JERUSALEM, Mar 30 (NNN-MA’AN) – Israel announces an emergency plan for the labour market, after the national unemployment rate jumped more than five times in Mar, the Israel Employment Service announced.
The bureau said that the unemployment rate has jumped from four percent to 22.6 percent, since the beginning of Mar.
According to the bureau, 781,608 Israelis have applied for unemployment benefits since Mar 1.
The total number of unemployed people in Israel currently exceeds 939,000, and is expected to reach one million in less than two weeks.
The emergency plan includes four support paths based on what is being done in the world.
These paths will focus on bringing employees at unpaid leave back to their workplaces, rapid placement of workers in new workplaces, strengthening skills of unemployed people, and a full vocational training, for those who are expected to be unemployed for a long time.– NNN-MA’AN
