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 [...]
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]
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 [...]
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 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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
The Older Workers & Work Ability Conference will be held in Melbourne Australia on the 12th and 13th December 2011 at the Rendezvous Hotel. Workforce ageing is a concern for governments and employers in developed and developing economies. This conference brings together leading experts on older workers in Australia and Internationally to debate issues including [...]
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