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Everyday age discrimination: what older people say
- Author:
- HELP THE AGED
- Publisher:
- Help the Aged
- Publication year:
- 2004
- Pagination:
- 34p.
- Place of publication:
- London
This report report illustrates the "shocking level" of age discrimination in all areas of life including health, insurance, advertising and employment, through older people talking about their experiences. Reports relating to employment are by far the highest number of complaints the Charity receives. Some people simply do not want to retire at 65 and others have been made redundant for being 'too old' after many years of work. Once unemployed it is often difficult to find a job as many employers look to recruit young employees often with no rationale, meaning older workers are forced to make do with low paid work or short term contracts unsuited to their skills and experience. This can impact not only on a person's income and capacity to save for retirement, but also on their confidence and mental health, which in turn can lead to serious depression.
Difficulties in employing elderly persons
- Author:
- KEROVEC Nada
- Journal article citation:
- Revija Za Socijalnu Politiku Journal of Social Policy, 8(3-4), 2001, pp.267-277.
- Publisher:
- University of Zagreb
Discusses problems with the employment of older people in Croatia.
Past it at 40?: a grassroots view of ageism and discrimination in employment
- Author:
- GASTER Lucy
- Publisher:
- Policy Press
- Publication year:
- 2002
- Pagination:
- 61p.,bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- Bristol
This report provides new evidence that ageism and discrimination are having devastating effects on the lives of people as young as forty, with a cost to the economy of up to £31 billion per year. It explores, in detail, the experiences of people over forty trying to enter the labour market, including: people who have been made redundant; the longterm unemployed; women returners; people with disabilities; and people still in a job but needing new skills to keep going. Employers’ attitudes, policies and practices are examined, revealing a worrying lack of awareness of national and European legislation in relation to the employment of older people.
The 'feminine advantage': a discursive analysis of the invisibility of older women workers
- Author:
- AINSWORTH Susan
- Journal article citation:
- Gender, Work and Organization, 9(5), November 2002, pp.579-601.
- Publisher:
- Blackwell
This article discusses the overlap of gender and age identity and its implications in a specific political context - a public inquiry into the problems facing the older unemployed. The analysis shows that this 'invisibility' of female 'older worker' identity is the outcome of a central discursive struggle for recognition of older male workers as a disadvantaged group in the labour market. This 'disadvantaged' status is achieved by constructing a companion version of 'feminine advantage' in the search for employment.
The role of local initiatives in tackling the exclusion of older workers from the labour market in Britain
- Authors:
- COLLIS Clive, MALLIER Tony, SMITH-CANHAM James
- Journal article citation:
- Ageing International, 25(3), Winter 1999, pp.47-61.
- Publisher:
- Springer
- Place of publication:
- New York
The exclusion of older workers from the labour market is a widespread phenomenon in Britain, but that the problem has proved to be worse in traditionally depressed regions, where fewer job opportunities are available. A number of local initiatives have been developed to help older workers re-enter the labour market, but initiatives and good practice are often isolated from each other. In this article, authors examine examples of good practice and the barriers which have constrained their continuation; in addition, some initiatives which are not good examples are discussed.
Employers and older workers: attitudes and employment practices
- Authors:
- TAYLOR Philip, WALKER Alan
- Journal article citation:
- Ageing and Society, 18(6), November 1998, pp.641-658.
- Publisher:
- Cambridge University Press
The research on which this article was based examined the relationship between attitudes towards older workers held by personnel managers and directors in large organisations across virtually the whole range of industrial sectors and their employment practices. The aims of the research were to explore the operation of workplace social closure and the social construction of age in organisations, and to provide practical information to better inform policy making towards older workers.
Seasoned campaigners
- Author:
- IRVING Ian
- Journal article citation:
- People Management, 20.3.97, 1997, pp.36-39.
Not only do older people find it harder to find a new job after redundancy, but their chances decrease the longer they are out of work. Reports on a work placement scheme in south London that offers redundant senior managers an opportunity to improve their chances in the employment market.