Organisational background   A project originally aimed at senior employees in the Vordingborg Municipal Home Care organisation has led to flexible working practices for all employees. The case study comprises experiences and practices in a district of Vordingborg Municipality in southern Zealand. Up to the end of 2006, the district was an independent municipality, but it is now incorporated into a larger conglomerate of four municipalities under the name of Vordingborg Kommune.

  Organisational background   In 2004, in order to improve its HR policy and the ways it is effectively implemented, Messier-Bugatti launched a working project called ‘Generations’. By setting up various working groups and systematically gathering employees, consisting of HR and operational managers from different generations, the project has aims to foster attitudes towards significant HR issues by improving cooperation between different generations of employees.

  Organisational background   In 2001, Thales concluded a collective agreement related to the career development of older workers. The agreement was designed to allow older workers to maintain and develop their skills and to support knowledge transfer. This agreement was complemented in 2006 by another one related to the career development of all workers. This evolution shows that Thales has progressively decided to promote a life-course approach.

  Organisational Background   Société Electrique de l’Our S.A. (SEO) has initiated strategies of diversity management to improve the employment situation of people with disabilities. The strategies also benefit older employees, as they help to counter discrimination of disadvantaged groups among the staff. The company aims for an integrative approach.