Staying On New Zealand

Key Information

For Government

Over the next 5 -10 years public organisations face a significant risk, the loss of the knowledge and expertise of older workers built up over the past decades.

For Business

Increasingly employees will want to work for age friendly employers. As skill shortages increase, employers have the opportunity to become an age friendly employer of choice.

Staying On Gateway

The Staying On Gateway is a password protected online portal for member organisations. Access to up to date information, resources, templates and research.

Latest Information

UK employers unprepared for ageing workforce

Wednesday 28 March 2012 Research Paper “The Employment Relations Challenges of an Ageing Workforce” “There is little evidence of UK employers taking proactive steps to engage and retain older workers according to new research conducted by Cranfield School of Management and Nottingham Business School for Acas, the employment relations expert.” Read the Press Release here [...]

Review Favours Extension Of Flexible Work Rights

Friday, 30 March 2012, 11:00 am Press Release: New Zealand Government Hon Kate Wilkinson Minister of Labour A review of workers’ rights to ask for flexible work arrangements has found strong support for extending the power to all employees. Read the Press Release here Read the Department of Labour report here

Making the most of older workers

Eloise Gibson Sunday Star Times 26.3.12 Foreshadows a report to be released by the EEO Trust mid year. Read the article here. Read the EEO release here

Older kiwis increase share of NZ household wealth

A news release from Roy Morgan research. 20 March 2012 “New Zealanders aged 55-plus have increased their share of household net wealth in the past decade, mainly from investment in their own homes, and are staying in the workforce longer, according to Roy Morgan Research” To read the NBR article click here To read the [...]

MANAGING A HEALTHY AGEING WORKFORCE: A NATIONAL BUSINESS IMPERATIVE

This is a new report released by the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development in the UK. CIPD Report 2012

An Age-old Issue

Tackling talent shortages and generational change involves challenging a few sacred cows. A case study by Geoff Pearman published in the Australian HR Monthly February 2012. Click here to download Olderworkers-FEB[3]

Germany: Government Finds that Encouraging Older Workers to Stay Increases Business Productivity

Following its decision to raise the national retirement age to 67, the German government has released a report that having employees between the ages of 45 and 67 increases a business’s productivity. In the first of semi-annual progress reports, the Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs has released “Fortschrittsreport „Altersgerechte Arbeitswelt“ Ausgabe 1: Entwicklung des [...]

Where is the leadership?

I am just back from Australia and was again struck by the level of coverage of issues related to the ageing population, the sophisticated understanding of the economic contribution older workers can make and awareness of age discrimination. In New Zealand we had the excellent Business of Ageing report in early 2011, but apart from [...]

Competitive countries will make best use of older workers: new book

Countries able to best make use of older workers seeking to remain employed beyond retirement age will have a competitive advantage over those that don’t, according to a new book released by the World Economic Forum in Davos. Global Population Ageing: Peril or Promise?, contains a collection of essays written by business and political leaders [...]

Active Inclusion Policies are Only Answer to Employment Impact of Ageing Workers

The labour market shortfall caused by the decline in Europe’s population and workforce will not be offset by increasing immigration levels nor by higher fertility and productivity rates, delegates will be told at the Opening Conference of the 2012 European Year of Active Ageing and Solidarity between Generations in Copenhagen. To read the opening statement [...]

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The Challenge

Become an age friendly employer

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