Youth Contract early evaluation report

The Department for Work and Pensions has published an early evaluation report on the Youth Contract wage incentive scheme, under which wage incentive payments were made available to employers that recruited an unemployed young participant of the Work Programme.

The research noted that one in five employers said that they have difficulties with recruiting young people with the main problem seen as the attitude and motivation of young people.

For further information visit http://research.dwp.gov.uk/asd/asd5/rports2013-2014/rrep828.pdf.