JobMaker incentive in Federal Budget 2020 is leaving people aged over 35 worried — here's why
ABCMelanie Olsen, a 43-year-old mother of two who is looking for work, said even before the Federal Budget she was worried about competing with younger job applicants. Mr Yates said older workers "are often the first off to be made redundant". Upon hearing Tuesday's Federal Budget, Mr Williams said he felt "sick in the stomach" and did not sleep that night. A disproportionate number of young people out of work and an existing program for older Australians is why JobMaker is aimed at 16- to 35-year-olds, the Employment Minister Michaelia Cash said. "We know that young people have been disproportionately affected by COVID-19 and the Government wants to avoid the scarring that happens when young people lose work in recessions and struggle to return to the workforce," Senator Cash said.
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