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An allowance for age
 — work and the over-50s
Corporate AuthorACTION
PublisherACTION, London, 1988
Pages22 pp + appendix
KeywordsEmployment of older people ; Unemployment ; Social security benefits.
AnnotationACTION comments that the over 50s are at a marked disadvantage in competing for jobs, and that age discrimination unrelated to ability is leading to a waste in skills and experience. This pamphlet makes the case for an experimental yearly income allowance for the long-term unemployed over 50s who may be debarred from taking part-time or temporary jobs because of the system of weekly earnings rules. (RH).
Accession NumberCPA-930428081 B
ClassmarkGC: WH6: JH

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