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Winter fuel payments
- Author:
- SIMMONS David
- Journal article citation:
- Welfare Rights Bulletin, 157, August 2000, pp.7-8.
- Publisher:
- Child Poverty Action Group
In the wake of action in the European Court of Justice (ECJ), the government has changed the rules on winter fuel payments. This article describes the changes.
The impact of European union law on pensions in the UK: findings
- Author:
- JOSEPH ROWNTREE FOUNDATION
- Publisher:
- Joseph Rowntree Foundation
- Publication year:
- 1996
- Pagination:
- 4p.
- Place of publication:
- York
European Union (EU) activity in relation to occupational and state pensions is increasing. Much is directed towards creating the single market and avoiding distortions in competition. The possibility that this market-oriented activity has an adverse effect on the ability of pensions to provide adequate income is seldom addressed in the UK. This new study by the authors brings together the diverse strands of EU pension-related activity and finds it has had both beneficial and adverse effects an occupational and state pensions in the UK.
Outlawing age discrimination: foreign lessons, UK choices
- Authors:
- HORNSTEIN Zmira, ENCEL Sol, GUNDERSON Morley, NEUMARK David
- Publisher:
- Policy Press
- Publication year:
- 2001
- Pagination:
- 96p.,bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- Bristol
The UK is committed to legislating against age discrimination in employment and, under the EC Directive on Equal Treatment in Employment and Occupation is expected to have legislation in place by December 2003. This study looks at what can be usefully learned from other countries' experiences and analyses the options for the UK. It identifies legislation against age discrimination in thirteen countries and looks in detail at Australia, Canada and the United States where legislation has been in force for some time.
Day care in the United Kingdom and the Netherlands: a comparative study
- Authors:
- NIES Henk, TESTER Susan, NUIJENS Jan Maarten
- Journal article citation:
- Ageing and Society, 11(3), September 1991, pp.245-273.
- Publisher:
- Cambridge University Press
Compares social policy and legislation, service delivery, types of service and user characteristics, and discusses issues of policy and practice.
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.