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For years, older workers stayed on the job, offsetting the decline of younger people in the workforce. (npr.org)
Older people, especially those over 65 choosing not to work is a big reason the workforce hasn't fully recovered from the pandemic. (npr.org)
Australian workplaces are reporting they have an older workforce than ever before, with almost 20% stating that more than half their workforce is over 50 years old. (humanrights.gov.au)
Retaining older workers and tapping into the benefits of a multigenerational workforce brings many advantages for businesses and organisations, including the retention of organisational knowledge, diversity of skills and ideas, and enhanced productivity and innovation. (humanrights.gov.au)
For a lot of older people, they haven't had to re-enter the workforce before. (kxan.com)
Featured speakers at the conference include keynoter Liz Vogel, CEO of Dots Inc., who will help participants learn tactics to identify the needs of workers and change the workforce culture to incorporate more experienced workers. (nhbr.com)
Also among the participants will be business leaders from across the region, including L.L. Beans HR director, Wendy Estabrook, will share tools, strategies and policies her company has used to keep older workers engaged in the workforce longer. (nhbr.com)
Breakout sessions will include an exploration of tools and policies that support older workers and caregivers in the workforce, offer guidance to older adults about encore careers and community leadership and focus special attention on the health care workforce shortage. (nhbr.com)

At the Spring Budget, Jeremy Hunt made a rueful quip about the prospects of older workers. (thisismoney.co.uk)
Will the tightest labor market in nearly two decades finally boost the prospects of older workers? (bostonglobe.com)

Plenty of this discussion has occurred here on TriplePundit, as our writers and guest commentators have been reminding readers about how this generation of workers generally seeks work-life balance, a job with purpose and a working environment in which they are assured their employers are giving back . (triplepundit.com)
These training modules and resources will help employers and employees understand their rights and responsibilities in relation to age discrimination, and navigate strategies for hiring and retaining older workers and harnessing the power of multigenerational teams. (humanrights.gov.au)
Economists say the bias by employers against older workers is fueled by fears that they will expect higher wages, increase health insurance costs, and be less adaptable to new technologies and practices. (bostonglobe.com)
Fairly or not, employers' reluctance to pay more for older workers can be the biggest obstacle, said Donald Klepper-Smith, chief economist at DataCore Partners, an economic research firm based in New Haven and Martha's Vineyard. (bostonglobe.com)
Many employers are looking at what they're paying a 60-year-old and they're saying, 'Wait, I can hire two hungry 30-year-olds' " for the same cost, he said. (bostonglobe.com)
Employers scrambling to boost output may be forced to capitalize on the availability of older workers, said Klepper-Smith. (bostonglobe.com)
The problem is that most employers don't have a strategy for engaging and retaining older workers and older workers don't know they're needed back in the labor force, she said. (nhbr.com)
Scottish employers struggling to hire skilled workers should consider offering greater flexible working to older workers, a social business has recommended. (stv.tv)
Mike Douglas, director of social enterprises at Age Scotland, said: "Older workers contribute a huge amount to the economy and to employers in terms of experience, life skills and knowledge that can be shared with younger colleagues. (stv.tv)
But many older workers would prefer to work flexibly, perhaps because they have competing demands on their time, and if employers don't offer flexible working, they risk losing some of their most valuable and irreplaceable staff. (stv.tv)

Whether as business owners, workers, community leaders, mentors or volunteers, older adults across the region will play a pivotal role in the next decade in creating vibrant workforces, building thriving communities and strengthening our economies," she said. (nhbr.com)
value older workers because they serve as mentors for younger personnel, introducing them to our programs and focusing their efforts to meet mission requirements," said Aerospace representative David L. Jonta, who notes that the company doesn't necessarily look to hire older workers but instead retains its already-knowledgeable staff even after retirement. (ergoweb.com)

Older workers, many of whom are still working when we are quick to assume they have neared retirement age, still remember the recession of the early 1980s, as plenty of them witnessed their young careers derailed while unemployment reached double digits. (triplepundit.com)
Today's situation is very unlike what happened after the Great Recession when the housing market crashed and many older workers couldn't retire because they couldn't afford to. (npr.org)
Data from the Urban Institute shows that unemployment among seniors has soared during the recession, which might be devastating for an entire generation of older workers of color. (colorlines.com)
Remember, that was the impact of Social Security before the recession hit older workers with unemployment, eroded their savings, and exacerbated inequality. (colorlines.com)

Forty-four percent of jobless workers 55 or older had been unemployed for over a year in 2012, a Pew study reported. (aarp.org)
The jobless rate for all workers dropped to 3.9 percent in July, a level that hasn't been seen since the fall of 2001. (bostonglobe.com)

There's constant talk about millennials and the value they offer companies - as well as chatter about the risks these same businesses could face in the U.S. if they do not effectively recruit and retain this rapidly growing demographic of workers. (triplepundit.com)
This toolkit will help you hire, develop, and retain older workers. (business.govt.nz)
Finding unique ways to retain older workers will help us manage the workload as these shortages continue into the future," continued Henderson. (ergoweb.com)
But, if a recent Newsweek report is correct in assuming that turnover rates nationwide are expected to double in the next year, how do companies successfully attract or retain a staff of committed workers, both young and old? (ergoweb.com)
Alana Forsyth, chief executive of Glasgow North West Citizens Advice Bureau, vouched for the benefit of offering older employees shorter working weeks to retain their skills and experience. (stv.tv)

Millions of workers left the labor force during the pandemic. (npr.org)
Even as many Americans have returned to work over the past year, making up for most of the pandemic losses in the labor force, a sizable number of older workers are choosing to remain on the sidelines. (npr.org)
For comparison, prime-age workers, or those 25 to 54 years old, are down just 0.3 percentage points from before the pandemic. (npr.org)
In the pandemic, many older workers had time to rethink their priorities. (npr.org)
We know that unemployment hits older people 50-plus-on to a larger group at all times never mind during the pandemic like this," said Susan Reinhard with the Public Policy Institute at AARP. (kxan.com)
Before the pandemic, nearly 5 million Americans ages 55 years old and up worked in retail, and another 1 million worked in the food industry. (kxan.com)

Interestingly, 2009 unemployment statistics showed older Latinas by some measures faring better than their male counterparts: According to an earlier Urban Institute analysis , "the unemployment rate for Hispanic women age 55 to 64 reached about 9 percent in 2009, 2 percentage points less than the corresponding rate for men. (colorlines.com)
In any case, years of rising unemployment for elder workers across the board underscores the need for a social safety net in their autumn years. (colorlines.com)

And he was 64 years old. (aarp.org)
A doctor asked, "How would you feel if your doctor was 100 years old? (medscape.com)

Are Older Workers Harmful for Firm Productivity? (repec.org)
We extended Conservation of Resources theory by integrating two lifespan development models (Selection-Optimization-Compensation and Socio-emotional Selectivity theories) to argue that job resources would be differentially beneficial - or harmful when lacking - to the stress of older and younger workers. (cdc.gov)

Bias, discrimination and dismissal directed at mature workers has much to do with how older people are portrayed in popular culture and in our everyday vernacular. (triplepundit.com)
But our assumptions about older generations often overlook what a vibrant part of the economy these people hold - and if valued, will contribute even more to the business community and society. (triplepundit.com)
It seems CMI's Age in the Workplace research was right on the money with its stark accompanying finding that managers preferred recruiting younger workers to people over 50, let alone over 64. (managers.org.uk)
In September, the share of people 55 and older who were working or looking for work was down 1.5 percentage points as compared with February 2020, according to the Labor Department. (npr.org)
The National Committee to Preserve Social Security and Medicare reports that even modest social security benefits make a huge difference for older people of color. (colorlines.com)
As we can look forward to living longer, we need to re-think what 'old' looks like - the traditional stereotypes of people over 50 no longer apply. (trainingjournal.com)
It's not really that we have too many old people - which is the way it's being reported - but we have very low birth rates, which means our working-age population has been shrinking for some time. (nhbr.com)
Mauritius achieved another milestone in its quest to improving health and wellness of older people and promoting healthy ageing through training of a core team of trainers from multi-disciplinary background on integrated care for older people (ICOPE). (who.int)
In June 2022, a national strategy to proactively respond to the health needs of older people, the integrated care for older people (ICOPE) strategy and action plan 2022-2026 was developed with the support of WHO and launched by the Prime Minister in March 2023. (who.int)
I don't know how many people are practicing to 100 years of age - I suspect it's not many - but there are more and more older physicians. (medscape.com)

The truth for the businesses surveyed is that they and the economy cannot afford to lose the career experience, skillset and seasoned judgement of older workers in such a tight labour market. (managers.org.uk)
The disappearance of seasoned workers is a big problem for Hunt, as labour shortages drive up pay rates and fuel wage inflation. (thisismoney.co.uk)
Older workers make up a third of the labour force and are the fastest growing demographic group, and over 25% of those aged 65-plus still working. (business.govt.nz)

Older workers are more likely to be burned out and less productive than their younger colleagues. (aarp.org)
These perceptions persist despite evidence that many workers are willing to settle for less than they earned in the past, are covered by spouses' insurance or Medicare, and can be as quick to learn as younger colleagues. (bostonglobe.com)
However, when these resources were low, older workers experienced greater stress compared to their younger colleagues. (cdc.gov)

According to a 2009 report from the Sloan Center on Aging & Work, hiring managers gave older employees high marks for loyalty, reliability and productivity. (aarp.org)

From today, we want to start a conversation with other businesses to increase collaboration, regardless of sector or industry, to address how we can maximise the valuable contribution older workers make. (trainingjournal.com)
But both Scottsdale Health Care and The Aerospace Corporation have to work to keep these valuable older-worker commodities. (ergoweb.com)

For the past two years, The Aerospace Corporation has received an award from AARP for being a top employer for workers over the age of 50 because of its focus to keep older workers productive and satisfied with their jobs, and the company's motivation to continue to do so is sound. (ergoweb.com)

Human capital theories typically imply that wages rise with tenure, so that job reallocation at old age would imply a wage cut. (repec.org)
Older workers typically have a broad and diverse amount of experience. (ergoweb.com)

Barclays has launched a new apprenticeship specifically aimed at those over 24 and as old as 65 called 'Bolder Apprenticeships. (trainingjournal.com)
Specifically, when resources were high in the workplace, both older and younger workers reported lower levels of stress. (cdc.gov)

Many of these workers get funneled into lower-paying "old person jobs" - everything from retail sales clerks to security or school-crossing guards to taxi drivers, according to a 2016 study by the Center for Retirement Research at Boston College. (bostonglobe.com)
Plus, the company also has a program that allows a worker to "test the retirement waters" before making any type of commitment. (ergoweb.com)
Although I'm not calling for any type of mandatory retirement age for healthcare workers or doctors, I do think the same basic testing makes sense. (medscape.com)

With businesses allowed to slowly reopen, older Americans may face age discrimination in their job search. (kxan.com)

Younger techies are even less likely to stick around than their older counterparts, according to the survey of 18,000 employees conducted in the final three months of 2021 - with 1,755 of the respondents working in IT. (theregister.com)
But the labor crunch may be opening the door just a crack for over-55 workers to return to their fields - and for those who have good jobs to hang on to them longer than employees their age did a decade ago. (bostonglobe.com)
These findings support that age is a boundary condition of job resources - stress link, and highlight the importance of understanding the needs and motivation of employees of different ages is key to maintaining worker well-being. (cdc.gov)

The study found only 16 percent of IT workers aged between 19 and 29 plan to stay put, versus 48 percent for the 50- to 70-year-old bracket. (theregister.com)

Participants were enthusiastic in experiencing the "inspirational tours" sessions where a team of multidisciplinary health and social workers rotated among three stations under the guidance of the facilitators to learn and contextualize the WHO ICOPE care pathways to the Mauritian context. (who.int)

It is widely believed that wage and productivity profiles of individual workers do not coincide at all ages. (repec.org)

There must be a simple way to just recheck basic competency using a memory test, some sort of dexterity test, or a simple 20- or 30-minute examination annually or every other year, just to make sure that once you are older than 65, your skills have not slipped in a way that would harm patients or cause the risk of malpractice to increase. (medscape.com)

The age at which workers are considered 'older' is becoming progressively younger, and about a quarter of Australian businesses say they are reluctant to hire older workers. (humanrights.gov.au)

A pink slip at 60 can be catastrophic, as that worker is too young for Medicare or Social Security and a resume won't even cross a human resources manager's desk. (triplepundit.com)
The approaching political standoff over social security reform should be alarming to young and old alike. (colorlines.com)
Unfortunately, economists caution, workers in their 50s and 60s still face formidable hurdles at companies that are chasing young talent and are wary of gray hair. (bostonglobe.com)

CBI's campaign director Shazia Ejaz says the CMI findings show government and business need to work harder to get older workers back into employment - and keep them there. (managers.org.uk)
However, Thompson said it was tougher for older workers to find opportunities to re-enter full time employment. (trainingjournal.com)
Henderson adds that in addition to flexible scheduling options, her organization also offers flexible benefits plans, seasonal employment, career counseling, ongoing education and training for workers with new areas of interest, and a chance to job share. (ergoweb.com)

Carol Henderson, Vice President of Human Resources for Scottsdale Health Care, another AARP award recipient, has a similar reason for attracting and retaining older workers. (ergoweb.com)

Wage Declines among Older Men ," The Review of Economics and Statistics , MIT Press, vol. 78(4), pages 740-748, November. (repec.org)

Lead-contaminated house dust is the major source of exposure for children in the United States, resulting from higher lead content paint that remains in older buildings. (cdc.gov)

Researchers at Gartner are finding that only 29 percent of IT workers globally have a "high intent" to stay in their current roles. (theregister.com)
The cost of hiring and training new workers is high, particularly when other factors like potential errors, injuries and allowing for a learning curve are considered. (ergoweb.com)

But older workers today are facing a more immediate crisis. (colorlines.com)

and then there are gasps when the 100-year-old works on his or her birthday, as Millie Feasel of Columbus Ohio did recently at a hardware store at which she has been an employee for almost 60 years. (triplepundit.com)
His rusty 16-year-old Mercury Grand Marquis needed a new transmission. (aarp.org)
Would You Go to a 100-Year-Old Doctor? (medscape.com)

Yes, we're talking older workers, and not for the first time. (managers.org.uk)
According to Jonta, The Aerospace Corporation offers incentives like flexible scheduling, part-time, flex-time, telecommuting, and other alternative work arrangements to fit with the wants and needs of older workers. (ergoweb.com)
Utilizing time-lagged data, we examined the moderating role of age in the relationship between baseline work-related resources from the job (skill variety), supervisor (leader-member exchange), and organization (procedural fairness) and perceived stress at the 12-month follow-up in a sample of U.S. construction workers (N=243). (cdc.gov)

Older workers have been slow to return, in part because many found themselves financially secure enough to retire. (npr.org)
Lauren Bauer, a fellow in economic studies at the Brookings Institution, has found college-educated older workers in particular now have choices. (npr.org)
Lead occurs in drinking water through leaching from lead-containing pipes, faucets, and solder frequently found in the plumbing of older buildings. (cdc.gov)

Simoneau's age was significant: These days, 50-plus workers like him face brutal odds if they lose their jobs. (aarp.org)

The UK is performing worse on the participation of mature workers than other similar nations: we are 21st out of 35 in a ranking compiled by accountants PwC. (thisismoney.co.uk)

Health and social workers comprised medical officers (specialists in internal medicine and geriatricians), nurses, social workers, representatives of NGOs and academia, gained knowledge and skills on ICOPE aiming to prevent, protect and reduce care dependency and promoting healthy ageing. (who.int)
This training also offered a unique opportunity to raise awareness on sexual health in older persons in line with the "National Sexual and Reproductive Health Implementation Plan 2022-2027" recently published by Mauritius. (who.int)
T he participants are expected to play a key role in further cascading the training to other health and non-health workers involved in delivery of ICOPE at primary level care level. (who.int)

Bargaining power of unions may also lead to 'overpayment' of older workers. (repec.org)
It's called "Gray is the New Green: Unleashing the Power of Older Workers + Volunteers to Build a Stronger Northern New England. (nhbr.com)

IT workers in Europe were most likely to remain loyal, at 40 percent, while 28 percent of those in the US said they weren't planning to move on. (theregister.com)
For workers over 55, the rate was 3.1 percent, but that's little consolation to the longtime unemployed and underemployed in that age group. (bostonglobe.com)

For those in Europe, work-life balance trumped compensation in IT workers' decision making. (theregister.com)
When millennials insist on gaining work-life balance the way in which they perceive older workers have already achieved, that wish is a misfire for a very important reason: many within the over-50 crowd have not yet reached that point, either. (triplepundit.com)

Maurer said the Maine State Chamber of Commerce and the Maine Development Foundation issued a report three years ago focusing on ways to address that state's worker shortage. (nhbr.com)

One of the reasons that we saw older workers feel empowered to leave the labor market during COVID is that their balance sheets were fine," she says. (npr.org)

According to its figures, one in four older workers would like more flexible start and finish times, while nearly one in five would like to work their usual weekly hours but in fewer, longer days, and to work more regularly from home. (stv.tv)

The latter includes Andy Baldwin, who was last week deemed too old to be the boss of accountancy firm EY. (thisismoney.co.uk)

In particular, he said, he's "reasonably pessimistic" on the outlook for older candidates - even those with decades of relevant experience - landing jobs in the vibrant tech sector in Massachusetts and nationally. (bostonglobe.com)
States, he said, would be wise to invest in programs to retrain all workers to handle new tech-enabled jobs. (bostonglobe.com)

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