Economic labour market status of individuals aged 50 and over, trends over time: September 2021
These experimental statistics detail the trends over time in the economic labour market status of individuals aged 50 and over.
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The latest release of these statistics can be found in the collection of economic labour market status of individuals aged 50 and over statistics.
This publication details the trends over time in the economic labour market status of individuals aged 50 and over. We have refreshed the name for the Fuller Working Lives (FWL) agenda to 50 PLUS: Choices. This signals the government’s recognition of the different situations, transitions and challenges currently faced by those aged 50 and over in the labour market.
Analysis is provided on the 3 headline measures announced in the Fuller Working Lives (FWL) Strategy 2017 that the government use to monitor progress on FWL:
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Employment rate of people aged 50 years and over, by five-year age bands and gender
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Average age of exit from the labour market, by gender
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Employment rate gap between people aged 50 to 64 and people aged 35 to 49 years, broken down by five-year age band and gender
This is an annual release and the next release will be in September 2022.