Older worker inquiry


The Women and Equalities Select Committee has launched an inquiry into older people and employment to examine policies to help people extend their working lives, and also to look at how else to tackle issues such as age discrimination.


Committee chair Maria Miller MP said: “The problems facing older people at work rarely make the headlines yet last year nearly 10 million people over 50 were in work. We know that many others in this age group who would like to be working are not in employment. Helping people over 50 to tackle age discrimination is good for the economy, for employers, and for individual employees.”


The inquiry will consider issues such as what progress has been made to date by the government’s employer-led approach; how should the government and employers respond to and improve age diversity in the workforce; and what further steps should the government consider in order to reduce barriers to later-life working.


https://www.parliament.uk/business/committees/committees-a-z/commons-select/women-and-equalities-committee/news-parliament-2015/older-people-employment-launch-16-17