Older people and employment inquiry
Inquiry by the Women and Equalities Committee, 13 September 2017 to 13 September 2017. Its page on the Parliament website.
Reports and responses
- 4th Report - Older people and employment (17 July 2018)
- 6th Special Report - Older people and employment: Government and Equality and Human Rights Commission Responses to the Committee’s Fourth Report of Session 2017–19 (19 October 2018)
Evidence sessions
- 13 December 2017: Yvonne Sonsino, Co-Chair, Fuller Working Lives Business Strategy Group, Dr Brian Beach, Senior Research Fellow, International Longevity Centre UK, Patrick Thomson, Senior Programme Manager and lead on fulfilling work, Centre for Ageing Better
- 10 January 2018: Christopher Brooks, Senior Policy Manager, Age UK, Elizabeth Prochaska, Legal Director, Equality and Human Rights Commission, Julie Dennis, Head of Diversity and Inclusion, Acas, Dee Masters, Barrister
- 24 January 2018: Tom Hadley, Director of Policy, Recuitment and Employment Confederation, Jane Shepherd, National Education Officer and Teresa Donegan, Head of Learning and Organising Services, UNISON; Ben Willmott, Head of Public Policy, CIPD, and Ruby Peacock, Deputy Head of Public Affairs, Federation of Small Businesses (at 10.30am).
- 28 February 2018: Andy Briggs, Government Business Champion for Older workers, Catherine Sermon, Employment Director, Business in the Community
- 21 March 2018: Alok Sharma MP, Minister of State for Employment, and Duncan Gilchrist, Deputy Director, Fuller Working Lives and State Pensions Policy, Department for Work and Pensions, Andrew Griffiths MP, Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, and Mark Holmes, Deputy Director, Labour Market Directorate, Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy.