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Promoting equality for older workers: a guide for union reps
- Editors:
- PECK Stephanie, (ed.)
- Publisher:
- Labour Research Department
- Publication year:
- 2008
- Pagination:
- 40p.
- Place of publication:
- London
Demographic change is altering the profile of the labour market creating a workforce in which there are increasing numbers of older workers. This booklet provides union reps and negotiators with the information that they need to promote equality and develop an "age-friendly" workplace for older workers.
Retirement in flux: changing perceptions of retirement and later life
- Author:
- INTERNATIONAL LONGEVITY CENTRE UK
- Publisher:
- International Longevity Centre UK
- Publication year:
- 2012
- Pagination:
- 22p
- Place of publication:
- London
Retirement and what it means to be a citizen in an ageing society is changing. Traditionally, our understanding of retirement implies that people make contributions in their working life in return for support in later life. This think-piece argues that society needs to abandon the notion that people make contributions in their working life in return for support in retirement. Such an approach implies that retirement marks the point where older people’s contributions are no longer valuable. An ageing society, with many people living longer and healthier lives, means that contributions should continue into later life. This publication discusses the rights and responsibilities of later life, arguing that the concept of ‘gradual retirement’ may be better suited to an ageing society. Older citizens have a responsibility to remain in the labour market, where possible, to enable skills retention and minimise the fiscal burdens on taxpayers. Alongside this, they should have a right to support to enable longer working lives. Older people should have a right to remain in their own home, but it is fair that they should draw upon property wealth to help fund care costs where possible. In addition, there should be opportunities for older people to volunteer in ways that are flexible, enjoyable, and oriented towards utilising their skills.
Fixed laws, fluid lives: the citizenship status of post-retirement migrants in the European Union
- Authors:
- ACKERS Louise, DWYER Peter
- Journal article citation:
- Ageing and Society, 24(3), May 2004, pp.451-475.
- Publisher:
- Cambridge University Press
Presents key findings of a recently completed socio-legal study of international retirement migration in the European Union (EU). It highlights the diverse nature of retirement migration and the differential citizenship status that is formally granted to various groups of retired migrants. ‘Citizenship of the European Union’ (Articles 17–22 of the Treaty establishing the European Community) bestows important social and political rights on nationals of EU Member States (‘Community nationals’). These rights are not, however, universal or based on nationality as such. In practice, the residency and social rights that a mobile EU national can claim in another Member State depend on the type of social contribution they have made and their personal relationships. The rights of people (and members of their family) who move following retirement in their home country differ substantially from those who retire following a period of working in another Member State (and achieve the status of ‘community migrant worker’ prior to retirement). This formal ‘discrimination’ is further compounded by the diversity of the social welfare systems of the member states that results in distinct social, economic and spatial inequalities across the EU.
Memorandum on older people and human rights
- Authors:
- HARDING Tessa, GOULD Jena
- Publisher:
- Help the Aged
- Publication year:
- 2003
- Pagination:
- 15p.
- Place of publication:
- London
Older people are afforded protection of their human rights under the Human Rights Act 1998 (the HRA 1998), which incorporates the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR) into domestic law. These rights may be asserted when facing difficulties in these areas: physical and mental health; community care; social care; housing; transport; employment; income; education and leisure; utilities and consumer protection; access to information; and decision-making.
The legal rights manual: a guide for social workers and advice centres
- Author:
- COOPER Jeremy
- Publisher:
- Arena
- Publication year:
- 1994
- Pagination:
- 448p.
- Place of publication:
- Aldershot
Provides social workers, advice centres and those engaged in caring for others, together with users, with an up-to-date text providing information and advice on legal rights. Covers a wide range of settings, including housing, the workplace, disability, mental health, dealing with the council and other public bodies, problems with the police, living with old age, and consumer goods and services.
Age discrimination in public policy: a review of evidence
- Authors:
- GRATTAN Patrick, et al
- Publisher:
- Help the Aged
- Publication year:
- 2002
- Pagination:
- 155p.,bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- London
This report discovers clear evidence of direct discrimination in Britain's national institutions and explores the profound impact of indirect discrimination on older people themselves and on society as a whole. The report examines how public policy discriminates directly and indirectly on the grounds of age in seven specific areas: education, health care, employment, social care, social security, transport and citizenship.
Age diversity in employment
- Author:
- GREAT BRITAIN. Department for Education and Employment
- Publisher:
- Great Britain. Department for Education and Employment
- Publication year:
- 1999
- Pagination:
- Two booklets;10p.,30p.
- Place of publication:
- London
This code of practice on age diversity in employment calls upon all employers to tackle age discrimination. It points to demographic changes and sets out benefits for organisations as well as drawing attention to the unfairness of treating people less favourably imply because of their age. The first booklet sets out the principles of the code. The second offers guidance and case studies.
Adult care
- Author:
- PEACE Shelia
- Journal article citation:
- Research Matters, October 2001, pp.6-8.
- Publisher:
- Community Care
Reviews two pieces of research. The first undertakes a national audit to assess the extent of inappropriate admission for older people living in nursing homes. The second discusses the experiences of people living in Methodist Homes and how these settings are coping with change within their framework of care. Both studies are connected by the theme of appropriateness - living where you need to live or where you want to live.