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 [...]
This is a very good report just released by NCVER Australia. While written in the Australian context it has a number of key messages for the tertiary education sector in New Zealand in terms of providing programmes to enable older workers to re-skill for encore careers. Download here The chapter headings give a flavor of [...]
The Department of Labour have released a report on the impact of the legislative changes made in 2008 that enabled greater flexibility for people with caring responsibilities. Among the main findings: A majority of employee-reported requests for flexibility were accepted by employers without recourse to the formal legal process. Interestingly, the level of awareness of [...]
AARP in the USA have released an updated study on how boomers are preparing for or experiencing their retirement years. This is the third in a series of studies. The previous ones were conducted in 1998 and 2003. While we know from the NZ Boomers Dreams study that there are differences it is none the [...]
The Australian Human Capital newsletter 9 November 2011 profiles a new book released by the National Centre for Vocational Education Research (NCVER). is a new book of research essays which have been written since a roundtable was held in Canberra in May. To read the Human Capital article click here Chapters Introduction, Georgina Atkinson and [...]
The European Centre for the Development of Vocational Training (Cedeforp) has produced a 366 page report Working and Ageing:Emerging theories and empirical perspectives. The publication can be downloaded from Cedeforps website. Click here It is a comprehensive research informed publication. Worth dipping in to any of the 16 the chapters that may interest you. Overall [...]
Article : International Journal of Organisational Behaviour Vol 10 (4) 729 – 739 Authors: Margaret Patrickson, Rob Ranzijin University of South Australia This very insightful article sumarises neatly the case for a Staying On programme. Th article brings together 2 strands of research – retirement decision making and the pressures placed on employers by changing [...]
Reinventing the Workplace This report from UK think-tank Demos argues that it would be both economically short-sighted and socially irresponsible to roll back the progress in implementing flex work practices made over the past decade, due to pressures in a time of economic uncertainty. The recession will not go on forever, whereas the need for [...]
JA Davey 2007 NZ Institute for Ageing www.victoria.ac.nz/nzira/downloads/MAX_POT_FINA_REPORT.pdf
AARP 2011 Marcie Pitt-Catsouphes, the Director at the Sloan Center on Aging and Work at Boston College on what employers need to do in order to remain competitive in the global marketplace.
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