Report on a survey of trade union practices in respect of older workers in the USA - covers anti-discrimination clauses, seniority benefits, promotion, retraining, redundancy, severance pay, plant shutdown, pension schemes, early retirement benefits, health insurance, etc. Statistical tables.

Mirroring a worldwide phenomenon in industrialized nations, the U.S. is experiencing a change in its demographic structure known as population aging. Concern about the aging population tends to focus on the adequacy of Medicare and Social Security, retirement of older Americans, and the need to identify policies, programs, and strategies that address the health and safety needs of older workers. Older workers differ from their younger counterparts in a variety of physical, psychological, and social factors. Evaluating the extent, causes, and effects of these factors and improving the research and data systems necessary to address the health and safety needs of older workers may significantly impact both their ability to remain in the workforce and their well being in retirement. Health and Safety Needs of Older Workers provides an image of what is currently known about the health and safety needs of older workers and the research needed to encourage social polices that guarantee older workers a meaningful share of the nation's work opportunities.

The work force is ageing and the job expectations of older people are changing as well. This book is the largest compilation and analysis of the literature on ageing and work, presenting current scientific evidence, recommendations for organizational action, and future directions for research. It provides information for researchers, and for human resource and personnel policy-makers. The book begins with a discussion of the characteristics of the older worker -- how physical ageing, social roles, and the common experiences of each generation shape such things as values, attitudes to work, and needs of older workers. Research from such fields as pyschology, biology, sociology, and demography is used. Data on job performance, turnover, absenteeism, and work accidents is then provided. Part Two, 'Staffing, Career Planning and Development' explores the selection and evaluation of the older worker, career stages, job training and retirement programmes. In Part Three, issues of wages, pensions, andless tangible working benefits are discussed. Retirement preferences, social security issues, and adequacy of retirement income are also reviewe