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: Because when it comes to your aging workforce, you want to keep your top talent too. After all, they are the ones who will have to (co) train the younger employees to make sure they’ve got what it takes when eventually retirement does come. So, who do you want to keep? Once you’ve got that figured out, it’s time to think about how you are going to get them to stay. The options here are endless and depend on the industry you’re in. In the above-mentioned example of Daimler, HR encouraged employees – and management – to discuss the age structure of their teams and ways to stimulate cooperation between young and old. Some of the ideas that came out of this: a system that makes it easier for older workers to swap shifts, hiring retired workers for short-term projects and testing ergonomic tools to reduce physical strain. Of course, there are heaps of other things you can do (up the salary, extra holidays, more health benefits). But the main thing remains the same: