The job of vaccinating in the Covid-testing centers during the corona pandemic became the way into the labor market for many who were previously unemployed. A new analysis from the Danish Labor Movement Business Council (AE) shows that five years after the start of the pandemic, 78 percent of employees were still employed, while the proportion was 59 percent before the pandemic. The Danish Labor Movement Business Council writes in a press release.
- Many of those who were hired to vaccinate in the Covid-testing centers were young and unskilled, and there was an overrepresentation of non-Western descendants. The employment has helped most people get a foothold in the labor market, says Emilie Damm Klarskov, head of analysis at the Danish Labor Movement's Business Council.
The analysis shows that the employment rate among the pods has increased by 19 percentage points from 2020 to 2024. Many of the former employees have found jobs in the care or healthcare sector.
- When Denmark was shut down, there was also a new need for labor to staff the many testing centers that sprang up all over the country. We can see that many of the employees had been unemployed before the corona pandemic. The testing centers gave them the chance to get and stay employed, says Emilie Damm Klarskov.
A specific group of employees were people over 25 years of age who were not employed prior to the pandemic. According to the analysis, 62 percent of them will still be employed in 2024.
- When so many of those who got jobs in the Covid testing centers have progressed well in the labor market, it shows that there are long-term positive effects by stimulating the demand for labor and leading an active employment effort, says Emilie Damm Klarskov.
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