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Employment opportunities for people over 50
- This consultation has completed. It ran from Monday, 10 November 2014 to Thursday, 5 March 2015
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Response to the consultation
Evidence submitted in response to this Consultation
- EOP 1 - John Gallanders PDF 167 KB View as HTML (1) 41 KB
- EOP 2 - Age Cymru PDF 172 KB View as HTML (2) 54 KB
- EOP 3 - Flintshire County Council PDF 523 KB
- EOP 4 - Remploy Cymru PDF 150 KB View as HTML (4) 28 KB
- EOP 5 - Older People's Commissioner for Wales PDF 389 KB View as HTML (5) 141 KB
- EOP 6 - Wrexham County Borough Council PDF 127 KB View as HTML (6) 17 KB
- EOP 7 - Age Alliance Wales PDF 176 KB View as HTML (7) 25 KB
- EOP 8 - Howard (Wrexham) PDF 79 KB View as HTML (8) 8 KB
- EOP 9 - Karen (Wrexham) PDF 190 KB View as HTML (9) 11 KB
- EOP 10 - Chwarae Teg PDF 631 KB
- EOP 11 - John (Powys) PDF 178 KB View as HTML (11) 24 KB
- EOP 12 - Prime Cymru PDF 867 KB
- EOP 13 - Working Links PDF 225 KB View as HTML (13) 23 KB
- EOP 14 - National Training Federation Training Wales PDF 308 KB View as HTML (14) 64 KB
- EOP 15 - Diverse Cymru PDF 179 KB View as HTML (15) 36 KB
- EOP 16 - NIACE Cymru PDF 159 KB View as HTML (16) 39 KB
Purpose of the consultation
The
National Assembly for Wales’s Enterprise
and Business Committee undertook an inquiry into employment opportunities
for people over 50.
Terms
of reference
- The barriers that face people over 50 trying
to re-enter the labour market
- The extent of age-discrimination and its
impact on the recruitment of people over 50
- Whether there are any disadvantages to
people over 50 re-entering the labour market
- The effectiveness of the Welsh
Government’s Strategy for Older People in Wales 2013-23 in assisting
people over 50 into work
- The support that is most effective for
people over 50 trying to re-enter the labour market (particularly
programmes and projects).
As
part of these terms of reference, the Committee considered:
- The availability and suitability of
local job opportunities
- The need for relevant support and skills
training
- Transport difficulties, including
availability and cost (especially in rural areas)
- Lack of confidence (for example,
following redundancy)
- Assisting and supporting people with
additional challenges (for example, those with a disability)
- Potential barriers to people over 50
accessing employment owing to caring responsibilities (for example, caring
for elderly parents)
- The role of people over 50 in mentoring
younger workers and passing on their skills and knowledge
- How people over 50 re-entering the
labour market can affect the number of jobs and career progression
opportunities available to younger workers
- Assisting those from areas of high
unemployment
- The impact and value-for-money of
European funding.
Disclosure
of Information
You
can find further details about how we shall use your information at http://www.assemblywales.org/help/privacy/help-inquiry-privacy.htm.
Please ensure that you have considered these details carefully before
submitting information to the Committee.
Contact details
Should you wish to speak to someone regarding this consultation, please use the below contact details:
Enterprise and Business Committee - Fourth Assembly
Welsh Parliament
Cardiff Bay
Cardiff
CF99 1SN
Email: Contact@senedd.wales
Telephone: 0300 200 6565