AGE + WORK/EMPLOYMENT

Question 1

how did Johnson and Bytheway define ageism?

Answer 1

• offensive exercise of power through reference to age which can be institutionalised through organisation and legal practises.

Question 2

whats some inequalities youth may face when it comes to work and employment?

Answer 2

• restrictions on when and where you work
• the minimum you can be paid
• risk of chance employees can choose you

Question 3

What’s the hours you can do in the UK as someone under 18?

Answer 3

• 14/15 cant work more than 12 hrs during the school week
• under 13 not allowed paid work
• 16-year-old has minimum wage of £4 whereas adults over £6.50

Question 4

how many young people have never had a job according to IPPR?

Answer 4

700,000

Question 5

what are the inequalities the elderly face at work?

Answer 5

• ‘too old to employ’ according to media
• MORI found that 38% of discrimination in 2006 cited as age reason

Question 6

What’s a high-profile case of the elderly being unemployed due to age?

Answer 6

Arlene Philips on strictly come dancing

Question 7

what are legislations surrounding retirement age?

Answer 7

• state pension when you pay national insurance for 30 years

Question 8

What’s the state pension for men and women?

Answer 8

65 for men and slightly younger for women but it reached 66 by 2020 and towards 67 at the start of 2026

Question 9

what do structuralists argue?

Answer 9

• it is the society that determines the age someone is when they retire rather than individual choice

Question 10

what does Jones et al argue about retirment?

Answer 10

• the idea of retirement has changed dramatically seen more positively now find that respondent knew they were more fortunate than their parents who faced more unemployment reduced pensions and insecurity