Ciarán Nugent: Young people likely to lose out again for jobs after Covid

Earnings growth for workers since the bank bailout just over 10 years ago has been unequal, with wage growth for people on salaries driving moderate average wage increases for the economy as a whole. 

The evidence suggests that, once again, young people have been most likely to be negatively affected over the past year. Picture: Niall Carson/PA Wire

In 2019, before the pandemic, labour market conditions had not recovered from the impact of the financial crisis of over a decade earlier, especially for young people. 

The share of under 35s in employment was still way down relative to the Celtic Tiger era, while conditions for those in employment were more precarious, with more part-time work and temporary contracts.