Wednesday 7 October 2009

Health and the Mature Worker

"Much is being written about the value of retaining and recruiting older workers. The advantages of having mature employees-baby boomers and members of the Silent Generation preceding them-are well known. They tend to be stable and loyal. Most are highly skilled. Workers with long tenures possess workplace experience and institutional knowledge that is difficult, if not impossible to replace"

The article then goes on to demonstrate the savings in health care etc when older employees stay in the workforce and rthe positive impact on health.
Maybe our government should be offering more incentives to employers to keep older workers.

Read this article in full at http://www.accessmylibrary.com/article-1G1-137019342/benefits-keep-mature-workers.html.

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