Third Age Employment Network - Archived News 4th Quarter 2004

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Posted December 2004
	TAEN on BBC Radio 4 'Moneybox' Confidence Stalled But Job Outlook Good For 2005 Plug Pulled On Another Government Learning Initiative PSA Target On Basic Skills Achieved Discrimination Legislation : European Commission Taking 5 EU Members to Court. Draft Age Regs Delayed Till Summer 2005 Hopes of Employment Rights For Older Workers Dashed Discrimination Laws Not Worth The Paper They’re Written On Later Childbirth Trend Continues More People Employed, Fewer Unemployed, More Inactive Retirement Ages: Government Bows To Pressure From Business Civil Service Pension Proposals Announced Over ¼ million Jobs Paying Below Minimum Wage Small Firms Oppose Extending Flexibility Compulsory Retirement Ages Set To Go Employer Training Pilots To Be Mainstreamed
Posted November 2004
	Government Finds Money For Pathways To Work Extension. Improving the Labour Market For Ethnic Minorities South East Researchers Seeking Victims of Employment Ageism Stress Puts Years on You - Official Small Businesses Unaware of New Pension Laws DWP Gets Easy Ride On Over 50s Employment Retirement Age Taskforce Fails to Reach Consensus Manufacturing Sector Gloomy About Job Prospects Business Demands Right To Set Retirement Age Skill Shortages Damaging Profits in Hospitality and Tourism Over 50s Employment Figures Stalled Manufacturers Want Standard Retirement Age of 65 Employers Complain of IT Skills Shortages Pension Credit Now A ‘Qualifying Benefit’ Age Discrimination Getting Worse What HR Professionals Think About Older Workers
Posted October 2004
	Strength of the Grey Pound Business Recovery For Recruitment Industry Majority of Employers Still Failing To Target Older Workers Researchers Looking For Older Workers Women’s State Pension “A National Scandal” Government Workforce Still Expanding Age Diversity Increasing In Offices Achieving later retirement ages with ‘rewards for all’ Gender Pay Gap Wider Than Thought Reduction of Numbers on IB To Pay For Pensions Boost Good News For Sole Employee Firms Loss of Confidence Amongst Smaller Firms Work Longer, Save More, Pay Increased Taxes – Our Pension Options TAEN Annual Conference To Pick Up on Turner’s Analysis One in Three Workers Victims of Age Discrimination Conservatives Plan to Privatise Jobcentres ONS Publishes New Population Projections Internal Migration Swells Population of the South West

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