Segregation at Estonian labour market – challenges and opportunities

SegregationatEstonianlabour market–challengesandopportunities

MartaTraksNationalEUREScoordinatorEstonianUnemploymentInsuranceFund

Distribution of the Estonian population by counties

Source: Statistics Estonia, data on 01.01.2015

Total number of registered population of Estonia: 1 352 486 by 1 November 2016.84% of them Estonian citizens; 9,7 % persons with undetermined citizenship and 6,1% citizens of other countries

Labour force forecast

Source: Statistics Estonia

0

200

400

600

800

1000

1200

I III I III I III I III I III I III I III I III I III I III I III I III I III I III I III I III I III I III I III I III I III

2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020

Num

bero

fpeo

pleinth

ousand

s

Numberofemployed Numberofunemployed Numberofinactive

Labour force aged 16 - pension age: 637,1 thousandsEmployment rate: 66,5% (III Q 2016)

Source: Unemployment Insurance Fund

Registered unemployment rate by counties,31.10.2016

Number of registered unemployed (aged 16 - pension age): 26 914 Unemployment rate: 4,2%

Share of registered unemployed in risk groups, %

Source: Unemployment Insurance Fund

70% of registered unemployed belong to at least one risk group

Registeredunemployedbycitizenship,31.10.2016

45% of unemployed are Russian speakers (31.10.2016)Source: Unemployment Insurance Fund

75.3%

12.4%

10.0%

0.7%0.4%

0.2%0.1%

0.1%0.0%0.0%0.0%

0.6%

0.7%

Estonia Undeterminedcitizenship Russia

Ukraina Latvia Belarus

Lithuania Syria Iraq

Georgia Italy Others

EmploymentMeasures DisabilityEmploymentMeasures

▪ Jobmediationandcounselling (incl.EURES)▪ Careerinformation&councelling▪ Trainingandtraineeships▪ Businessstart-up&follow-up support▪ Wagesubsidies (inclMyFirstJob)▪ Job creationsupport (regional)▪ Mobilityallowance▪ Coaching forworkinglife▪ Voluntary&community work▪ Psychological,debt&addictioncouncelling▪ Individual jobcoaching&placement▪ Careallowance▪ Individual solutions

▪ Assistancewithjobinterview▪ Technicalaids&workplaceadjustments▪ Employment withsupport person▪ Shelteredemployment▪ Peercounselling▪ Employment rehabilitation▪ Travel-to-work-allowance▪ Mobilecouncelling foryoungpeoplewithspecialneeds(fromschooltowork)▪ Councelling&training foremployers

PreventiveMeasures

▪ Skillstraining▪ Studyallowance(vocationalorhighereducation)▪ Employer’straininggrant(recruitementorchange)

EmploymentMeasuresforJobseekers,

EmployersandEmployees

Participation in Active Labour Market Programs

0%

5%

10%

15%

20%

25%

30%

35%

40%

2003 2005 2007 2009 2011 2013 2015 2017

ParticipationinALM

P(m

onthlyaverage)

Othermeasures

Wagesubsidy

Jobsearchtraining

Careercounselling

Coachingforworkinglife

Workpractice

Workrelatedtraining

Businessstart-upsubsidy

Source: Unemployment Insurance Fund

Transition into employment within 6 month after finishing work practice and training

Unemployed participating in töötukassa programs/ services/trainings, by the language groups (2015)

Source: Unemployment Insurance Fund

Participation of unemployed persons in Estonian language trainings (2015 ja 2016)

1544

1772

1519

12031203

819

0

200

400

600

800

1000

1200

1400

1600

1800

2000

2015 2016(January- October)

Koolitu

selesisenejatearv

Year

Kõikkoolitustelesisenejad shkoolituse/eksamitulemus teada Koolituselõpetanuid

Source: Unemployment Insurance Fund

Töötukassa - Connecting employers and jobseekers

www.tootukassa.ee

Formoreconferencematerialsandpresentationspleasevisit www.misakonverents.ee