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Public policy options to assist older workers: what role for public policy in combating age discrimination in employment? a survey of opinion formers in the European Union; [and]
— Age discrimination in employment: a survey of opinion formers in the United Kingdom | | Author(s) | Elizabeth Drury, Philip Taylor, Alan Walker |
| Corporate Author | Eurolink Age |
| Publisher | Eurolink Age, London, 1997 |
| Pages | 87 pp |
| Source | Eurolink Age, 1268 London Road, London SW16 4ER. |
| Keywords | Employment of older people ; Attitudes to the old of general public ; Social policy ; European Union ; Social surveys ; Europe. |
| Annotation | The first survey asked opinion formers views on five proposed policy options: attitudes towards age discrimination in employment; legislation or other public policies directly aimed at combatting age discrimination; older unemployed and job-seekers; recruitment and in-company training by employers; and early exit from employment and retirement age. There was active support for labour market measures to promote employment. Anti-age discrimination had less support. In the UK survey (by Philip Taylor and Alan Walker), measures favoured were: comprehensive age discrimination legislation; action at European level; more education and awareness campaigns; financial incentives to encourage phased or flexible retirement; public policy measures to help older people re-enter the labour market; giving older people the same employment rights; and more emphasis on lifetime learning and training programmes to help with employability. |
| Accession Number | CPA-970911003 B |
| Classmark | GC: TOB: TM2: WFC: 3F: 74 |
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