Editor's picks Latest news from around the world on mature workers for August 2020. When Retirement Comes Too Early (USA) Once, older workers benefited from a so-called experience premium: Because of their years on the job, they earned more than younger employees and were less likely to be laid [...]
Editor's picks Latest news from around the world on mature workers for July 2020. Britain faces demographic timebomb as Covid baby bust looms As women delay pregnancy until the economic storm passes, an ageing workforce could affect the UK's future debt sustainability – The Telegraph, 30 July 2020 (paywall) [...]
COVID-19 and the workplace | Productive Aging in the Social Work Profession: A Comparison of Licensed Workers 60 Years and Older with Their Younger Counterparts | Contemporary Perspectives on Ageism COVID-19 and the workplace Kniffin, K. M., Narayanan, J., Anseel, F., Antonakis, J., Ashford, S., Bakker, A. B., … van [...]
Understanding Ageism and COVID-19 (Infographic) Even though people 65 and older are at greater risk of hospitalization and death from COVID-19, people of all ages are profoundly affected by the pandemic, whether through infection itself, economic impact, or social distancing measures—especially those that are responsible for physical distancing [...]
Research News | Falling Between the Cracks: Discrimination Laws and Older Women | Issues Faced by Senior Women Physicians Falling Between the Cracks: Discrimination Laws and Older Women Joanne Song McLaughlin. Falling Between the Cracks: Discrimination Laws and Older Women. LABOUR, 2020; 34 (2): 215 https://doi.org/10.1111/labr.12175 Theories and evidence suggest that [...]
Why do older workers with chronic health conditions prefer to retire early? Anushiya Vanajan, Ute Bültmann, Kène Henkens (2020). Why do older workers with chronic health conditions prefer to retire early? Age and Ageing, Volume 49, Issue 3, May 2020, 403–410. https://doi.org/10.1093/ageing/afz180 Background Older workers experiencing chronic health conditions (CHCs) are more [...]
Editor's picks Latest news from around the world on mature workers for June 2020. Covid-19 recession causing job losses in older workers and housing stress in young (Australia) Rising rates of housing stress, particularly among younger Australians, and job losses among workers aged 51 to 65 show the Covid-19 [...]
Editor's picks Latest news from around the world on mature workers for May 2020. Employers face dilemmas over discrimination laws, CDC health guidance (USA) Guidelines say workers who fall into vulnerable categories shouldn't return to work until phase three. Employers reopening businesses face a dilemma with older workers: Follow health [...]
CEPAR Associate Investigators Cort Rudolph (USA) and Hannes Zacher (Germany) have cautioned against using the already emerging term “COVID-19 Generation” as a concept of study. Instead, the researchers encourage researchers to instead focus on individuals and workplaces instead of broadly speculating about ‘generations’. “The COVID-19 Generation”: A Cautionary Note [...]
Curtin Research & Innovation Award awarded to CEPAR researchers CEPAR Chief Investigator Professor Sharon Parker and CEPAR Research Fellow Dr Daniela Andrei have received the Curtin University Faculty of Business & Law ‘Research & Innovation Award 2019’, for their paper co-authored with Anja van den Broeck. Their submission underwent review [...]
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 [...]
