Workers Over 65
Today, many workers who hit retirement age are opting to keep working. Many factors contribute to this fact: economics, changes in retirement age, continuing need for personal achievement, and employers' need and desire to keep older workers on the job. In today's economy, many workers simply cannot afford to retire (Hawthorne, 2003). At the same time, the age for eligibility for Social Security retirement benefits will eventually climb from 62 to 67 with a substantial reduction in benefits for early retirees. This means that many older Americans will spend at least two to five years longer in the workforce or have to change their lifestyle. In addition, many older people simply want to keep working. The world faces a future in which a whole generation is healthy, wealthy and bored. Many will choose to keep working or will go back to work.
The number of workers over 65 rose 22% from 1990 to 2000, to 4.2 million. That figure will jump an additional 30% by 2010, to 5.4 million, the Labor Department says (Block, 2002). For this reason, it is important that employers recognize the value of older workers (Hawthorne, 2003). According to Employment and the Older Worker, an Administration on Aging fact sheet, "the myth of failing competence in older persons is based on an anachronistic picture of the world of work based on industrial and other physically demanding labor. With technology creating a greater emphasis on brain-work over 'brawn-work,' employers are tapping into minds which do not necessarily fail with age. The high-tech tools of today's workforce are extremely conducive to maintaining an older, more experienced and knowledgeable workforce. Further, today's 'senior' population represents a group more familiar and comfortable with these tools than their precursors."
Currently, statistics show that more than 43 per cent of the adult population is over 50. Therefore, employers have a millions-strong resource of experienced and well-trained workers with a learned understanding of modern business. Older workers are often more experienced at handling people, tend to be more loyal to an employer,...
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