Susan Ryan, has said that organisations are under employing older people at the expense of business productivity. Speaking at the Australian Industry Group Personnel and Industrial Relations Conference held in Canberra yesterday, Ryan said that businesses must reassess the construct of the ‘ideal employee’. See the article at Human Capital
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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 [...]
Ageing Workforce – are you ready
The October edition of Diversity Matters the publication of the Diversity Council of Australia focuses on the ageing workforce. Lots of good reading including compelling statistics and case studies To read the online version click here.
GFC has driven up particpation rates for over 60′s
An interesting article in The Australian 22 October 2011 discusses the impact of government policies and the GFC on labour market participation rates. Read the full article here Excerpts “Market forces are sending them [boomers] back to work as part of a great national reset that is seeing younger Australians learning to save like their [...]
Remove age discrimination, and we’ll have more financially independent older people and a more productive economy
Author: Ms Susan Ryan, Age Discrimination Commissioner at the Australian Human Rights Commission Published in The Equality Law Reform Project, 10 October 2011 Read at the Australian Human Right Commission website
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