Third Age Employment Network - Archived News 3rd Quarter 2005

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Archived News 3rd Quarter 2005

Posted September 2005
	National Minimum Wage Rises Increased Life Expectancy Means Mandatory Retirement Ages Should Go Factors Affecting The Labour Market Participation of Older Workers Blunkett Commits Jobcentre Plus to work closer with voluntary and community sector NAPF says Citizen’s Pension would take up to 10 million pensioners off means test EOC publishes report on flexible and part-time working Working Longer or Saving More? New Office for Disability Issues to be set up US study highlights the need for older workers as labour and skills shortages affect industry 1300 Jobs To Go At the LSC Employment Figures : Good and Not So Good News Ministers Contemplate Jobcentre Plus Privatisation Labour Market Cooling But Overall Outlook Remains Positive Universal Flexible Working Rights Ruled Out Survey Shows Patterns of Pay Lower For the Over 50s Ageism in Britain ‘Half-Baked’ Assistance Scheme Will Fail Majority of Lost Pension Workers. EFA’s Menagerie of Workers ‘New’ Career Opportunities In the Heath Service
Posted August 2005
	Many Older Women Face Pensions Bind Formal Qualifications A Flawed Proxy For Skills Employment Prospects for ‘Core Jobless’ Set to Worsen ‘Reasonable Adjustments’ Easy Say Most Small Businesses New ‘Age Proofing’ Tool For Employers Charity Sector Becoming More Attractive to Job Seekers Economic Migrants From New EU States Flock To Britain Online Age Survey Norwich Union To Sponsor TAEN Conference Financial Education In The UK Employment Trends Heading In The Wrong Direction Employers’ £4.4 bn Training Spend Helping To Reduce Skills Problems IOD Survey Questions Relevance of the Regional Development Agencies Life Expectancy Gap Widening Dormant Accounts : Rumpus Threatened Under Half Of Employers Using Jobcentre Plus To Recruit Government Promises To Overhaul Pensions By 2010 Opportunity Age Consultation Period Closed 4 out of 5 Growing Businesses Intend Expanding At Home
Posted July 2005
	Recruitment Outlook Less Bright But Holding Up Living And Working Longer Messages Failing To Get Through New Deal For Disabled Extended Over Two Million Facing Endowment Mortgage Shortfall New Disability Laws To Come Into Effect in December Employers Groups Lobbying For Delay To Age Regulations IOD Calls For State Pension Age To Rise To 70 Small Firms Also Facing Skill Shortages Draft Age Regulations Published – At Last Increase In Public Sector Employment Halved Absence Gap Widens New Skills Training Pilot Scheme Announced For Employees Too Few GPs Working On EOC Insists New Law Needed To Close Gender Pay Gap 8 Out of 10 UK Employers Recruiting Staff From Overseas Employers Offering Flexible Working Doubles

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