Research and analysis

Employer experiences of recruiting, retaining and retraining older workers: qualitative research

This report sets out the findings of qualitative research investigating employer attitudes and policies for older workers.

• From: Department for Work and Pensions
• Published: 2 February 2017

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Employer experiences of recruiting, retaining and retraining older workers: qualitative research

Ref: ISBN 978 1 911003 64 9, RR940

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Details

This research was commissioned to analyse the barriers facing employers in recruiting, retaining and retraining older workers across a range of UK labour market sectors.

The research will:

• add to the Fuller Working Lives: evidence base 2017
• make a new contribution towards a deeper understanding of employer policies and practices
• inform evidence-backed policies to help employers to take positive action to recruit, retain and retrain older workers
• feed into Fuller Working Lives: a partnership approach

Authors: Lorna Adams, Mark Winterbotham, Siv Svanaes and Christabel Downing (IFF Research).

Related documents

The research is part of a suite of 4 Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) research reports contributing to the Fuller Working Lives: evidence base 2017.

The 4 DWP research reports are:

• Attitudes to working in later life: analysis of British Social Attitudes 2015
• Older workers and the workplace: evidence from the Workplace Employment Relations Survey
• Sector-based work academies and work experience trials for older claimants: combined quantitative and qualitative findings
• Employer experiences of recruiting, retaining and retraining older workers: qualitative research (this report)

In July 2016, DWP published a new experimental official statistic on the Economic labour market status of individuals aged 50 and over since 1984.

Published 2 February 2017