Employment Issues for Veterans

  • 40% of injured will not return to pre-deployment employment

  • 73% return rate for non-disabled

  • About 1 in 5 report disability at discharge

  • Jobless rate for GTA vets 5.2% (vs 3.9%)

- (well by 2007 data, higher for all I suppose)

  • Vets 18-24 17% unemployment (vs 10%)