Unemployment was regarded as a particular risk for much of the early part of the twentieth century. There was almost the implication that being unemployed was the fault of the person involved. The view of society has changed substantially in the light of what we might call the technological unemployment of the 1970s, 1980s and 1990s. We now talk about people suffering unemployment, and it is seen much more as a consequence of changes in our industrial and commercial world. The emphasis has moved away from the responsibility lying with the individual to society as a whole. The evidence of this is seen in the financial provision made in almost all industrial countries for those who are unemployed.