Although new work prospects emerge all the time, joblessness is concentrated in specific groups and places in both urban and rural areas. Areas with low employment rates tend to have the greatest rates of welfare — both unemployment and other benefits. These places often confront many disadvantages.
Providing equal access to work is the single most effective way to combat poverty and social isolation. Employment allows people to better their living conditions while also making good use of human resources. Countries that flourish in a contemporary economy will be those who get the most out of all of their people.
Residents of towns and cities should benefit from increased living standards through working. Individuals who are unemployed must be willing to take advantage of available work opportunities, and companies must be prepared to consider a diverse variety of candidates for available positions. Better living conditions for everybody may be achieved by shifting the welfare culture to one based on work and security — employment for those who can, security for those who cannot.
People should have the skills, motivation, and opportunities to maximize their work opportunities. As a result, the following actions should be taken:
Raise educational standards to prepare young people for employment.
Assist jobless individuals in developing employability skills and finding jobs.
Create a culture of lifelong learning to create a more flexible and adaptive workforce.
Through tax and benefit changes, we can make employment pay and make the move to work easier.
Assist parents in balancing employment, family life, and additional education and training more efficiently and confidently.
Provide high-quality, low-cost, and easily accessible childcare and early education.
Through different welfare to work programmes, assist those on inactive benefits in returning to the labor market and finding jobs.