Employment of the elderly

1 Employment of the elderly This paper focuses on employment of older people. The issue is tackled in the light of the international documents of the United Nations, the Council of Europe and the European Union. In the following sections the paper analyses French and Czech policies and compares their approach. There are major differences between these two countries in terms of social systems as well as lifestyle of the population. However, France deals with ageing of its population longer than the Czech Republic, therefore its approach may offer an inspiration. The employee representatives traditionally play an important role in France. They also influence the state policy on employment of older people on the basis of the tripartite agreements from 2005 and 2013 respectively. Several action plans on ageing were issued in the Czech Republic. However, there seems to be a lack of political will to introduce proper legislation. The programmes reflect the international documents and recommendations but they are just declarations. On the other hand, the ideas of French agreements are really put in practise. Nevertheless, the French approach cannot be considered a coherent policy of employment of older people. It is rather a set of measures which originated from concessions of the subjects on the labour market The..