Guideline 9. Promoting employment retention for older workers

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The continued labour participation of older workers is supported.

Guideline code

PSE_01100

Mechanism

Older workers who are willing and able to work should be supported and encouraged to do so.
The institution should organize awareness campaigns for workers, employers and the public, promote age-diverse and age-friendly workplaces, and advocate against ageism, discrimination and any kind of stigmatization of older workers.
The management should put in place advisory services, in order to develop an age-friendly workplace for older workers (part-time jobs, ergonomic workplaces, etc.).
Early pension schemes should be actuarially neutral so as not to provide an incentive to early retirement. Due consideration should be given to having such actuarial adjustment made dynamically.
The management could offer programmes bringing youth and older workers together, which have positive effects both in terms of skills and knowledge exchange and in fighting ageism in the workplace.

Parent

Structure

The institution should ensure that the legal framework and its application support retaining older employees.
The institution should ensure that the legal framework and its application support human resource management policies that are geared towards ongoing training and adaptation of the working conditions.
In collaboration with the competent pension institutions, the institution should discourage systems of early retirement to support continuing labour-market activity as well as encourage pension systems that support the continuing professional activity of older workers.