Forties People

When it comes to time spent with their current employers those aged 50-SPA average 13 years versus 7.2 years for those aged 25-49 and just 1.7 years for those aged 16-24. This is extremely significant because it blows away the justification some employers are seeking to have built into the forthcoming age legislation for discriminating against recruiting older workers i.e. on the basis that they will get a better payback period from taking on and training younger employees. The evidence is quite the contrary.

These are just two invaluable pieces of ‘myth-busting’ information contained in the latest ‘Older Workers : Statistical Information Booklet – Spring 2003’ published by the DWP.