EurWORK European Observatory of Working Life

Ageing workforce

The retention of older workers in employment is an important objective not only of labour market policies but also for social protection budgets. The Foundation has gathered and analysed cases of good practice in age management, designed to improve job opportunities and working conditions for older workers. Each case study describes how the organisation approached the issue and what the results were in the medium to long term.

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PEI, Ireland: Changing attitudes

Ageing workforce
27 ožujka 2007
  • Ireland
  • Organisation Size

    Small

  Organisational background   PEI is an example of a private organisation with progressive and comprehensive policies on equality, diversity and dignity in the workplace.
  • Legal form

    Private

  • Sectors

    Commerce

  • Type of measure

    [field_ef_type_of_measure]

  • Initiative Types

    Changing attitudes, development, etc, Training

  • Target Groups

    Other non-manual, Skilled Manual

Dublin Bus, Ireland: Recruitment / Changing attitudes

Ageing workforce
27 ožujka 2007
  • Ireland
  • Organisation Size

    Large

  Organisational background   Dublin Bus (Bus Átha Cliath) is an example of a semi-state company that has an active and wide-ranging diversity policy in place with specific steps to benefit older workers.
  • Legal form

    Public

  • Sectors

    Public sector

  • Type of measure

    [field_ef_type_of_measure]

  • Initiative Types

    Changing attitudes, Flexible working practices, Recruitment

  • Target Groups

    Other non-manual, Skilled Manual

Silvan, Denmark: Recruitment

Ageing workforce
27 ožujka 2007
  • Denmark
  • Organisation Size

    Large

  Organisational background   Silvan, a Danish chain of do-it-yourself stores, has succeeded in integrating long-term unemployed older people into its labour force by conducting informational and recruitment campaigns. About 70 per cent of the participants in the campaigns now work in one of Silvan’s stores.
  • Legal form

    Private

  • Sectors

    Commerce

  • Type of measure

    [field_ef_type_of_measure]

  • Initiative Types

    Recruitment

  • Target Groups

    Other non-manual, Skilled Manual, Unskilled Manual

KMD, Denmark: Health and well-being / Exit policy / Flexible working practices

Ageing workforce
27 ožujka 2007
  • Denmark
  • Organisation Size

    Large

  Organisational background   KMD provides information technology (IT) and consultancy services to both the public and private sectors. The core business consists of products for the local authority market. The company aims to diversify its business so that it increasingly includes projects and outsourcing services for local and central government organisations, as well as for private sector companies. The services provided by KMD include systems management, as well as development and maintenance of IT systems for large corporations and government institutions.
  • Legal form

    Social economy/voluntary/other

  • Sectors

    Information technology

  • Type of measure

    [field_ef_type_of_measure]

  • Initiative Types

    development, etc, Flexible working practices, Health and well-being, Training

  • Target Groups

    Persons with health problems, Professional/managerial, Skilled Manual

Post Danmark, Denmark: Flexible working practices

Ageing workforce
26 ožujka 2007
  • Denmark
  • Organisation Size

    Large

  Organisational background   A special clause in the collective agreement at Post Danmark entitles older postal workers to extra holidays, reduced working hours and full pension contributions. The arrangement has been a contributory factor in postponing retirement until the age of 62.
  • Legal form

    Private

  • Sectors

    Post and telecommunications

  • Type of measure

    [field_ef_type_of_measure]

  • Initiative Types

    Flexible working practices

  • Target Groups

    Unskilled Manual

Fortis Banque Luxembourg, Luxembourg: Training/Health and well-being/Wage policy

Ageing workforce
24 ožujka 2007
  • Luxembourg
  • Organisation Size

    Large

  Organisational background   The HR Department of Fortis Banque Luxembourg SA (FBL) offers a range of human resource strategies to enable its employees to have a good work–life balance. The measures for working-time flexibilisation, qualification and health promotion (for example, the further education measure 'Be part of the future') are specifically geared to older employees and are aimed at counteracting employment and qualification risks.
  • Legal form

    Private

  • Sectors

    Financial services

  • Type of measure

    [field_ef_type_of_measure]

  • Initiative Types

    development, etc, Flexible working practices, Health and well-being, Training, Wage Policy

  • Target Groups

    Professional/managerial

Renault, France: Ergonomics

Ageing workforce
21 ožujka 2007
  • France
  • Organisation Size

    Large

  Organisational background   In 2000, the Renault Group took a significant step towards improving working conditions and preventing incapacities for its employees when it designed and implemented its policy on occupational health, safety and working conditions, while also integrating ergonomics into the so-called 'Renault Production System'. This policy is aimed at all employees and was handled directly by the management of all the Group's plants worldwide.
  • Legal form

    Private

  • Sectors

    Motor

  • Type of measure

    [field_ef_type_of_measure]

  • Initiative Types

    Ergonomics/job design

  • Target Groups

    Other non-manual, Skilled Manual

Tradice Slovácka, Czech Republic: Comprehensive approach

Ageing workforce
20 ožujka 2007
  • Czechia
  • Organisation Size

    Small

  Organisational background  
  • Legal form

    Social economy/voluntary/other

  • Sectors

    Textiles and leather

  • Type of measure

    [field_ef_type_of_measure]

  • Initiative Types

    Comprehensive approach, Generational relations

  • Target Groups

    Skilled Manual

Hayes Lemmerz Autokola, Czech Republic: Wage policy

Ageing workforce
18 ožujka 2007
  • Czechia
  • Organisation Size

    Medium

  Organisational background   Hayes Lemmerz Autokola a.s. produces steel-fabricated discs and aluminium wheels for passenger cars, industrial trucks and forklifts. The company has been using its current name since 1997, but was originally established by Nova Hut a.s. in 1993. Autokola’s production programme builds on the tradition of steel-fabricated wheel manufacturing, which was established in the city of Ostrava in the northeast of the Czech Republic in the 1930s.
  • Legal form

    Private

  • Sectors

    Metal and machinery

  • Type of measure

    [field_ef_type_of_measure]

  • Initiative Types

    Wage Policy

  • Target Groups

    Skilled Manual

Public schools in the Municipality of Horsens, Denmark: Changing attitudes / Training and development / Flexible working practices

Ageing workforce
17 ožujka 2007
  • Denmark
  • Organisation Size

    Large

  Organisational background   In 2000, the Municipality of Horsens initiated a project aimed at encouraging older teachers to remain employed instead of taking early retirement. The Municipality of Horsens in the Jutland peninsula has 14 public primary schools with about 9,000 registered pupils. Overall, 746 teachers are employed at these schools, of whom about two thirds are women.
  • Legal form

    Public

  • Sectors

    Education

  • Type of measure

    [field_ef_type_of_measure]

  • Initiative Types

    Changing attitudes, development, etc, Flexible working practices, Training, Wage Policy

  • Target Groups

    Men, Professional/managerial, Women

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