Title: Aging workforce challenges: Trends, Statistics and Impact
Headings: Aging Workforce Challenges: Trends, Statistics and Impact
Aging Workforce Challenges: Trends, Statistics and Impact
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What is the aging workforce?
5 Aging Workforce Challenges and Their Solutions
1. Bias
2. Absenteeism
An aging workforce intervention: a case study
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3. Postpone retirement
4. Succession
5. Attract & retain younger employees
The Impact of the Aging Workforce
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Neelie Verlinden

Content: But before jumping to conclusions about the reasons for the higher absenteeism rates among your older employees, try to find out the real reason. How? Just ask them! It may be something relatively simple that can easily be solved – and bring back your older workers happier than they’ve been in a while! An aging workforce intervention: a case study
This is exactly what happened in a big European postal company. The absenteeism among the organization’s older workers was a real issue. This is not uncommon in this part of the population and the predominantly long-term absence indicated chronical, physical issues. The company assumed this had to do with the workload. To conquer this trend they decided to ease the work for the older population of their workforce by introducing extra holidays for these workers.