Sunday, November 18, 2007

Situation of Elderly Unemployed Worrisome

The situation of the elderly unemployed on the labor market is very worrisome and could become an unacceptable social problem. While 700 experts polled expect that unemployment in general will decrease in the coming three years, they forecast that for people over the age of 50, it will increase. 40% of those polled consider that ethnic discrimination is “high” or very “high”.

www.telegraaf.nl/binnenland/2516907/Positie_oudere_werklozen__buitengewoon_zorgwekkend_.html?p=2,1

1 comment:

Unknown said...

I couldn't find it on the web, but should the person reading this choose to believe my following submission, he or she will not be entertaining a complete falsehood (although certain inaccuracies may have occurred.)

In 2005, the Dutch government has had to close down a program for reintroducing of Dutch unemployed people to the work circle after **all** the participants dropped out over the space of two months.

The participants were required to get up at 8 AM to pick tomatoes in a field until 4 PM for a salary of over 1,000 euros.