NESTA research: The Grey Economy - Third Age Entrepreneurs critical to growth
An interesting piece of research from NESTAThe report reveals that Third Age Entrepreneurs are responsible for over a quarter of the companies set up in the UK in recent years. It finds that entrepreneurs aged 50 -...
Building a society for all ages
As a country we are living through enormous demographic change. Building a society for all ages is the Government's strategy for how we, as a society, make the most of this change. It builds on a solid foundation o...
We've answered the questions submitted at the Launch of the Regional Framework for Ageing Event on 24 April 2009
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Default retirement age could be scrapped
By Deborah Hyde | 15:28:51 | 13 July 2009 The government may scrap rules which allow employers to force people to retire once they reach the age of 65 as it looks for solutions to an ageing population and a mounting...
Employers agree mandatory retirement leads to loss of talent
Almost two thirds of HR managers of organisations that have a mandatory retirement age of 65 think this can lead to a loss of valuable knowledge and talent.Extract from an article in HR Magazine, David Woods, 8 July 2009...
Survey identifies benefits of scrapping mandatory retirement at 65
A survey, jointly undertaken by TAEN and the Employers Forum of Age, of nearly 200 human resource management professionals has found that almost two thirds (64%) of employers who operate a mandatory retirement ...