Thai youth unemployment at new high Pandemic restrictions a drag on overall labour market, with possible longer-term consequences, says ILO report Joblessness among young men and women in Thailand has reached a level unseen in recent years due to the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic, according to the International Labour Organization (ILO). Youth employment fell by 7% in the first quarter of 2021 from the fourth quarter of 2019, the United Nations agency said in its Thailand Labour Market Update released this week. The youth unemployment rate increased by 3 percentage points for both men and wo…

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