Employer responses to an ageing workforce: a qualitative study

This report examines the way in which employers in England are responding to an ageing workforce. It draws on two bodies of evidence:

- a large quantitative survey of employer behaviour conducted in 2004/05 by the National Institute of Social and Economic Research (NIESR) - the Survey of Employers Policies, Practices and Preferences (SEPP);

- a set of 70 qualitative interviews with employers in five key sectors, conducted in 2006 by the Centre for Research into the Older Workforce (CROW).

In addition, CROW carried out a secondary analysis of the SEPP data to examine the evidence of differences between occupational sectors. The aim of all this work was to investigate how employers were preparing for and managing, the ageing of the workforce and how far attitudes and practices varied by type of employer (size, public-private status, sector or region).

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This report examines the way in which employers in England are responding to an ageing workforce. It draws on two bodies of evidence:

- a large quantitative survey of employer behaviour conducted in 2004/05 by the National Institute of Social and Economic Research (NIESR) - the Survey of Employers Policies, Practices and Preferences (SEPP);

- a set of 70 qualitative interviews with employers in five key sectors, conducted in 2006 by the Centre for Research into the Older Workforce (CROW).

In addition, CROW carried out a secondary analysis of the SEPP data to examine ...  [+] Show more