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 [...]
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
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 [...]
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]
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 [...]
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 [...]
The Australian 22 October 2011 carries a great story of a company that values older workers. Read the article here Bunnings has recruited about 2000 “team members” aged over 55 in the past five years, making them one of the biggest employers of older Australians. Retaining workers who are past normal retirement age is also [...]
Small Business Perspective In a recent article in NZ Business (August 2011) it was claimed that “New Zealand stands on the cusp of the largest intergenerational transfer in its history as baby boomer family business owners get set to exit.” A few facts 60% of firms in NZ are family owned businesses A 2010 survey [...]
MEDIA RELEASE Miranda Smith Homecare Wednesday, September 14, 2011 Baby Boomers A Solution To Ageing Dilemma? Enticing baby boomers to remain in the workforce could help solve some of the aged care problems being created by that generation, says a private national homecare agency. The government says it wants to encourage New Zealanders to look [...]
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