Retirement age abolition will cause benefit issues

Employers must formalise their flexible retirement policies ahead of the abolition of the default retirement age or risk breaching age discrimination laws, JLT Benefit Solutions warns. 

Hiring across the generation gap

With the default retirement age soon to be a relic of the past, DeeDee Doke discovers that the greater battle is to change both workers’ and employers’ attitudes to age and prevent age discrimination.

Older people 'spending more on basics'

People aged over 50 are spending an increasingly large proportion of their income on basic items such as fuel and food, according to a new study.

Campaign shows that age is just a number

The Age is Just a Number campaign has teamed up older and younger people in the Caerphilly area to bridge the divide between the age groups, by using positive images. 

The only generation that matters

Former MP Michael Brown discusses the trend for political parties to choose younger leaders. In his view, our representative democracy has matured on terms of sex, race and gender balance, but has taken a step back in terms of age discrimination.