Older workers

Over Half of Unemployed Older Workers at Risk of Involuntary Retirement

Several indicators show 2.9 million older workers who exited the labor force are unlikely to return.

• Age bias/ageism
• Aging and Retirement
• COVID-19
• Older workers
• Public Policies--Social Security, Medicare, Medicaid

August 7, 2020

How to Overcome Five Stereotypes about Older Workers, with Debbie Lipton

Debbie Lipton is here today to talk about five stereotypes about older candidates and how you can overcome them.

• Age bias/ageism
• Age-friendly organizations
• Employer Policies & HR Management
• Older workers

Coronavirus: Over-55s Main Victims of Employment Crisis, Watchdog Finds

Older workers are shouldering the burden of pandemic job losses and pay cuts

• COVID-19
• Older workers

August 5, 2020

Older Workers aren’t Hurting the Economy, They’re Stimulating It

Here’s the thing: Not only are older workers sticking around, they are also helping to boost demand at the consumer level.

• Older workers

Crafting an Interesting Job: Stimulating an Active Role of Older Workers in Enhancing Their Daily Work Engagement and Job Performance

These results demonstrate that older workers can be stimulated daily to engage in effective job crafting behaviors to make sure that they are motivated and productive members of the workforce.

• Age-friendly organizations
• Engagement in later life
• Job quality for older adults
• Older workers
• Successful/Productive aging

July 30, 2020

Disrespect at Work, Distress at Home: A Longitudinal Investigation of Incivility Spillover and Crossover Among Older Workers

Specifically, we investigated whether and how incivility relates to well-being outside of work, among both targeted employees and their partners. These results suggest that for both older workers and their partners, the harms of incivility eventually extend beyond the organizations where they originate.

• Age bias/ageism
• Older workers

Opinion: Bye, Boomer: The Coming Cull of Workers over 50

Employers seize on slumps to purge more expensive, more experienced workers, study warns

• Age bias/ageism
• COVID-19
• Employer Policies & HR Management
• Older workers

Laid Off From White-Collar Work? Consider Manufacturing

How this sector is often welcoming to job hunters over 50

• Age bias/ageism
• Age-friendly organizations
• COVID-19
• Diversity and Aging
• Encore careers
• Older workers

July 25, 2020

For Many Older Workers, Layoffs Mean Learning New Job-Search Skills

This recession is different for older workers

• Age bias/ageism
• COVID-19
• Older workers

July 22, 2020

Aging Workers Need Stronger Defense, Not Steeper Discounts

The initial shock of the coronavirus and mass unemployment crisis is beginning to wear off. It is being replaced by a deepening sense of threat and dread among the tens of millions of aging workers and retirees who were already facing age discrimination in the workplace and a decade or more of unsustainable retirements.

• Age bias/ageism
• Aging and Retirement
• COVID-19
• Employer Policies & HR Management
• Job quality for older adults
• Older workers
• Public Policies--Social Security, Medicare, Medicaid