A survey has found that nearly half (44 per cent) of people aged 65 and over who were still working are planning to continue to do so until they are at least 70.
With billions of pounds in Government contracts already cancelled or put on hold, the Government’s austerity measures are leading to a surge in corporate failures and job losses.
Business conditions improved in the region's private sector economy during July, according to data in the West Midlands Purchasing Managers Index (PMI).
A new EU Directive came into force this week giving self-employed workers and their partners the right to improved social protection in the form of maternity leave and pension benefits.
A new study concludes that there has been little change in most employers’ age-related policies and practices since the Age Regulations came into effect in October 2006.
Age campaign organisations have welcomed the Coalition Government’s announcement that the Default Retirement Age (DRA) will be scrapped from October 2011.
Home Secretary and Equalities Minister Theresa May has confirmed that the Government is to go ahead with the implementation of the Equality Act in October 2010 as planned.
