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Public sector workers ’seek flexibility as they get older’
More needs to be done to eradicate age discrimination within the public sector, it has been suggested.
The warning comes as research by FDA, a union for those working in public sector, reported that over a quarter of its members working in the civil service want the right to work until beyond the age of 65.
General secretary Jonathan Baume said: "Our results clearly show that civil servants are looking for flexibility around when they retire."
The study also revealed age discrimination still exists within the service.
However, three-quarters of workers between the ages of 55 and 59 - and two-thirds over the over-60s, claim to have never experienced this while in the workplace.
Mr Baume added: "While we welcome the finding that most members have not encountered age discrimination, inequality of any degree is unacceptable."
Earlier this week, findings from law firm DWF should that 21 per cent of job advertisements are potentially ageist, although age discrimination in the workplace has been banned for more than a year.
More about age discrimination.
