Our Mature Workers in Organisations report was featured in a recent SBS report on the challenges for the mature workforce who are keen to reskill but face ageism in hiring. The report’s co-lead author, and CEPAR Chief Investigator, Professor Sharon Parker of Perth’s Curtin University was quoted as saying: “If we don’t [...]
Commentary: More behavioural data needed in work and ageing research | Negative relationship between workers’ age and their perceived external employability is significant across many countries | Change in retirement plans among midlife couples during an economic recession Commentary: More behavioural data needed in work and ageing research Fabiola [...]
Autonomy and optimism matter more to older than younger nurses | Workforce factors decreasing/increasing the propensity of early retirement | Perceived resources are important for life satisfaction in the retirement transition .. and life satisfaction influences our perception Autonomy and optimism matter more to older than younger nurses Yaldiz, L. M., [...]
Editor's picks Latest news from around the world on mature workers for April 2020. COVID-19 Layoff Or Pretext For Age Discrimination Against Older Employees? (USA) A small subset of US employers may decide that, even though mass layoffs are not necessary, they will still lay off certain, older employees. [...]
Mature workers make up a large number of Australia's carers, many of whom are women. How will they cope as COVID-19 shuts down so many of the services which enable them to care and work? This article from The Conversation explores this question. Why coronavirus may forever change the way [...]
Listen on SBS Prof. Sharon Parker was interviewed by SBS on 21 March and stressed the importance of mature workers staying in the workforce beyond retirement age to ease the burden on younger workers. Redesigning jobs is critical to meeting the needs of older workers, as is retraining them to [...]
Editor's picks Latest news from around the world on mature workers for March 2020. Coronavirus is changing work forever. Here’s how to make ageism a thing of the past (USA) Massive layoffs, huge numbers of employees working from home, and companies pivoting to stay in business as a result [...]
GHD, one of our industry partners, has been named by Human Resources Director magazine’s as one of Australia’s 30 most innovative HR teams for 2020. Every year, GHD organises an event called Inclusion Day to help educate and raise awareness about the importance of inclusion and the different aspects of diversity. In [...]
Global reach of ageism on older persons’ health: A systematic review | Conceptualizing Age-Friendliness in Workplaces: Proposing a New Multidimensional Model Global reach of ageism on older persons’ health: A systematic review Chang ES, Kannoth S, Levy S, Wang SY, Lee JE, et al. (2020). Global reach of ageism [...]
Editor's picks Latest news from around the world on mature workers for February 2020. Not justified - ET hands down ruling on university's compulsory retirement age (UK) In its recent ruling in the case of Ewart v. The University of Oxford, the Employment Tribunal (ET) found that Oxford University (the [...]
The Effects of Taking Up Employment After Pension Age on Self-Rated Health in Germany and the UK | Successful Aging at Work: A Process Model to Guide Future Research and Practice The Effects of Taking Up Employment After Pension Age on Self-Rated Health in Germany and the UK Lux, [...]
Getting old at the top – age and leadership | Redefining measurement of lost-work opportunity | 19th Annual Transamerica Retirement Survey Getting old at the top – age and leadership Thrasher, G. R., Biermeier-Hanson, B., & Dickson, M. W. (2020). Getting Old at the Top: The Role of Agentic and [...]
Strong evidence employers discriminate on age at in-person interviews Newmark, D. (2020). Age Discrimination in Hiring: Evidence from Age-Blind vs. Non-Age-Blind Hiring Procedures. NBER Working Paper No. 26623, January 2020, JEL No. J14,J7. https://www.nber.org/papers/w26623.pdf I study age discrimination in hiring, exploiting a difference between age-revealed and [...]
Congratulations Sharon! Mature Workers in Organisations Chief Investigator, Prof. Sharon Parker, has been named among the world’s most influential scientists and social scientists in the 2019 Highly Cited Researchers list released by the Web of Science Group. The annual edition acknowledges world-class researchers for their exceptional research, which is demonstrated by [...]
Age and work satisfaction | Flexible work's influence on retirement savings | Gender roles and employment pathways | Reactions to age stereotypes Age, Person–Environment Fit and Work Satisfaction Rauvola, R. S., Rudolph, C. W., Ebbert, L. K., & Zacher, H. (2019). Person–Environment Fit and Work Satisfaction: Exploring the Conditional [...]
Editor's picks Latest news from around the world on mature workers for January 2020 ‘Debate on ageing workforce needs to address inequality’ (UK) Professor Chris Phillipson warns that we are facing a vacuum in policy discussions about the ageing workforce and urgently need forums for debate about the implications. [...]
Editor’s picks News highlights from around the world on mature workers for December 2019, including: older women increasingly in the workforce; Deutsche Telekom accused of humiliating age discrimination and harassment; elderly South Koreans working ‘until they die’; companies investing in multi-generational workers; and the case of the 79-year-old flight attendant [...]
ABC Current Affairs program The World Today featured our Report Maximising Potential: Findings from the Mature Workers in Organisations Survey (MWOS) on their program on the day of its release. "Australia is entering a period of unprecedented population ageing as we live and work longer than every before. And the first large-scale survey [...]
CEPAR Chief Investigator, Professor Marian Baird, appeared on Cassie McCullogh's Focus program on ABC Sydney on 12 December discussing our new Report Maximising Potential: Findings from the Mature Workers in Organisations Survey (MWOS). Listen now
Maximising Potential: Findings from the Mature Workers in Organisations Survey (MWOS) Our new report, released today, finds that mature workers across Australia feel excluded in today’s workforce and have limited development opportunities and flexible working arrangements, compared to the younger population. We conducted a national benchmarking survey of mature workers to [...]
