Jersey seeing rise in long-term unemployment

The number of people who have been
out of work for more than a year in Jersey has almost doubled in the past year.


230 people have been registered as actively seeking work in Jersey for more
than 12 months.

The total number of people currently unemployed in Jersey is 1,280 - more
than a year ago but fewer than last month.

About one in five jobseekers are teenagers - and half of those are on the
Advance to Work scheme.

But fewer than half of the young people who have participated in the
programme have found a job afterwards.

The States has put £4.5m into employment schemes as part of the fund to boost
the economy.

Economic Development Minister, Senator Alan Maclean, said: "These are people
who otherwise would not have found work, so I think the money is certainly well
invested.

"In Jersey terms, unemployment is at a higher level than we would like to see
it, if we compare ourselves however to other places we are actually much lower
than many."

















(from BBC)