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Detailed recommendations for this section are listed on page 140.

Supporting working-age adults

Recommendation 35

Establish an effective employment service of the Ministry of Social Development so it is better able to assist people to obtain and keep good, sustainable work.

Recommendation 36

Revamp active labour market, labour market, employment and training policies across government to make them more coherent and effective.

Recommendation 37

Strengthen the Ministry of Social Development's redundancy support policies to better support displaced workers.

Supporting youth to engage in education, training or paid work

Detailed recommendations for this section are listed on page 140.

Recommendation 38

Abolish, in the Youth Service, compulsory money management, and separate case management from youth mentoring so it is consistent with and has a positive youth development focus.

Recommendation 39

Use evidence-based approaches that support young people to be learning, earning and, where young people are parents, caring. These approaches need to build on the strengths of young people and provide a basis for their long-term engagement with the changing world of work.

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