# Qualitative Study of the Barriers Facing Employers Recruiting, Retaining and Retraining 50\+ Workers

> Contract award record from UK public-sector procurement sources.

## Key facts

- Public buyer: [Crown Commercial Service](/buyers/crown-commercial-service/contract-awards)
- Contract winner: [I\.F\.F\. Research Ltd](/contract-winners/i-f-f-research/public-sector-contract-awards)
- Award value: £83,277
- Award date: 4 April 2016
- Published: 18 November 2016
- Contract start: 11 April 2016
- Contract end: 31 December 2016
- Stage: awarded
- Procurement category: services
- Notice ID: 6d2d3b75-69b7-48ee-9974-b29d0ab73d56-100696
- OCID: ocds-b5fd17-d1c59ec9-adc9-11e6-9901-0019b9f3037b

## Description

The successful bidder will undertake robust qualitative research into the barriers facing employers in recruiting, retaining and retraining older workers and possible solutions for tackling them\. The research is required to meet two main aims\. The first is to understand the barriers facing workers aged 50 and over \(50\+\) in the labour market from an employer perspective\. Based on these findings the second aim of the research is to investigate employer policies and practices to tackle these problems\. Our main focus is on the circumstances of different groups of 50\+ workers, noted in the literature to have greater barriers or a higher likelihood of leaving the labour market before state pension age \(e\.g\. carers, those with a health condition/disability, low paid workers\)\. Additionally, we are also interested in the how responses to the two main questions differ across employer sizes and sectors\.

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## Source

[View the original notice on Contracts Finder](https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/6d2d3b75-69b7-48ee-9974-b29d0ab73d56-100696)