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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
JA Davey 2007 NZ Institute for Ageing www.victoria.ac.nz/nzira/downloads/MAX_POT_FINA_REPORT.pdf
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