URL: Focus on youth employment continues
Paula Bennett | Social Development and Employment
Social Development Minister Paula Bennett says the Government’s high priority on young people continues through the Job Ops with Training and Skills for Growth programmes. “Since 2009 this Government has backed nearly 12,000 young people into work by giving them a job and valuable experience through the Job Opportunity employer subsidy,” says Ms Bennett. Job Ops paid $5,000 to an employer to take a young person off benefit and employ them for a minimum of six months...
