We face the biggest workforce challenge of the 21st century, the ageing workforce. The social, political, and economic implications of increasing longevity, declining birth rates and the ageing of the baby boomer generation is enormous.
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For Government
Over the next 5 -10 years public organisations face a significant risk, the loss of the knowledge and expertise of older workers built up over the past decades.
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For Business
Increasingly employees will want to work for age friendly employers. As skill shortages increase, employers have the opportunity to become an age friendly employer of choice.
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Staying On Gateway
The Staying On Gateway is a password protected online portal for member organisations. Access to up to date information, resources, templates and research.
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Active Inclusion Policies are Only Answer to Employment Impact of Ageing Workers
The labour market shortfall caused by the decline in Europe’s population and workforce will not be offset by increasing immigration levels nor by higher fertility and productivity rates, delegates will be told at the Opening Conference of the 2012 European Year of Active Ageing and Solidarity between Generations in Copenhagen. To read the opening statement [...]
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 was presented to the Hon Wayne Swan at the Older Workers Workability Conference in December 2011. Click here. The report makes 36 recommendations ranging across the ageing agenda, housing, participation, lifelong learning, active ageing, volunteering and philanthropy and age discrimination. A [...]
Baby Boomers Envision What’s Next?
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 [...]
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