Thu, 01 Jan 1970 01:00:00 +0100Mon, 27 Jul 2026 18:49:04 +0200https://english.radio.cz/rise-unemployment-especially-problematic-graduates-and-unemployed-persons-over-8557577© 2026 Radio Prague International More than 500,000 Czechs are currently out of work, with the rate of unemployment growing from 8 percent in November of last year to 8.6 percent in December. While a jump in unemployment figures is not unusual for this season, experts warn that the growing number of persons aged 50 and over who find themselves out of a job and with little chance of getting hired poses a serious long-term problem for the economy. Former finance minister and Raiffeisenbank’s chief economist Pavel Mertlík speaks about expected labor market developments for 2012. encr@radio.cz (Cesky Rozhlas)webmaster@radio.cz (CRo Webmaster) https://english.radio.cz/sites/default/files/images/pracovni_urad1.jpg?timestamp=1697466068 https://english.radio.cz/rise-unemployment-especially-problematic-graduates-and-unemployed-persons-over-8557577 Radio Prague International Radio Prague International radio.prague.int@gmail.com clean 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9