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The article focuses on selected contexts of unemployment of young people, characteristic features of protection of the young people against unemployment. Youth unemployment as a multidisciplinary problem must be seen in several contexts and that is why social workers should be familiar with these wider social aspects. In spite of that, we cannot ignore the importance of changes in individual characteristic features of the young unemployed or of the youth threatened by unemployment. Consistent action of all actors participating in dealing with the problem is necessary to achieve a measurable output, i.e. to decrease youth unemployment but also to protect young people against unemployment.