Age Positive Publications

Main guidance

• Workforce management without a fixed retirement age (199KB)
• Answers to employer questions on older workers and retirement (66KB)
• Answers to employer questions on older workers and retirement - Welsh (129KB)

Employer Case Studies

• Good practice case studies: managing without a fixed retirement age (89KB)
• Good practice case studies: managing without a fixed retirement age - Welsh (145KB)

Individual case studies

• Allevard Springs (37KB)
• Allevard Springs - Welsh (64KB)
• Cooperative Group (28KB)
• Cooperative Group - Welsh (54KB)
• South Wales Forgemasters (37KB)
• South Wales Forgemasters - Welsh (62KB)
• West Midlands Police (36KB)
• West Midlands Police - Welsh (60KB)
• JD Wetherspoons (37KB)
• JD Wetherspoons - Welsh (64KB)

Key research on age and employment

• The macroeconomic impact from extending working lives (DWP 2011) (3.4MB)
• Second survey of employers’ policies, practices and preferences relating to age  (DWP/BIS 2010) (1.51MB)
• Default Retirement Age: Employer qualitative research (DWP 2010) (136KB)
• Pathways to retirement: The influence of employer policy and practice on retirement decisions (DWP 2010) (143KB)
• A comparative review of international approaches to mandatory retirement (DWP 2010) (144KB)
• Review of the Default Retirement Age: Summary of the stakeholder evidence (DWP 2010) (119KB)
• Practical Tips and Guidance on Training a Mixed-Age Workforce  (DWP 2005) (397KB)

Statistical Information

• Older Workers Statistical Information Booklet, Quarter two, 2010 (1.32MB)  This booklet presents employment statistics on people aged 50 and above in the UK.