In March 2015, then older workers’ czar Baroness Ros Altmann launched her review, ‘A New Vision for Older Workers’, to which Recruiter contributed.

The government’s Fuller Working Lives strategy takes the recommendations of this review forward to ‘recruit, retain and retrain’ older workers.

This latest inquiry will focus on the questions below, with the Committee welcoming evidence from individuals, as well as organisations.

• Is the Fuller Working Lives strategy a comprehensive response to the issues identified in the Altmann Review?
• What progress has been made to date by the government’s employer-led approach, and what are its strengths and limitations?
• What further steps should the government consider to reduce barriers to later-life working?
• What further steps need to be taken to reduce age discrimination in recruitment, and what evidence is there that an employer-led approach will be effective?
• How successful are government policies on re-training and re-entry likely to be in helping people stay in work or find new employment? Have relevant recommendations on reforming Jobcentre Plus and welfare-to-work services been implemented? Is there a place for employer incentives?
• How should government and employers respond to and improve age diversity in the workforce? How could the Independent Review of Employment Practices in the Modern Economy most effectively contribute to improving the prospects of older workers?
• Is the government’s approach addressing the different needs of women, carers, people with long-term health conditions and disabilities, and BME groups among the older workforce?

The deadline for written evidence submissions to the inquiry is 9 May. Click here to submit your evidence.

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