Aktywizacja zawodowa osób powyżej 50. roku życia − łagodzenie skutków bezrobocia

In the years 2010 – 2012, the number of unemployed persons over the age of 50 grew systematically, and the dynamics of this growth was higher than in the case of other groups whose situation on the labour market was special. The Supreme Audit Office has audited the way in which the Ministry of Labour and Social Policy and selected 24 local labour offices implement programmes for professional activation of the unemployed at the age over 50. The audit covered the years 2010 – 2012 and the year 2013 with regard to the effects of activation forms. The authors of the article present the details of the results of this audit.