unemployed and over fifty news, August 19th

PRIME is running a series of road shows to the over 50 crowd who are considering self employment or wanting to start their own business, from The Pluses of being 50 Plus
http://theplusesofbeing50plus.blogspot.com/2009/08/primes-olderpreneur-roadshow.html

From Reliable Plant, age discrimination can be eased if layoffs focused on job context.
http://www.reliableplant.com/article.aspx?articleid=19489&pagetitle=Age+discrimination+can+be+eased+if+layoff+focuses+on+job+context

Older workers boost business, from the Telegraph.co.uk
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/6018559/Older-workers-boost-business-study-finds.html

From Personnel Today, McDonald’s urges employers to hire older workers
http://www.personneltoday.com/articles/2009/08/13/51758/mcdonalds-urges-employers-to-hire-older-staff-to-boost-customer.html