Over-60s face redundancy as economy faces downturn | UK | News
"But widespread age discrimination in the workplace continues to make it more difficult for otherwise talented individuals to find new employment in their 60s. "Older workers are less likely to receive workplace training than their younger counterparts and, once made redundant, are significantly more likely to find themselves in long-term unemployment." The report highlighted that in the last recession ten years ago women could retire at the age of 60 and receive a state pension. This year the state pension age increased to 66 for both men and women, so someone being made redundant at the age...
Source: express.co.uk
