National Inclusion Week | The double prejudice facing disabled older workers

Disabled older workers are almost twice as likely to experience negative treatment when applying for jobs or promotions than their peers without disabilities, new research reveals.

Data from the Centre for Ageing Better published in National Inclusion Week reveals that more than two in five (44%) Disabled people aged between 50 and 66 years old felt they had experienced negative treatment when applying for jobs or promotions in the past five years, compared to one in four (25%) non-disabled people of the same age, the newly published Supporting Disabled Older Workers project report details. 

Of all UK adults aged 50-66, more than two in three (69%) feel that older age is a disadvantage in the UK job market, the research project in partnership with The Policy Institute at King’s College London found. Three in four (75%) thought having a disability or a health condition put applicants at a disadvantage.