To be sure, reactivating workers who have been off the job for years presents big challenges for both employers and the returning worker.

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It offers special prizes to, say, the 100, 000th returning worker, and it helps to co-ordinate treats which are provided by the private sector.

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She then lived for a period in the United Kingdom before returning to Kenya, where she works now as a social worker and youth advocate.

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