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 [...]
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Flexibility ThreeYears On – Review of Flexible Working Arrangements
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 [...]
Two Australian reports launched
Two outstanding reports from Australia were launched at the Older Workers Workability conference in Melbourne in December 2011. Realising the Economic Potential of Senior Australians – turning grey into gold. The third report from the Advisory Panel on the Economic Potential of Senior Australians makes 36 recommendations ranging across the ageing agenda, housing, participation, lifelong [...]
Baby Boomers Envision What’s Next?
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 [...]
“Retirement” Age
I am not entering the political debate. I thought this article in the Herald on Tuesday 8 November put the economic case. While the media and politicians cast the debate as being about “retirement” age the authors were careful to talk about the age of entitlement to National Superannuation, a more accurate description of the [...]
An Inspiration
Every now and again you read a story that is simply inspiring. The story in The Press 29 October 2011 of Colin Johnson the owner of Christchurch institution “Johnson the Grocer” is one such story. In his 70′s he has bounced back from the earthquake and reopened in a container in Cashel Mall. Razed Grocer [...]
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