Supporting the management of an ageing workforce – Age Positive
The DWP’s Age Positive initiative has drawn together research and information from employers on effectively managing an ageing multi-generational workforce. Download and use this information freely in communications and in connection with supporting employers.
Employing older workers: An employer’s guide to today’s multi-generational workforce
This guide provides answers to employer questions and issues concerning recruitment, performance, succession management, retention and transfer of skills, bringing on younger workers, and retirement. It offers good practice solutions tried and tested by employers of various sectors and sizes.
Employer case studies: Employing older workers for an effective multi-generational workforce
This collection of over 30 case studies provides real life examples, showing how employers of various sectors and sizes have made the best of the opportunities, and effectively managed the issues presented by an ageing workforce. They offer practical examples and transferable experience.
- Employer case studies: Employing older workers for an effective multi-generational workforce (543KB)
Age Positive logo
Any organisation that supports and practices the points covered by the “Employing older workers” guide can freely display the Age Positive logo.
Guidance on employment legislation
ACAS provides free advice for employers on employment legislation including advice on age and the workplace.
Research on age and employment
- Extended Working Life Tracker (chapter two in Employers’ awareness, understanding and activity relating to workplace pension reforms), The Pensions Regulator 2012 (6.75MB)
- Managing a Healthy Ageing Workforce: a national business imperative, CIPD 2012 (Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development website)
- An update of the literature on age and employment, HSE 2011 (1.38MB)
- The macroeconomic impact from extending working lives, DWP 2011 (3.44MB)
- Second survey of employers’ policies, practices and preferences relating to age, DWP/BIS 2010 (1.51MB)
- Default Retirement Age: Employer Qualitative research, DWP 2010 (447KB)
- Pathways to retirement: The influence of employer policy and practice on retirement decisions, DWP 2010 (1.01MB)
- Working Better – The over 50s, the new work generation, EHRC 2010 (3.56MB)
- Releasing jobs for the young?, Institute for Fiscal Studies 2010 (Institute for Fiscal Studies website)
- Practical tips and guidance on training a mixed – age workforce, DWP 2006 (397KB)
