youth guarantee must be improved and more aimed at specific target groups as well
We want an youth guarantee that gives young people under the age of 25 years the right to either work, education or skills training within an unemployment period of 3 months
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7. Youth policy and campaigns
2/24/2019
Youth policy and campaigns
The right to apprenticeship places for all after the second year of upper secondary school
Studies in some European countries that has a good educational system including a system for apprenticeship has shown that the youth unemployment in general is lower than in countries without a good system for apprenticeship
LO in Norway has also called for a guarantee of inclusion of young people
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