Youth Unemployment, Unemployment, EU Youth Unemployment
Unions' responsibilities to help reduce youth unemployment
25 November 2013
On Monday 25 November, senior officials from major union organisations, and a UK business representative, will be questioned by the House of Lords EU Sub Committee on the Internal Market, Infrastructure and Employment investigating European levels of youth unemployment.
- Parliament TV: Watch the evidence session
- Inquiry: Youth unemployment
- Lords EU Sub-Committee on Internal Market, Infrastructure and Employment
Witnesses
Committee Room 2, Palace of Westminster
At 4.15pm:
- John Wastnage, Head of Employment & Skills, British Chambers of Commerce
- Narmada Thiranagama, Policy and Public Affairs, UNISON
- Richard Exell, Senior Policy Officer, Trade Union Congress
Likely questions
They will be asked a variety of questions, including whether or not the responsibilities of employers and unions are being carried out as effectively as possible.
Other questions in the session include:
- How do current unemployment problems differ from earlier recessions?
- Is it the demand or the supply side of the jobs issue that is the problem?
- What is your view of responses in the UK to the problem, such as the Youth Contract, apprenticeships and work experience?
- How useful are EU actions and programmes, and in what ways?