The future for older workers : new perspectives / edited by Wendy Loretto, Sarah Vickerstaff and Phil White.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Loretto, Wendy.

Vickerstaff, Sarah, 1956-

White, Phil.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Older people--Employment--Forecasting.

Older people.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xvii, 237 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Bristol, UK : Policy Press, 2007.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Across the world, governments in mature industrial and post-industrial economies are concerned about the ageing population. Dealing directly and exclusively with the issue of older workers, this book brings together up-to-the-minute research findings by many of the leading researchers and writers in the field. The duration and quality of working lives, and the timing and circumstances of retirement is of growing concern, especially in those cases where employers' demands and imperatives clash with employees' wishes. The contributions in this volume focus upon various measures taken by the state and by employers to foster the employment of older workers in the US, Britain, mainland Europe, and Japan.

Contents:

Cover; The future for olderworkers; Contents; List of tables and figures; Foreword; Acknowledgements; List of abbreviations; Glossary of UK-based institutionsand programmes; Notes on contributors; 1. Introduction; 2. Older workers in the labour market: the demographic context; 3. The American experience of age discrimination legislation; 4. The employment of older people:can we learn from Japan?; 5. Moving older people into jobs:Incapacity Benefit, Labour's reforms and the job shortfall in the UK regions; 6. Women's knowledge of, and attitudes to, pensions

7. Sustaining working lives: the challenge of retention8. Healthy work for older workers: work design and management factors; 9. Flexible work and older workers; 10. The employability of older workers: what works?; 11. Is extending working life possible? Research and policy issues; 12. The future for older workers:opportunities and constraints; Index

Notes:

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 21 Jan 2022).

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9786611741723

9781281741721

1281741728

9781847422491

1847422497

OCLC:

476249669