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50+ Matters

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Supporting European Social Fund programmes involving older workers
December 2011 | Issue 30

In this issue:
New East-West Split in English Jobs Market
South West Hardest Hit by Public Sector Job Losses
Low Paid Workers Most at Risk of Long-term Unemployment
Check out My New Business 
Over-50s: The Generous Generation?
Do You Know?
Revised Matrix Standard for IAG Providers
50+ Labour Market Spotlight

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Hana.Konopaskova@taen.org.uk
ESF Project Manager





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New East-West Split in English Jobs Market
Looking across the country, there’s a new East-West divide emerging with a vertical line running straight down from the North of England to the South…
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South West Hardest Hit by Public Sector Job Losses
The English region mostly heavily impacted by public sector job losses over the past year was the South West …
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Low Paid Workers Most at Risk of Long-term Unemployment
Low-paid workers such as cleaners, catering assistants and machine operators are most likely to be on the dole for more than six months if they become unemployed …
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Check out My New Business
Business Link has launched a new interactive service for people interested in starting a new business …
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Over-50s: The Generous Generation?
One in three over-50s are providing financial support to their grown-up children and grandchildren ...
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Do You know?
Although the gender pay gap in the UK has fallen below 10 per cent for the first time, the gap remained widest between men and women aged 50-59.
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Revised Matrix Standard for IAG Providers
If you are offering career advice services, you should know that a revised version of the matrix quality assurance Standard is to be introduced in August next year…
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50+ Employment Spotlight
December Labour Market Stats
A monthly look at the older worker employment figures.
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