Staying On New Zealand

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

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

A Global Perspective Looking around the United Nations website to determine the origins of this day I found an interesting website. The UN Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Ageing, Social Policy and Development Division is at  http://social.un.org/index/Ageing.aspx  Also download a fascinating wall chart that gives a global picture at  Wall Chart  The global picture [...]

The August edition of Employment Today has an interesting article by Julie Middleton from the EEO Trust  that builds on the Business of Ageing report. It also tells the inspiring story of Marie Hill-Brown who at 84 works 4 days a week as a project manager for the Mental Health Foundation. The article also highlights [...]