Organisations should act now to tackle the challenges of demographic change, according to HR consultancy Talentsmoothie. It is now offering its report on the ageing workforce as a free download. The Ageing Workforce – What’s Your Strategy? which originally cost… Read More ›

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Major flexibility push needed for older workers
Government and employers should promote and deploy flexible working as a way of keeping older workers in the workplace, the government’s business champion for older workers has said. Dr Ros Altmann last week published A New Vision for Older Workers:… Read More ›
Business must face rapidly ageing workforce
Employers must cater to older workers or face being left behind as the population ages, according to a report by the Economist Intelligence Unit. Flexible working is one tool that can ease changing workforce dynamics and fulfil the needs of… Read More ›
Study to stop older worker ‘brain drain’
Academics have embarked on a study to stem the ‘brain drain’ of older workers as they near retirement. Researchers at Nottingham Trent University have secured €1.1m of EU funding for a three-year project to try and find ways of retaining… Read More ›