Unemployment and youth employment measures in Croatia since 1980s

Ovaj rad bavi se mladim nezaposlenim osobama u Hrvatskoj čiji se broj povećava. Mlade osobe su u Hrvatskoj u nepovoljnom položaju prilikom ulaska na tržište rada. Posebno su ugrožene mlade osobe sa nižom razinom obrazovanja, kao i mladi koji pripadaju NEET populaciji, odnosno mladi koji se ne obrazuju, ne rade i ne usavršavaju se. Također, problem u Hrvatskoj su i mladi koji su dugotrajno nezaposleni. Od 80- ih godina prošlog stoljeća razina nezaposlenosti mladih je varirala, no veliki porast nezaposlenosti dogodio se nakon gospodarske krize 2008. godine. U Hrvatskoj su donesene brojne mjere za smanjenje nezaposlenosti mladih, a posebno je važna Garancija za mlade, koja je hrvatska Vlada usvojila 2014. godine. Ipak, najznačajnija mjera donesena za mlade je mjera aktivne politike zapošljavanja, mjera stručnog osposobljavanja za rad bez zasnivanja radnog odnosa, poznata i kao SOR, koja ima najveći broj novouključenih korisnika prema podacima Hrvatskog zavoda za zapošljavanje.This paper deals with young unemployed people in Croatia whose number is constantly increasing. Young people find themselves in an inconvenient position in Croatia when entering the labor market. Particularly vulnerable are young people with lower levels of education, as well as young people belonging to the NEET population such as young people who are not educated, do not work and do not improve their skills. Also, Croatia faces the problem of many young people who are long- term unemployed. Since the 1980s, the level of youth unemployment varied, but a large increase in unemployment happened after the economic crisis in 2008. Numerous measures have been taken to reduce youth unemployment in Croatia, and especially the Youth Guarantee, which was adopted by the Croatian government in 2014. However, the most important measure taken for young people is the active employment measure, the measure of vocational training for work without establishing employment, also known as the SOR, which has the largest number of newly inlcluded users according to the data of the Croatian Employment Service