欧州委員会が若者雇用パッケージを提案

去る１２月５日、欧州委員会が若者雇用パッケージを提案しました。

http://ec.europa.eu/social/main.jsp?langId=en&catId=89&newsId=1731&furtherNews=yes

Measures to help Member States tackle unacceptable levels of youth unemployment and social exclusion by giving young people offers of jobs, education and training have been proposed by the European Commission.

具体的には、

As requested by the European Council and European Parliament, the Commission's Youth Employment Package includes a proposed Recommendation to Member States on introducing the Youth Guarantee to ensure that all young people up to age 25 receive a quality offer of a job, continued education, an apprenticeship or a traineeship within four months of leaving formal education or becoming unemployed.

この若者保証制度（Youth Guarantee）という言葉は、『世界の若者と雇用』でニュージーランドの制度として紹介されているものですね。

さらに、

To facilitate school-to-work-transitions, the Package also launches a consultation of European social partners on a Quality Framework for Traineeships so as to enable young people to acquire high-quality work experience under safe conditions.

訓練生制度（Traineeship）も職業経験を身につける上で有効とされる一方、それを利用して企業が若者をただ働きさせる手段に使っているという批判もあり、その観点から労使団体への協議をしているわけですね。