Staying On Australia

An article by Victoria Rollison written for Talent 2. The article starts with the question Skills shortages and an aging population – does your company have a strategy to attract older workers? Read more here

Following its decision to raise the national retirement age to 67, the German government has released a report that having employees between the ages of 45 and 67 increases a business’s productivity. In the first of semi-annual progress reports, the Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs has released “Fortschrittsreport „Altersgerechte Arbeitswelt“ Ausgabe 1: Entwicklung des [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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’ [...]

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 [...]

The Australian Human Capital newsletter 9 November 2011 profiles a new book released by the National Centre for Vocational Education Research (NCVER).  Older Workers: research findings 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 [...]

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 [...]

Thursday 7 September 2011 National Australia Bank (NAB) has been awarded the ‘Best Employer for Workers Over 50 Award – International’ by AARP. AARP is a US-based not-for-profit association with 37 million members, and is dedicated to enhancing the quality of life for people as they age. The ‘AARP Best Employers for Workers Over 50 [...]

The Consultative Forum on Mature Age Participation provides advice to Government on practical solutions to address barriers to employment for mature age people, with a particular focus on addressing negative attitudes toward mature age job seekers and workers. The Forum commenced on 18 February 2010. Terms of Reference The Forum will provide Government with a [...]