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Increasing the value of age: guidance in employers’ age management strategies

Table of contents

Foreword .............................................................................................................. 1

Acknowledgements ....................................................................................... 3
List of figures, tables and boxes .................................................................... 7
Executive summary .............................................................................................. 8

1. Introduction to the study .............................................................................. 12
1.1. Active age management: changing paradigms ................................... 12
1.2. Active age management in policy ....................................................... 12

1.3. Steeply increasing participation rates ................................................. 14
1.4. Challenges to overcome for older workers .......................................... 15
1.5. The role of guidance in active ageing ................................................. 17

2. Research questions, concept and methods ................................................. 20
2.1. Objectives and research questions ..................................................... 20
2.2. Three-level approach.......................................................................... 20
2.2.1. Assessment at system level .................................................... 21
2.2.2. Assessment at organisation level ............................................ 21
2.2.3. Guidance activities in active age management........................ 22
2.2.4. Defining older workers ............................................................ 24
2.3. Study methodology ............................................................................. 27

3. European statistics on older workers and enterprise policies ....................... 28
3.1. Introduction ........................................................................................ 28
3.2. Background characteristics of older workers ...................................... 28
3.2.1. The share of older workers is growing in Europe ..................... 28
3.2.2. Older workers have lower employment participation ............... 29
3.2.3. The relative share of older workers differs across
sectors .................................................................................... 31
3.2.4. Older workers overrepresented in SMEs ................................. 31
3.2.5. The exit age of older workers is increasing ............................. 32
3.2.6. Older people participate less in learning.................................. 33
3.3. Active age management in organisations ........................................... 35
3.3.1. Few recruitment or retention strategies for older
workers ................................................................................... 35
3.3.2. Older worker have different working conditions ....................... 36
3.3.3. SMEs provide fewer training opportunities for older
workers ................................................................................... 38

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