Hard labour: jobs, unemployment and the recession
"Predicting a peak of 2.5 million unemployed and a worse recession than both the 1980s and 1990s, a new report by The Work Foundation urges the government to use every means at its disposal – monetary, fiscal, financial and through assorted labour market interventions – to boost the economy and...
| Main Authors: | , , , , |
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| Institution: | ETUI-European Trade Union Institute |
| Format: | TEXT |
| Language: | English |
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London
2008
The Work Foundation |
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| Online Access: | https://www.labourline.org/KENTIKA-19189963124919071459-Hard-labour-jobs,-unemployment.htm |
| Summary: | "Predicting a peak of 2.5 million unemployed and a worse recession than both the 1980s and 1990s, a new report by The Work Foundation urges the government to use every means at its disposal – monetary, fiscal, financial and through assorted labour market interventions – to boost the economy and protect employment. The package of measures it proposes includes: a comprehensive programme to boost bank lending, a one-off tax credit targeted at the poor, higher benefit payments to stimulate demand, a public works programme together, and an incentive scheme for employers to put workers on shorter hours rather than make them redundant." |
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| Physical Description: | 56 p. Digital |