Sunak faces pressure to help older people return to work after ill health
Wise Age supports the return to work of the over 50s as it benefits businesses facing job shortages and can make…
Poverty Rates for Over 50’s – Report from Age UK
Age UK London’s new report with data showing that poverty rates for over 50s are significantly higher in London compared with…
Over 50s To The Rescue
Hamish McRae has some thoughts on how best to tackle our economic woes and Wise age agrees which is why we…
Happy Christmas and a Merry, Healthy, Wealthy, and Wise New Year
Happy Christmas and a Merry, Healthy, Wealthy, and Wise New Year. Wise Age wishes to wish everyone a Merry Christmas and…
Covid and the climate crisis show why we need a new social contract between old and young
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2021/feb/25/covid-climate-crisis-new-social-contract-old-young The problem is not one of intergenerational conflict which this article and the IFS keep peddling but of wealth and…
The Gender Pay Gap For Over-50s
WiseAge experience shows women get the lower paid jobs in retail, admin and social care but at the same time often…
Over-50s in England ‘prematurely shuffled out of labour market’
https://www.theguardian.com/society/2020/sep/10/over-50s-england-labour-market-dwp-employment?CMP=share_btn_link As you can see from these new figuresthe rising concern about older working age people as the recession begins to…
The Guardian: Axing older workers won’t save young people from the Covid dole queue
We have been fighting this ageism for over 20 years and yet the same fake news keeps re-appearing.
Over 50s Lead in Recruitment Stakes
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2020/aug/12/axing-older-workers-wont-save-young-people-from-the-covid-dole-queue Over 50s are now taking the lead in jobs growth, particularly women. This is great news for we older working…