What Really Motivates Individuals Age 50+ to Work?
Study reveals employers and employees are out of sync.
Employers Serving Up Benefits for Part-Time Workers
Employers are beginning to step up efforts to attract and retain age 50+ workers. In addition to flexible schedules (the #1 ask from older workers), they’re offering benefits to part-timers.
Medicare Enrollment While Still Working? Here’s How It’s Done
More older Americans are working after age 65 than ever before. Some do it for financial reasons. The added income helps defray health care and other living expenses. Others do it for social and intellectual benefits. Regardless of why you may decide to continue working past age 65, you can receive Medicare benefits while you’re still working. Here’s how Medicare works when you’re not retired.
Older Americans Prepped for Economic Curveballs
Economic uncertainty has older adults nearing retirement decision time seeking the safer path: working full time a little longer and committing to part-time work in retirement. While age 64 recently has been the average for full-time retirement, a new national survey of older adults reveals most people say they’ll be ready to retire somewhere between 66 and 70.
More Americans Say They’ll Work Longer
A new Age-Friendly Institute survey indicates Americans are planning to further push out retirement. On average, adults age 50+ who are still working say 68 is their target retirement age.
Would You Get Paid To Do Nothing for The Rest of Your Life?
It seems too good to be true—a job in Sweden that would pay you a generous salary to punch a clock twice-a-day and do whatever you want in-between. But would it be good for you?
Companies Pioneer 'Employee Resource Groups' to Support Older Workers
While ERGs have long played an important role in mitigating discrimination on the basis of race, gender and sexuality, only recently have they begun to engage with another, less-talked-about type of discrimination: ageism.
Why Employers Should Recruit and Retain Older Adults
Our Op-Ed in the Boston Globe: When it comes to aging, working longer solves (almost) everything — for employers and all of their employees.
What makes an employer age-friendly?
Here is what you, our readers and reviewers, had to say about age-friendly employers.
Survey Results: Ageism Still Abounds
Last month, we asked for your input on a survey about ageism. Thanks to your thoughtful responses, we were able to collect and analyze data on what ageism looks like for those experiencing it firsthand.