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Change Needed To Attract Older Workers
Change Needed To Attract Older Workers
Employers needed to make changes to the workplace to recruit and retain valuable and experienced older workers in paid work, Council of Trade Unions secretary Carol Beaumont said today.
The Retirement Commissioner has said that older people are in better health and living longer and many expect to keep working - either by choice or because of financial pressure.
The skill and labour shortage made it imperative that employers look to employing older workers, Carol Beaumont said.
“Older workers have experience that’s valuable to many employers - but most of these workers also want some balance between work and the rest of their lives.
“Employers who pay
fairly and who offer good conditions and flexibility in
working time are likely to keep and attract well-educated,
highly-skilled older workers who are valuable not just for
the work that they do but also the knowledge they can pass
on in the workplace.”
New Zealand Council of Trade Unions
Te Kauae Kaimahi
The New Zealand Council of Trade Unions Te Kauae Kaimahi brings together over 350,000 New Zealand union members in 40 affiliated unions. We are the united voice for working people and their families in New Zealand.
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