Volume 22 - Article 32 | Pages 1015–1036
How do employers cope with an ageing workforce?: Views from employers and employees
| Date received: | 08 Dec 2009 |
| Date published: | 04 Jun 2010 |
| Word count: | 5837 |
| Keywords: | aging, employers, productivity, stereotypes |
| DOI: | 10.4054/DemRes.2010.22.32 |
Abstract
How age-conscious are human resource policies? Using a survey of Dutch employers, we examine how employers deal with the prospect of an ageing work force. We supplement our analysis with an additional survey of Dutch employees to compare human resource policies to practices. Results show that a small minority of employers are taking measures to enhance productivity (training programmes) or bring productivity in line with pay (demotion). Personnel policies tend to ‘spare’ older workers: giving them extra leave, early retirement, or generous employment protection: older workers who perform poorly are allowed to stay, whereas younger workers under similar conditions are dismissed.
Author's Affiliation
Hendrik P. Van Dalen - Nederlands Interdisciplinair Demografisch Instituut (NIDI), the Netherlands
Kène Henkens - Nederlands Interdisciplinair Demografisch Instituut (NIDI), the Netherlands
Joop Schippers - Universiteit Utrecht, the Netherlands
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