수능특강 4강 11번

 

The United Kingdom has already taken many important steps in the right direction to encourage greater labour market participation by older people. The Department for Work and Pensions, for example, has introduced an array of measures and programmes dealing with older workers. Although these endeavours help promote best practices in tackling age discrimination and promote age diversity in employment, more needs to be done to strengthen incentives for older people to remain active, to encourage retention and hiring of older workers and to improve their employability. Therefore, a comprehensive strategy is required which should encompass not only measures to enhance the work incentives that are embedded in the welfare system, but also actions on the demand side. Also, promoting a better and more flexible working environment is essential in extending working life through reducing work-related ill health.