President announces "First Job" program

President Bronisław Komorowski announced the plan of launching the "First Job" program, which would guarantee two year employment for 100,000 university and secondary school graduates under 30. The program would be financed from the Work Benefit Fund (Fundusz Pracy) and the European funds. "The First Job program will allow us to decrease youth unemployment further in our country, it is also the answer to the 'junk contracts' problem," said Komorowski on Friday. "We will finance fully the first year of employment, including social contributions, that is approximately PLN 2,100 a month," said Władysław Kosiniak-Kamysz, Minister of Labor and Social Policy. Should the program be implemented, it will start in 2016.