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Our Project

The Centre of Excellence in Population Ageing and Research (CEPAR) is collaborating with interested organisations in new research into the mature workforce. This project aims to identify and develop successful work policies and practices that support the attraction, retention and engagement of mature workers. This will in turn benefit not only organisations as a whole, but also teams and individual employees.

Boosting mature labour force participation rates:

  • Is critical for the national economy

  • Can give your organisation a competitive edge

  • Helps ensure meaningful and flexible work for mature workers

We can help your company identify opportunities for establishing or expanding on your age diversity initiatives.

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30%

Australian employers are reluctant to hire older workers

40%

Older workers would stay in workforce if they had flexible work

63%

Employers lose key skills/knowledge with older worker departures

76%

Employers cite experience as main advantage of recruiting older workers

News

Mature workers news round up – April 2022

Editor's picks Latest news from around the world on mature workers for April 2022. Understanding older workers Analysis and recommendations to support longer and more fulfilling working lives from CIPD [...]

CEPAR workshop, Sydney

Can our region manage ageing while still achieving sustainable development? Numerically, most of the world’s population ageing over the next decades will be in developing nations, including in our own Asia Pacific region, [...]

Mature workers news round up – February 2022

Editor's picks Latest news from around the world on mature workers for February 2022. Royal College of General Practitioners warns of ageing GP workforce, lack of recruits (NZ) Booking in [...]

“Promoting and encouraging optimal work practices and policies that support generational diversity, and recognising the unique contributions of age diverse individuals is a key part of our Diversity & Inclusion strategy. Our ongoing collaboration with the ARC Centre of Excellence in Population Ageing Research (CEPAR) is helping to recalibrate our thinking in this space, through data, personnel and other resources.”

Phil Duthie, General Manager – Australia, GHD

“LGIS are excited to collaborate with CEPAR. The project will help our members identify factors that impact mature workers, and provide recommendations to improve practices, policies and design to support these workers. WA Local Governments are diverse organisations which makes CEPAR’s customised approach the perfect fit for LGIS and our members.”

Renee Wockner – Manager, Workcare Services, LGIS

Testimonials

“The two big questions are:

  1. How do we ‘keep’ mature aged workers in work?
  2. If mature workers stay in work, how do we maximise their productivity and their health?”
Prof. Sharon Parker, Chief Investigator

“Australian women have a distinctive work pattern over the course of their lives, one that is quite different to men’s. Whether by choice or constraint, women in Australia manage their child-care and elder-care responsibilities with part-time work, or departure from the workforce.”

Prof. Marian Baird AO, Chief Investigator

Stakeholder Reference Group

The following organisations are helping to steer the direction of the research being conducted by Research Stream 3, Organisations and the Mature Workforce:

  • Carers NSW
  • Department of Health
  • Department of Social Services
  • Safe Work Australia
  • GHD

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