Active ageing and ageing well: Longer working lives and age management

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1 Active ageing and ageing well: Longer working lives and age management Social Science evidence and the policy process London, 14 November 2013 Robert Anderson Eurofound 11/12/2013 1

2 Eurofound research on ageing workforce : Age barriers in employment : Case studies of ergonomic measures : Survey on working conditions : Employment initiatives for an ageing workforce Good practice in age management in EU15 and NMS 2006: Database of good practice 200 company case studies Report on developments over last decade Guide to good practice in age management 2007: Working conditions of an ageing workforce 2010: Older workers and company restructuring in recession European Working Conditions Survey Company initiatives for workers with care responsibilities for disabled children or adults 2011&2012: Income from work after retirement 2013: Role of Social Partners in Age Management 11/12/2013 2

3 Employment rates in the EU27 by age group and gender, Source: compiled from on line Eurostat database (1 June 2011), LFS data 11/12/2013 3

4 Older workers employment rate, , years Source: compiled from on line Eurostat database (1 June 2011), LFS data 11/12/2013 4

5 Projected change in the WAP and the share of older people (55 64) in the WAP 11/12/2013 5

6 Extending working life: How governments have responded over the last decade Adaptation of social protection systems: Pension reform (increasing statutory retirement age; equalising ages for women and men; increasing minimum contribution periods; adjusting benefits for early and late retirement) Reduced access to early retirement revised age for eligibility Reduced access to disability/incapacity schemes Promotion of learning and compensatory education Programmes to encourage companies to promote health Collective agreements to adapt workload for older workers Legislation banning age discrimination Awareness campaigns to modify attitudes to older workers 11/12/2013 6

7 Good practice in age management Job recruitment Training, development and lifelong learning Career development Flexible working practice; reconciliation issues; work organisation; working time arrangements Health protection and promotion; workplace design Redeployment internal mobility Employment exit and transition to retirement Towards more comprehensive measures But: Contradictions, Ambivalences, Ambiguities 11/12/2013 7

8 Company age management pays increasing attention to: promoting 'employability' (skills), including specifically for older workers intergenerational knowledge transfer, involvement in training younger workers flexible working arrangements, with more partial retirement schemes 11/12/2013 8

9 Reference to Eurofound research in documents 2012 European Commission: Employment and Social Developments 2012 Eurostat: Active ageing and solidarity between generations: statistical portrait EESC: Opinion on involvement and participation of older people in society ETUI: Occupations and ageing at work CEMR EPSU: Future of the workplace Issues of timeliness, relevance and presentation 11/12/2013 9

10 Research to inform EU policies on Ageing Workforce European Employment Policy guidelines Europe 2020 Employment Package European Social Fund, Article 6 European Semester CSRs Use of research to initiate, monitor and/or evaluate policy 11/12/

11 In conclusion Significant changes in public policies Less urgency among companies in responding to demographic change Uneven implementation of age management across countries/sectors/ company size Lack of social dialogue/collective bargaining Low take up of some specific measures 11/12/

12 Emerging themes Life course perspective Working, Learning, Caring and Volunteering throughout working life Intergenerational approaches mentoring, coaching, skills exchange, mixed age teams Internal mobility second career; arduous jobs; work organisation, especially part time Research economic evaluation of measures; preferences and participation of younger, mid career and older workers 11/12/

13 Thank you! 11/12/