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This is simply not true and misses 3 key points. The 2 age groups who are worst affected by this crisis are the young – under 25 - who are not being hired and have over a million unemployed and the older workforce - over 50 – who face the bulk of the redundancies ( 64% of local government redundancies last year) and have 3.5 million not in work ( DWP). If any group is taking an unfair proportion of the jobs it is the middle aged – 25 – 49, nearly all of whom, including ‘No brains’ Willets, write these poorly researched and facile articles. The most effective and profitable employment practice is to hire an age diverse workforce ( ask BMW, Volvo, B &Q and thousands more like ourselves – with older workers adding experience, knowledge to help. Train, facilitate and support younger new staff complimenting the middle working age – thus also responding and understanding the needs of the 3 different generations of consumers. The reality is that when older people are made redundant in most instances they are not replaced, it is part of a general downsizing and where people do take their place it is usually the middle working age. This is a classic divide and rule tactic by the government, employers and their featherbrained acolytes in the media to distract us from the real debate o do we downsize the workforce and the economy or promote age diversity and full and flexible employment.
Chris Walsh Director Wise owls- |
