Tuesday, December 05, 2006
[IWS] [OLDER WORKERS] NOT DEAD YET [24 November 2006]
IWS Documented News Service
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Institute for Workplace Studies----------------- Professor Samuel B. Bacharach
School of Industrial & Labor Relations-------- Director, Institute for Workplace Studies
Cornell University
16 East 34th Street, 4th floor---------------------- Stuart Basefsky
New York, NY 10016 -------------------------------Director, IWS News Bureau
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Hazards magazine, number 96, October/December 2006
Not dead yet [24 November 2006]
http://www.hazards.org/olderworkers/
[excerpt]
We all have different strengths and weaknesses, young and old. And properly designed work should be safe and healthy whoever is doing it. So why are older workers told they are no longer up to the job? Hazards editor Rory O'Neill spells out the measures necessary to deliver healthier workplaces for all, regardless of age.
Press Release 22 November 2006
One third of UK workers fear they will be unfit for work by 60
http://www.tuc.org.uk/h_and_s/tuc-12683-f0.cfm
Over one third (36.5 per cent) of UK workers believe they will be unable to do their job at 60, according to the latest statistics, revealed exclusively today (Friday) in the journal 'Hazards'. The report shows that in just six years the UK has slipped from being number one in the European league table for the proportion of workers who are confident they will be up to their current job when aged 60, to sixth. Hazards calls on employers to stop using bogus health and safety excuses to get rid of, or not employ older people, and start helping keep the ageing UK population in work and off benefits.
The report, 'Going strong', shows that the great majority of employees have no significant health impediments to prevent them working up to 65, or beyond if they wish, yet poor health is the most common reason why people over 50 leave a job, with only half retiring early by choice.
New Europe-wide survey findings revealed in the report show just 63.5 per cent of UK workers feel they will be able to do the same job when they are 60 years old. Germany tops the ranking with 73.6 per cent of its workers believing they will still be up to their jobs, followed by the Netherlands (71.2 per cent), Sweden (69.7 per cent), Denmark (68.8 per cent) and Finland (65.2 per cent). The UK has slipped to just above the EU15 average of 61 per cent and EU25 figure of 58.9 per cent.
AND MUCH MORE....
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This information is provided to subscribers, friends, faculty, students and alumni of the School of Industrial & Labor Relations (ILR). It is a service of the Institute for Workplace Studies (IWS) in New York City. Stuart Basefsky is responsible for the selection of the contents which is intended to keep researchers, companies, workers, and governments aware of the latest information related to ILR disciplines as it becomes available for the purposes of research, understanding and debate. The content does not reflect the opinions or positions of Cornell University, the School of Industrial & Labor Relations, or that of Mr. Basefsky and should not be construed as such. The service is unique in that it provides the original source documentation, via links, behind the news and research of the day. Use of the information provided is unrestricted. However, it is requested that users acknowledge that the information was found via the IWS Documented News Service.
Stuart Basefsky
Director, IWS News Bureau
Institute for Workplace Studies
Cornell/ILR School
16 E. 34th Street, 4th Floor
New York, NY 10016
Telephone: (607) 255-2703
Fax: (607) 255-9641
E-mail: smb6@cornell.edu
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_______________________________
Institute for Workplace Studies----------------- Professor Samuel B. Bacharach
School of Industrial & Labor Relations-------- Director, Institute for Workplace Studies
Cornell University
16 East 34th Street, 4th floor---------------------- Stuart Basefsky
New York, NY 10016 -------------------------------Director, IWS News Bureau
________________________________________________________________________
Hazards magazine, number 96, October/December 2006
Not dead yet [24 November 2006]
http://www.hazards.org/olderworkers/
[excerpt]
We all have different strengths and weaknesses, young and old. And properly designed work should be safe and healthy whoever is doing it. So why are older workers told they are no longer up to the job? Hazards editor Rory O'Neill spells out the measures necessary to deliver healthier workplaces for all, regardless of age.
Press Release 22 November 2006
One third of UK workers fear they will be unfit for work by 60
http://www.tuc.org.uk/h_and_s/tuc-12683-f0.cfm
Over one third (36.5 per cent) of UK workers believe they will be unable to do their job at 60, according to the latest statistics, revealed exclusively today (Friday) in the journal 'Hazards'. The report shows that in just six years the UK has slipped from being number one in the European league table for the proportion of workers who are confident they will be up to their current job when aged 60, to sixth. Hazards calls on employers to stop using bogus health and safety excuses to get rid of, or not employ older people, and start helping keep the ageing UK population in work and off benefits.
The report, 'Going strong', shows that the great majority of employees have no significant health impediments to prevent them working up to 65, or beyond if they wish, yet poor health is the most common reason why people over 50 leave a job, with only half retiring early by choice.
New Europe-wide survey findings revealed in the report show just 63.5 per cent of UK workers feel they will be able to do the same job when they are 60 years old. Germany tops the ranking with 73.6 per cent of its workers believing they will still be up to their jobs, followed by the Netherlands (71.2 per cent), Sweden (69.7 per cent), Denmark (68.8 per cent) and Finland (65.2 per cent). The UK has slipped to just above the EU15 average of 61 per cent and EU25 figure of 58.9 per cent.
AND MUCH MORE....
______________________________
This information is provided to subscribers, friends, faculty, students and alumni of the School of Industrial & Labor Relations (ILR). It is a service of the Institute for Workplace Studies (IWS) in New York City. Stuart Basefsky is responsible for the selection of the contents which is intended to keep researchers, companies, workers, and governments aware of the latest information related to ILR disciplines as it becomes available for the purposes of research, understanding and debate. The content does not reflect the opinions or positions of Cornell University, the School of Industrial & Labor Relations, or that of Mr. Basefsky and should not be construed as such. The service is unique in that it provides the original source documentation, via links, behind the news and research of the day. Use of the information provided is unrestricted. However, it is requested that users acknowledge that the information was found via the IWS Documented News Service.
Stuart Basefsky
Director, IWS News Bureau
Institute for Workplace Studies
Cornell/ILR School
16 E. 34th Street, 4th Floor
New York, NY 10016
Telephone: (607) 255-2703
Fax: (607) 255-9641
E-mail: smb6@cornell.edu
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