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Latest CEPAR research: employment rates of older workers halts
The Cessation of Rising Employment Rates at Older Ages in Australia, 2000-2019 McDonald P and Moyle H (2020). The Cessation of Rising Employment Rates at Older Ages in Australia, 2000-2019. Australian Population Studies. DOI: https://doi.org/10.37970/aps.v4i1.61 Abstract Background In the first decade of the 21st [...]
Research on age-specific effects of flexible working
Flexible schedules across working lives: Age-specific effects on well-being and work. Piszczek, M. M., & Pimputkar, A. S. (2020). Flexible schedules across working lives: Age-specific effects on well-being and work. Journal of Applied Psychology. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1037/apl0000844 Abstract In the midst [...]
Latest research on workers with care responsibilities
Contextualizing Family-Supportive Supervision to Help Employees with Eldercare Responsibilities | Caregivers' decisions regarding retirement and working time reduction in Europe Contextualizing Family-Supportive Supervision to Help Employees With Eldercare Responsibilities Peng, Yisheng, Xu, Xiaohong, Matthews, Russell, Ma, Jie. One [...]
Research: age stereotypes and performance expectations
Age-based worker stereotypes and expected work performance Gretchen A. Petery, Serena Wee, Patrick D. Dunlop and Sharon K. Parker (2020). Older workers and poor performance: Examining the association of age stereotypes with expected work performance quality. International Journal of Selection [...]
Mature workers adapt to work from home during Covid
The Corona Virus pandemic has changed the way we work on a global scale. The Mature Workers During COVID-19 Survey asked 1583 mature Australian workers how their work has changed as a result of COVID-19. Overall: 20% [...]
Research: ill health and retirement
Longer term ill-health impacts on retirement Curtin University research has found that ill-health, both long-term and shorter-term ‘health shocks’, such as a serious injury or bout of illness, were likely to lead to earlier shifts not only from fulltime work [...]
Research: Working and disability expectancies at older ages
Working and disability expectancies at older ages: The role of childhood circumstances and education Lorenti, A., Dudel, C., Hale, J., & Myrskylä, M. (2020). Working and disability expectancies at older ages: The role of childhood circumstances and education. Social Science [...]
COVID-19: research directions for older workers, work ability
COVID-19 and its Implications for Research on Work Ability | For Whom the Pandemic Tolls: A Person-Centric Analysis of Older Workers COVID-19 and its Implications for Research on Work Ability Donald M Truxillo, David M Cadiz, Grant M Brady, [...]
Mature workers news roundup – October 2020
Editor's picks Latest news from around the world on mature workers for October 2020. Companies are telling older people not to bother applying in JobMaker job ads. Is that legal? The Federal Government's new wage subsidy hasn't passed Parliament [...]
Could work be a protective factor for mature workers during COVID-19?
We recently surveyed 1581 mature workers (45+yrs) about their COVID-19 work experiences: it's heartening to find that 91% felt that their work during the pandemic is contributing to society in a meaningful way.