UNEMPLOYMENT

MOST ESSENTIAL
COMPETENCY:
Explain the causes and effects of
unemployment and underemployment; and

Consider its implications on the lives of

citizens.
 It is necessary for the creation,
production, and provision of
HUMAN products and services to the
RESOURCE country or to other countries in
need of employees.

Population that includes people

PHILIPPINE 16 years old and over (64) who
LABOR FORCE are either employed or
unemployed (seeking for job).
 EMPLOYMENT
 Wage and salary workers

 Self-employed workers without any paid employee

 Employers in own family operated farm or business

 Unpaid family workers

What could happen when the labor
force is very low compared to the
population?

What could happen when the labor

force are fully employed and well
paid?
 UNDEREMPLOYMENT
 Underemployed are workers who want to have
more working hours in their current job, other
opportunities, for additional income, or new jobs
with longer working hours.

 There are also workers whose jobs do not match

their skills or areas of expertise due to the lack of
opportunities in their particular fields.
 UNEMPLOYMENT
 An unemployed person is of legal age and in good
health but lacks the opportunity to find a job suitable
to his/her ability.

 The rate of unemployment is high and is currently a

major problem in the Philippines.
 CAUSES OF UNEMPLOYMENT

 Lack of opportunities for work  Population increase

CAUSES OF UNEMPLOYMENT
 Lack of comprehensive and long term plan for job
creation
CAUSES OF UNEMPLOYMENT

 Mismatch between courses

 Inability to respond to the employment condition

CAUSES OF UNEMPLOYMENT
 Non-payment of proper wages
to workers, few benefits, and
poor working conditions

 Laziness
CAUSES OF UNEMPLOYMENT

 Onslaught of calamities
1. Read pages 94-96 (Poverty: Effect of
Unemployment on the Lives of People)

2. Answer Engage 2 on pages 96-97. Please

use 1 whole sheet of paper.
 OUR WAY TO HELP
SITUATION: There is a high rate of unemployment in
Baguio City. As City Councilors, what project can you make
to help solve the problem of unemployment in Baguio City.

 Choose one member to edit the file (Unemployment).

 Choose one representative to present the project.
Preparation 8
Content 7
Significance 5
TOTAL 20 points