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WC1H 9NA. This consultation forms part of the Employment Law Review led by the Department for Business Innovation and Skills. It proposes that employers will be able to offer shares in their business ... existing employees, worth between £2,000 and £50,000, in return for the individual giving up certain employment rights. Most notably, employee owners would be unable to pursue claims of unfair dismissal (except
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1 The Employment Equality (Age) Regulations were introduced in to UK law on 1 October 2006. They were aimed at securing the legal rights of older workers and engendering a cultural change towards more ... group in across all parts of the employment cycle. However, this was undermined by the Default Retirement Age – an anomaly contained within the legislation allowing employers to force people from their workforce
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Default Retirement Age. There is a substantial risk that it would create a legal vacuum and allow employers to use age-based criteria in dismissal decisions while making it very difficult for ex-employees ... exists as part of the Employment Rights Act 1996. It is management practice which needs improving, not the legal framework, and the Government should instead encourage employers to engage in more effective
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Longitudinal Study (Understanding Society), this research explores patterns of employment and the determinants of membership in an employer’s pension scheme among working-age individuals from minority ethnic groups ... of an employer pension scheme. • Coming from an ethnic minority reduces one’s chances of working for an employer who offers a pension scheme, while, once an individual is working for an employer who offers
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polarised. However, a review of the evidence presents a more nuanced picture. Whilst some workers and employers appreciate the flexibility of ZHCs, others point to their negative effect on low income households ... workers of other ages, it is often lower skilled workers who are more likely to be in an exploitative employment relationship involving a ZHC. Age UK agrees with the Resolution Foundation that there is a continuing
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key indicators associated with pension protection such as being in paid employment, being an employee, and working for an employer who offers a pension scheme. However, the concentration of one’s own ethnic ... a member of an employer’s pension scheme after controlling for other factors. • Living in a deprived neighbourhood is negatively correlated with one’s likelihood to be in paid employment or being an employee
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breadwinning males. Now lump-of-labourites say that keeping the old at work would deprive the young of employment. The idea that society can become more prosperous by paying more of its citizens to be idle is ... the entire 1968-2005 period, labour force participation of the old is positively associated with employment of the young. Controlling for the business cycle reduces the magnitude but does not alter this
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effectiveness of the Department for Work and Pensions Fuller Working Lives strategy, and the role of employers in supporting this agenda. Key points and recommendations With State Pension age rising, ensuring ... the Fuller Working Lives strategy, and believe it has been a good first step towards improving employment outcomes for older workers. There are, however, still significant barriers that prevent older
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1 Behind the headlines: Why the employment rate does not tell the whole story about working longer April 2017 2 Contents Summary of findings................................................ ... ................................................. 12 3 Summary of findings The headline employment rate does not tell the whole story about how the labour market has changed for older workers, making
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older people bring as employees and contributors to wider society and to the economy. Employment and employment support More people are working for longer than ever before. For some this is through choice ... (though the number of older people has also increased in this time). 10% of this age group is in employment in Wales.2 1 Office for National Statistics
