More than a quarter of UK workers expect their bosses to create flexible roles to allow them to work beyond their target retirement age. That’s according to research by financial provider Aegon, which asked workers if they intended to keep… 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 ›