Category: Employment News

More than 100 leading organisations and businesses, as well as many smaller ones, have joined the Ageing Better Age-friendly Employer Pledge scheme within its first 100 days. 

The Chancellor is hoping to tempt over 50s back to work. He’d do well to understand what conditions this group of workers require, says Sally Wilse of AAA members Seniors Helping Seniors.

New research by the International Longevity Centre, the UK’s leading think tank on the impact of longevity on society, highlights deep-seated inequalities in the UK’s changing labour market and the critical condition of the current economy.

The Centre for Ageing Better is developing a new redundancy support service to help older workers aged between 50 and 64 find fulfilling employment.

There are now 3.6 million 50-64 year olds not in work… a figure that is 300,000 higher than before the pandemic. But at least 500,000 want and need to work but cannot find a job.

Substantial government support for older workers should be included in the Spring Budget, says the Centre for Ageing Better, citing the latest ONS labour market data which shows that economic inactivity among older workers remains above pre-pandemic levels.