Age Inclusive Workplaces
Age Inclusive Workplaces
Institute of Health and Wellbeing
Date: Tuesday 18 May 2021
Time: 14:00 - 15:00
Venue: Zoom
Category: Staff workshops and seminars
Speaker: WOW - Wellbeing of Older Workers and Age Scotland
Website: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/151521810815
Age Scotland Age Inclusive Workplaces
Scotland’s workforce is ageing dramatically: in the past 20 years the number of people aged 45-64 has increased by 26% whilst the number of people aged 25-44 has fallen by 8%. Older workers are increasingly important to the Scottish economy, yet employers have been slow to recognise this demographic reality. Unless businesses take action to recruit, retain and re-train older workers, they are likely to experience skills shortages, increased employee turnover and loss of corporate knowledge.
Older workers bring some great advantages- they are skilled, resilient and have a wealth of lived experience. They may also face challenges to staying in work, such as caring responsibilities, health issues, and a lack of opportunities to work flexibly. Given the increasing importance of older workers to Scottish employers, there is a clear business case for the creation of policies and strategies designed to support older employees.
All are welcome to join this webinar with Age Scotland on Age Inclusive Workplaces.The webinar may be of particular interest to students and researchers with an interest in older workers, staff with line managing responsibility for older workers, HR and older workers themselves – plus anyone who is interested in the changing demographics of the work place.
The Institue of Health and Wellbeing's WOW - Wellbeing of Older Workers co-chairs Nicola McMeekin and Janet Bouttell will chair the webinar with Jonathan Parks and Mike Douglas from Age Scotland entitled Supporting an Ageing Workforce: how you can accelerate age inclusion.
There will be a Q and A following the presentation.