"Rather than address these issues head on, the government wants to introduce a contract that is unfair and in which junior doctors have no confidence".
Responding to this shortage, Poland's Ministry of Science and Higher Education recently introduced a special contract system under which it will provide more funding to certain science and engineering faculties in return for having more students studying these disciplines.
The Department for Education said the government was working to improve the prospects of young people, and the coalition had introduced a "youth contract" in November to try to get more young people in to work.
A cheaper and more effective way to decrease the duality in the labour market could be to eliminate temporary contracts and introduce a single contract.
Furthermore, in 1997, another reform introduced a new permanent contract with lower firing costs and social security contribution (such contract was extended and amplified in a later reform in 2001).
Last year the French government introduced a new labour contract similar to the one that has caused all the protests, for companies with fewer than 20 employees.
Some lawmakers have even suggested introducing a single contract to wipe out inequalities between those holding a temporary employment contract and those benefiting from a permanent contract — a proposal the country's socialist government has declined to pursue for now.
The alliance noted that late last year, the National Grid introduced a system of contracts to keep voluntary capacity in reserve, but it did not believe enough had been done.
The company also is introducing a new contract model that makes it easier for partners and their customers to contract with AWS.
