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Working late: strategies to enhance productive and healthy environments for the older workforce
journal contribution
posted on 2012-07-13, 13:30 authored by Kate Threapleton, Cheryl Haslam, A. KaziIt is predicted that by 2025 there will be twice as
many workers aged 50 and over than those aged
25 years and younger in the EU (Ilmarinen, 2001).
Demographic changes, together with changes in
pension policy, life expectancy and employment
practices, are contributing to the increasing age of
our workforce. Consequently, improved older
worker integration and employment outcomes look
set to be the key means through which economies
can adjust to the pressures of an ageing population
(Banks, 2006). The ageing workforce presents new
challenges not only for government, occupational
health services, and employers, but also for
employees and their families. [Continues...]
History
School
- Sport, Exercise and Health Sciences
Citation
THREAPLETON, K., HASLAM, C., KAZI, A., 2009. Working late: strategies to enhance productive and healthy environments for the older workforce. The Occupational Health Psychologist. Newsletter of the European Academy of Occupational Health Psychology, 6 (1), pp. 13 - 15Publisher
European Academy of Occupational Health PsychologyVersion
- VoR (Version of Record)
Publication date
2009Notes
This article was published in The European Academy of Occupational Health Psychology Newsletter] and the publisher's website is at: http://www.eaohp.org/Language
- en