Unemployment rate of older person in the labour market in the Czech Republic

Work presents the unemployment of persons in pre-retired age (50-60 years) on the Czech labour market. The main objective was to confirm or disprove the hypothesis that older people are worse employable because they do not have such mobility in the labour market as young people and are less adaptable. This hypothesis is confirmed also by questionnaire investigation which was carried out among employers and which has the greatest contribution to this work. The chapters in theoretical part of the work are devoted to labour market, unemployment, discrimination and employment policy in Czech Republic. Next sections examine unemployment rates since 90's till present both generally in whole state and in group of pre-retired aged people. Work also deals with the effects influencing the unemployment rate of this group of people, namely education, health and regional differences. It describes factors that affect employees' decisions, whether to stay in the labour market or leave. The conclusion describes possible solutions to the unemployment