EHRC's research report--"Older workers: employment preferences, barriers and solutions"--was authored by Deborah Smeaton, Sandra Vegeris and Melahat Sahin-Dikmen and finds, among other things, that of workers aged 50-75:
- 24% of men and 64% per cent of women say they plan to keep working beyond the state pension age;
- 55% cent say they are unhappy with some aspect of their working lives;
- half say the availability of part-time or flexible work would help them;
- 38% of men and 46% of women are not aware of the right to request flexible working available to adult carers; and
- 60% say they are as physically capable now to perform their jobs as when younger.
Tackling barriers to the employment of older people requires taking action on a number of fronts: the quality and flexibility of jobs; occupational health; retirement and pension policies; and attitudes and assumptions about the older generation. This will mean collaboration between government, employers, trade unions, occupational health experts and others.Source: Equality and Human Rights Commission Media Release (January 25, 2010)
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