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Research: older workers with chronic health conditions & early retirement
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 [...]
Mature workers news roundup – June 2020
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 [...]
Mature workers news roundup – May 2020
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 [...]
Researchers caution against assuming a “COVID-19 Generation”
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 [...]
CEPAR researchers’ “Best Paper” award
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 [...]
CEPAR Mature Workers study featured on SBS
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 [...]
Research: Behavioural data needed | Perceived external employability | Couples’ retirement plans during recession
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 [...]
Research: Autonomy & optimism | Worker factors & early retirement | Life resources & retirement
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 [...]
Mature workers news roundup – April 2020
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 [...]
Why coronavirus may forever change the way we care within families
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 [...]