Programmes promoting the re-employment of displaced workers in the United States

This chapter provides an assessment of the employment and training programmes available in the United States to help displaced workers back to employment. The US policy approach is unique in singling out displaced workers for help. Targeting services can be very effective but there is too little money in the system to help everyone who needs help and training supply in particular falls short of demand. The chapter also discusses the distinction made in the US system between trade related displacement and other job displacement, with the former group being entitled to a much larger array of services and benefits than other displaced or unemployed workers.