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Unemployed person (ILO)

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Definition

In application of the international definition adopted in 1982 by the International Labour Organisation (ILO), an unemployed person is a person of working age (15 or over) who meets three conditions simultaneously :

- they were without employment, meaning that they did not work, even for one hour, in the course of the reference week ;
- they are available to take up employment within two weeks ;
- they have actively looked for a job in the previous month or have found one starting within the next three months.

Note

An unemployed person (ILO) is not necessarily registered with Pôle Emploi.