Wasted talent
The talents of more than a million people aged over 50 are being wasted because of discrimination, bias and outdated employment practices, MPs say.
A report by the Women and Equalities Committee also concludes that the government and the Equality and Human Rights Commission are failing to enforce the law on age discrimination and must be clearer that prejudice, unconscious bias and casual ageism in the workplace are all unlawful under the Equality Act 2010.
A quarter (24%) of employers admitted they were unprepared for a growing number of older workers.
Committee chair Maria Miller said the business case for an age-diverse workforce is “clear”, yet employers “continue to organise workplaces around an outdated, inflexible model that ... no longer works”.