Definition
- Seasonal unemployment
- Seasonal unemployment is unemployment that comes and goes at the same time each year, as demand for some kinds of work rises and falls with the seasons.
Example
Can you think of an example of seasonal unemployment?
A café worker in Cornwall is laid off every October when the tourists leave and taken on again each spring. Her job returns every year whatever the state of the economy as a whole.
Test yourself
Can you name five types of unemployment?