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Snowflakes or tough as nails?

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Carole Easton
13 Oct 2022
Universities have recently found themselves in the headlines simply for asking staff to refrain from referring to older people in ageist terms.
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Post-pandemic loss of older workers from labour market continues

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11 Oct 2022
The latest ONS data shows that over 330,000 more workers aged 50-64 years old are now economically inactive than before the first outbreak of COVID-19.
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The resilience and contribution of older women to the workforce of 2022

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Kim Chaplain
28 Sep 2022
2 min read
Progress is being made for older women in the workforce, but why is the gender pay gap the most pronounced for women in their 50s and 60s?
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Image library collection recognises contributions of “invisible” older women in work

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27 Sep 2022
4 min read
We're celebrating the role of older women in work, as part of the latest update to our Age-positive image library.
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Ageing Better is backing proposed Carer’s Leave Bill

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21 Sep 2022
We're supporting legislative moves to grant more employment support and flexibility for unpaid carers.
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Older workers are the solution – not the cause – to the UK’s productivity problem

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Carole Easton
31 Aug 2022
3 min read
Why do so many people believe that older people should make way for younger people in the workplace?
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Damaging post-pandemic trend for older workers continues despite 'Great Unretirement'

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16 Aug 2022
Newly released statistics show more than 3.5 million people aged 50-64 are now economically inactive – almost 270,000 more than before the pandemic.
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Asking if over 50s are responsible for rising inflation ignores the larger problem at hand

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Luke Price
11 Aug 2022
Dame Sharon White, the head of John Lewis, commented earlier this week that over 50s leaving the labour market is contributing to rising inflation.
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The Skills to Pay the Bills: Feeling the effects of a decade of skills and training shortfall

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Amy McSweeney 1
5 Aug 2022
A new National Audit Office report has revealed a significant reduction in the take-up of skills and training programmes. Why is that?
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Exodus of experienced workers from the jobs market continues

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19 Jul 2022
New stats show there's still a significant gap to pre-pandemic levels of employment of older workers, despite a successful bounce back for other age groups .
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