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Impact of the Recession on Age Management Policies: Case Study: Cambridgeshire County Council, United Kingdom

Cambridgeshire County Council's 2006-2010 people strategy sets priorities and limits on age management of employees.

Jan 1, 2012
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Impact of the Recession on Age Management Policies: United Kingdom

Explores the age management practices of companies in nine European Union (EU) Member States, in light of restructuring undergone during the recession.

Jan 1, 2012
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Impact of the Recession on Age Management Policies: Case Study: BT, United Kingdom

BT has an 'age neutral' approach to promoting diversity and equality among age groups in its workforce.

Jan 1, 2012
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Impact of the Recession on Age Management Policies: Case Study: Vienna General Hospital (AKH Wien), Austria

Vienna General Hospital sees the importance of the tackling the issue of ageing in terms of organisational strategy, organisational culture, personal development, organisation of work, and individual health of employees.

Jan 1, 2012
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Impact of the Recession on Age Management Policies: Case Study: Borealis Agrolinz Melamine GmbH, Austria

While age management at the Borealis Group has always made use of generous regulations for early retirement there has also been a movement to maintain older workers in the workplace by creating sustainable work processes and adapting work practices to take into account employees' needs.

Jan 1, 2012
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Impact of the Recession on Age Management Policies: Case Study: Made in Inox, Belgium

The experience of Made in Inox shows that micro-businesses are unlikely to have a dedicated human resources policy.

Jan 1, 2012
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Impact of the Recession on Age Management Policies: Case Study: BARCO, Belgium

According to representatives of the company interviewed for this case study, there has been a greater willingness to recruit people aged 50 or more during the economic cycle of the past two to three years, but this is cyclical.

Jan 1, 2012
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Impact of the Recession on Age Management Policies: Case Study: Ford, Spain

In Spain, the Ford Collective Agreement has some specific policies aimed at older workers that affect seniority bonuses and retirement practices.

Jan 1, 2012
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Impact of the Recession on Age Management Policies: Case Study: Abengoa, Spain

Abengoa has HR practices and policies that promote the employability and mobility of all workers regardless of age. The organisation also has specific age management policies including partial retirement policies.

Jan 1, 2012
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Impact of the Recession on Age Management Policies: Case Study: DHV, the Netherlands

DHV, a company reliant on the knowledge and personal skills of people, has placed strong emphasis on training and development, on promoting a healthy workforce, as well as on new ways of working, all of which provide more freedom for workers to choose the means to do their work.

Jan 1, 2012
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Impact of the Recession on Age Management Policies: Case Study: KPN, the Netherlands

In the Netherlands employers were encouraged to invest more in education and training instead of preferential age-related benefits, as part of efforts to make employing older staff more attractive to companies.

Jan 1, 2012
Testimony

Encouraging Work at Older Ages

As men and women extend their working lives, they enhance their own retirement income security and may ease the strain of an aging population on economic growth as well as shore up the finances of Social Security and Medicare, according to testimony presented by Nicole Maestas before the Senate Finance Committee.

Jul 12, 2010
Dissertation

Dissertation

Extending the Working Lives of Older Workers: The Impact of Social Security Policies and Labor Market

Addresses issues related to public policies that encourage the extension of working lives of the elderly in the United States.

Jun 14, 2010