Young generation faces ‘scar of unemployment’

More young workers aged 16 to 24 were made redundant this summer than in all of 2019, according to the TUC – 59,000 compared to 56,000 in the whole of 2019.

The disproportionate impact the Covid-19 economic crisis is having on young people has led the TUC to call for urgent investment to create new jobs, before a generation is “scarred by mass unemployment”.

During the pandemic the number of working adults in employment has fallen by 2%, but for young people it has been worse. The number of 16- to 24-year-olds in employment has dropped by 8% to 3.5 million, particularly as a result of the coronavirus hitting sectors such as accommodation and food services.

According to the TUC more than 600,000 16- to 24-year-olds are facing unemployment.

https://www.tuc.org.uk/news/more-young-workers-lost-their-jobs-during-summer-2020-all-2019