This is a very good report just released by NCVER Australia. It has a number of key messages for the tertiary education sector in terms of providing programmes to enable older workers to re-skill for encore careers. Download here The chapter headings give a flavor of the report Ageing in the third age Older workers’ [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
By Gemma Jones Political Reporter From: The Daily Telegraph September 18, 2011 OLDER workers are being forced to stay in their jobs past 65 because they don’t have enough money saved for their retirement. With super funds taking a battering due to share market fluctuations, longer life expectancies and incentives to keep working longer, an [...]
MEDIA RELEASE Miranda Smith Homecare Wednesday, September 14, 2011 Baby Boomers A Solution To Ageing Dilemma? Enticing baby boomers to remain in the workforce could help solve some of the aged care problems being created by that generation, says a private national homecare agency. The government says it wants to encourage New Zealanders to look [...]
JA Davey 2007 NZ Institute for Ageing www.victoria.ac.nz/nzira/downloads/MAX_POT_FINA_REPORT.pdf
Ministry for Social Development 2009 Many people reconsider workforce participation about the age of 65 years. This report presents nationally representative information on motivations, barriers and enablers for working. What are the main reasons that some people continue to work and some stop or reduce the hours they work? What do they say might keep [...]
Sharon Buckland 2009 The New Zealand Boomer Dreams Study, on which this report is based, is a comparative study, based substantially on the Boomer Dreams Study 2006,conducted by respected US social researchers. buckland1.pdf (1 MB)
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