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The Number Of Unemployed Over 50s Has Increased By 33% In Just a Year

20th November 2020

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Workers Over 50 Made Up 45% of All Self-Employed Workers in 2019

28th August 2020

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Nearly 200,000 Workers Aged Over 50 Have Been Forced into Early Retirement Since The Pandemic Began

6th August 2020

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Over 65s See Biggest Drop in Hours Worked Since the Pandemic

28th July 2020

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Changes to women’s State Pension age have led to a sharp rise in unemployment for women aged between 60-64

21st July 2020

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Rest Less Warns that Rishi Sunak’s Youth Kickstart Scheme Could Leave At Least 660,000 Over 50s Dependent on Universal Credit for a Decade

8th July 2020

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Universal Credit Claims Amongst the Over 50s More Than Double Since March

22nd June 2020

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The Number of Women Aged Between 60 and 64 In Work has Increased by 51% Since Changes to the State Pension Age Were Introduced in 2010

16th March 2020

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Number of Over 50s on a Zero-Hours Contracts Increases By 52% In Five Years

12th March 2020

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Insolvencies Amongst Women aged Over 65 Increase by 88% in a Decade

30th January 2020

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Over 65s Likely to Drive Half of All UK Employment Growth in the Next 10 Years

26th December 2019

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Employment Rate Gap Between 50-64 Year Olds and Under 50s In Work at its Narrowest Since Comparable Records Began

13th December 2019

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Gender Pay Gap at its Widest for Those in Their 50s: Average Salary of a Woman in Her 50s is 28% Lower Than a Man’s

26th October 2019

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Those in Their 50s are More Than Twice as Likely to Be Made Redundant Than Those in Their 40s

12th October 2019

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50-64 Year Old Workers Are 33% More Likely Than Their Younger Counterparts To be Unemployed for the Long-Term

7th October 2019

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82% of the growth in UK employment has come from the Over 50s, with Employment Rate 50-64 year olds at its highest rate since records began

23rd September 2019

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Nearly One in Two (46%) of the Entire Self Employed Workforce in the UK is now Over the Age of 50

26th July 2019

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40% of the UK’s Part-Time Workforce Is Over the Age of 50

18th July 2019

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The number of over 70s still working has more than doubled in a decade to nearly half a million in 2019

23rd May 2019

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Women Over the Age of 50 Have Driven 42% of UK Employment Growth in the Last 10 Years

19th March 2019

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One in Three (34%) People in the UK Plan to Work Beyond Their State Pension Age

4th February 2019

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Latest press releases

The Number Of Unemployed Over 50s Has Increased By 33% In Just a Year

Workers Over 50 Made Up 45% of All Self-Employed Workers in 2019

Nearly 200,000 Workers Aged Over 50 Have Been Forced into Early Retirement Since The Pandemic Began

Over 65s See Biggest Drop in Hours Worked Since the Pandemic

Changes to women’s State Pension age have led to a sharp rise in unemployment for women aged between 60-64

Rest Less Warns that Rishi Sunak’s Youth Kickstart Scheme Could Leave At Least 660,000 Over 50s Dependent on Universal Credit for a Decade

Universal Credit Claims Amongst the Over 50s More Than Double Since March

The Number of Women Aged Between 60 and 64 In Work has Increased by 51% Since Changes to the State Pension Age Were Introduced in 2010

Number of Over 50s on a Zero-Hours Contracts Increases By 52% In Five Years

Insolvencies Amongst Women aged Over 65 Increase by 88% in a Decade

Over 65s Likely to Drive Half of All UK Employment Growth in the Next 10 Years

Employment Rate Gap Between 50-64 Year Olds and Under 50s In Work at its Narrowest Since Comparable Records Began

Gender Pay Gap at its Widest for Those in Their 50s: Average Salary of a Woman in Her 50s is 28% Lower Than a Man’s

Those in Their 50s are More Than Twice as Likely to Be Made Redundant Than Those in Their 40s

50-64 Year Old Workers Are 33% More Likely Than Their Younger Counterparts To be Unemployed for the Long-Term

82% of the growth in UK employment has come from the Over 50s, with Employment Rate 50-64 year olds at its highest rate since records began

Nearly One in Two (46%) of the Entire Self Employed Workforce in the UK is now Over the Age of 50

40% of the UK’s Part-Time Workforce Is Over the Age of 50

The number of over 70s still working has more than doubled in a decade to nearly half a million in 2019

Women Over the Age of 50 Have Driven 42% of UK Employment Growth in the Last 10 Years

One in Three (34%) People in the UK Plan to Work Beyond Their State Pension Age

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