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Age and employment: why employers should think again about older workers
- Author:
- WORSLEY Richard
- Publisher:
- Age Concern
- Publication year:
- 1996
- Pagination:
- 160p.,list of orgs.,bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- London
Comprehensive review of employers' policies and practices on employment of older workers.
Employment: the role of work in the third age
- Authors:
- TRINDER Chris, HULME Geoffrey, McCARTHY Una
- Publisher:
- Carnegie United Kingdom Trust
- Publication year:
- 1992
- Pagination:
- 83p.,bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- Dunfermline
Health and place: how levelling up health can keep older workers working
- Author:
- INTERNATIONAL LONGEVITY CENTRE UK
- Publisher:
- International Longevity Centre UK
- Publication year:
- 2022
- Pagination:
- 31
- Place of publication:
- London
This study explores the link between levels of employment of older people and health in a place. The report finds that the higher the proportion of older people with poor health in a place, the less likely it is that any adults in that place will be in paid work. For example: older workers from the unhealthiest areas are 60% more likely to be out of work than those who live in the healthiest areas; women aged 50-74 living in the ‘healthiest’ areas of England and Wales were 5.6% more likely to be in paid work than those living in the 'unhealthiest' areas; men aged 50-74 living in the 'healthiest' areas of England and Wales were 7.1% more likely to be in paid work than those living in the 'unhealthiest'. The report shows that how we measure health in a place matters: links between health in a place and employment are stronger for self-rated health measures, compared with life expectancy figures or mortality indicators. Historically disadvantaged areas continue to struggle: areas where people left paid work at a younger age due to poor health in 1991 were much more likely to experience this trend in 2011 as well. This disproportionately affects people in manual occupations: they are much more likely to experience ill health, and they can expect four fewer years of healthy life beyond age 50, compared with workers in administrative or professional roles. There is a correlation between health in a place and younger people being in paid employment: for example, the probability of a woman aged 16 to 49 not being in paid work was 33.7% in the 'unhealthiest' areas compared with 26.3% in the 'healthiest' areas. Those working in professional occupations were more likely to be in work 10 years later than those working in elementary occupations or doing repetitive manual labour: this gap in employment outcomes was most marked for people living in 'unhealthy' areas. (Edited publisher abstract)
A silver lining for the UK economy? The intergenerational case for supporting longer working lives
- Author:
- THOMSON Patrick
- Publisher:
- Centre for Ageing Better
- Publication year:
- 2018
- Pagination:
- 44
- Place of publication:
- London
This paper explores how supporting older workers to remain in better, more fulfilling work for longer can be part of the solution to addressing the fiscal pressures of an ageing population. Currently, less than half of the population are in employment the year before they are eligible for their state pension. The age employment gap is likely to grow in line with the scheduled rises in state pension age unless action is taken now. The paper argues that the key driver of supporting people to work for longer is to improve the quality of work. It sets out key policy options, which include: policies to prevent older workers from falling out of work – ensuring that existing initiatives and services such as Access to Work are tailored to the health profile and needs of older workers, enabling workers to make a statutory request for flexible working upon point of hire, without having to wait 26 weeks, requiring statutory reporting of flexible working requests and responses, and introducing a right to return for both carers and people with long term health conditions; policies to support a return to work – developing specialised employment support for claimants aged 50 and over, recognising the particular difficulties faced by this age group, creating greater flexibility in the benefits system to recognise that not everyone can work, particularly in the context of the rising state pension age; and policies to support workplaces that accommodate all ages – introducing age bands in gender pay gap reporting to highlight pay inequalities faced by older women in the workplace, and ensuring open access and promotion of skills and progression opportunities for all ages. (Edited publisher abstract)
Extending working life sector initiative: a review
- Authors:
- STRUDWICK Maria, KIRKPATRICK Andrea
- Publisher:
- Great Britain. Department for Work and Pensions
- Publication year:
- 2013
- Pagination:
- 67p.
- Place of publication:
- London
Extending Working Life (EWL) is needed because of demographic changes, increases to State Pension Age and the current state of under-saving for retirement. The EWL Sector Initiative was an innovative approach to employer engagement, using contracted intermediaries or ‘Engagement Managers’ to equip a range of sector bodies with information about the benefits of employing older workers. Nine sectors (construction, retail, hospitality, public administration, manufacturing, transport, health and care, finance and education) were chosen to represent a large proportion of employers and of the total workforce. Interviews took place during the end of 2011/ beginning of 2012 with the Project Manager and the five Engagement Managers who provided the support, representatives from nine sector bodies and the policy team from the DWP. The short term aim of engaging across the sectors was achieved. The extent to which sector leads were planning to promote extending working life issues after this initiative varied.
The Employment Equality (Age) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2006: statutory rule 2006 no. 261
- Author:
- NORTHERN IRELAND
- Publisher:
- Stationery Office
- Publication year:
- 2006
- Pagination:
- 68p.
- Place of publication:
- Belfast
These Regulations, which are made under section 2(2) of the European Communities Act 1972 (c.68), implement (in Northern Ireland) Council Directive 2000/78/EC of 27th November 2000 establishing a general framework for equal treatment in employment (OJ L 303, 2.12.2000, p.16) so far as it relates to discrimination on grounds of age. The Regulations make it unlawful to discriminate on grounds of age in employment and vocational training. They prohibit direct discrimination, indirect discrimination, victimisation, instructions to discriminate and harassment.
Working beyond 60: key policies and practices in Europe
- Author:
- REDAY-MULVIE Genevieve
- Publisher:
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Publication year:
- 2005
- Pagination:
- 220p., bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- Basingstoke
While the question to why work beyond sixty has now become obvious, the how and for whom questions are the real topic of this study. Work after sixty - if it is to be feasible and widespread - has to be on a part-time basis to meet the wishes and needs of workers and companies. This book provides an in-depth analysis of the growing importance of work beyond sixty and a comparative discussion of new policies in several EU Member States as well as of company practice.
Older workers: statistical information booklet: Spring 2005
- Author:
- GREAT BRITAIN. Department for Work and Pensions
- Publisher:
- Great Britain. Department for Work and Pensions
- Publication year:
- 2005
- Pagination:
- 23p.
- Place of publication:
- London
The majority of the results presented in this booklet are based on Labour Force Survey results for Great Britain in Autumn (Sep-Nov) 2004.
The decline of employment among older people in Britain
- Author:
- CAMPBELL Nigel
- Publisher:
- London School of Economics. Centre for Analysis of Social Exclusion
- Publication year:
- 1999
- Pagination:
- 4p.
- Place of publication:
- London
Summary of a research paper focusing in particular on the employment prospects of men aged over forty five.
The decline of employment among older people in Britain
- Author:
- CAMPBELL Nigel
- Publisher:
- London School of Economics. Centre for Analysis of Social Exclusion
- Publication year:
- 1999
- Pagination:
- 80p.,tables,bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- London
Analyses the Labour Force Survey and the first six waves of the British Household Panel Survey to examine why older people's employment has fallen, which groups have been most affected, and whether these trends are likely to continue.