Current position of people over 50 years of age on the labour market and their support in the Czech republic and selected European countries

This Bachelor thesis deals with the position of people over 50 years of age on the labour market in the Czech republic and selected European countries. Due to ageing of population the number of people finding troubles in job hunting is increasing. The theoretical part of the thesis shows the functioning of the labour market and enlightens the term unemployment. The next part is focused on the very people over 50, their position on the labour market and age discrimination. Aside from introducing specific employment supporting tools comprises questionnaire whose respondents were employed people over 50 years of age and its results shows how these people perceive their own position on the labour market. In the conclusion there is a summary of newly learned facts and posibble solution propositions for dealing with this issue