{"id":134758,"date":"2024-10-21T07:40:09","date_gmt":"2024-10-21T04:40:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/fi\/news\/tapping-into-the-maturer-market-unlocking-the-potential-of-europes-older-workers\/"},"modified":"2024-10-21T07:40:09","modified_gmt":"2024-10-21T04:40:09","slug":"tapping-into-the-maturer-market-unlocking-the-potential-of-europes-older-workers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/en\/news\/tapping-into-the-maturer-market-unlocking-the-potential-of-europes-older-workers\/","title":{"rendered":"Tapping into the maturer market: Unlocking the potential of Europe\u2019s older workers"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mp_wrapper\">\n  <div class=\"mepr-unauthorized-message\">\n    <p>You are unauthorized to view this page.<\/p>\n  <\/div>\n  <div class=\"mepr-login-form-wrap\">\n            \n<div class=\"mp_wrapper mp_login_form\">\n                  <!-- mp-login-form-start -->     <form name=\"mepr_loginform\" id=\"mepr_loginform\" class=\"mepr-form\" action=\"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/en\/login-2\/\" method=\"post\" data-trp-original-action=\"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/en\/login-2\/\">\n            <div class=\"mp-form-row mepr_username\">\n        <div class=\"mp-form-label\">\n                              <label for=\"user_login\">Username<\/label>\n        <\/div>\n        <input type=\"text\" name=\"log\" id=\"user_login\" value=\"\" \/>\n      <\/div>\n      <div class=\"mp-form-row mepr_password\">\n        <div class=\"mp-form-label\">\n          <label for=\"user_pass\">Password<\/label>\n          <div class=\"mp-hide-pw\">\n            <input type=\"password\" name=\"pwd\" id=\"user_pass\" value=\"\" \/>\n            <button type=\"button\" class=\"button mp-hide-pw hide-if-no-js\" data-toggle=\"0\" aria-label=\"Show password\">\n              <span class=\"dashicons dashicons-visibility\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/span>\n            <\/button>\n          <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n      <\/div>\n            <div>\n        <label><input name=\"rememberme\" type=\"checkbox\" id=\"rememberme\" value=\"forever\" \/> Remember Me<\/label>\n      <\/div>\n      <div class=\"mp-spacer\">&nbsp;<\/div>\n      <div class=\"submit\">\n        <input type=\"submit\" name=\"wp-submit\" id=\"wp-submit\" class=\"button-primary mepr-share-button\" value=\"Log In\" \/>\n        <input type=\"hidden\" name=\"redirect_to\" value=\"\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/134758\" \/>\n        <input type=\"hidden\" name=\"mepr_process_login_form\" value=\"true\" \/>\n        <input type=\"hidden\" name=\"mepr_is_login_page\" value=\"false\" \/>\n      <\/div>\n    <input type=\"hidden\" name=\"trp-form-language\" value=\"en\"\/><\/form>\n    <div class=\"mp-spacer\">&nbsp;<\/div>\n    <div class=\"mepr-login-actions\">\n        <a\n          href=\"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/en\/login-2\/?action=forgot_password\"\n          title=\"Click here to reset your password\"\n        >\n          Forgot Password        <\/a>\n    <\/div>\n\n      \n    <!-- mp-login-form-end --> \n  <\/div>\n      <\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"smart_content_wrapper\">\n<p>Ageing populations require a shake up of our pension systems, but fair and effective changes require an understanding of older workers. Across Europe, raising pension ages is a necessary &#8211; yet incendiary &#8211; conversation. As life expectancies increase, so does the ratio of pensioners to workers, ultimately resulting in mounting pressure on state budgets.<\/p>\n<p>In countries where retirement reforms have sparked controversy, one argument continues to resurface. Raising the state pension age, many argue, can&#8217;t be a &#8216;one-size fits-all&#8217; approach. Due to disparities in wealth, health, and professional tasks, mandating longer working lives affects some employees more than others. Specifically, those who earn less, are in poor health, or have demanding jobs may suffer more from the hikes &#8211; in cases where exemptions don&#8217;t apply.<\/p>\n<p>When trying to fill the productivity gap, governments must therefore consider the profiles of workers. Understanding the disparate reasons for late and early retirement can be key to raising output &#8211; as well as boosting equality and employee wellbeing.<\/p>\n<p>For those who are forced to leave the workforce before retirement age, one key determinant is health. If you are not physically able to continue working, most countries will allow you to draw your pension early. This means that investing in healthcare is an important tool for governments to keep employees working for longer.<\/p>\n<p>Even so, health barriers are also linked to the nature of one&#8217;s profession. &#8220;In general, white collar occupations tend to have higher participation rates into old age than people in blue collar occupations,&#8221; said Arthur Seibold, assistant professor of economics at the University of Mannheim. He noted that this is due to the &#8220;physically demanding&#8221; nature of the work, although the same can sometimes be seen of mentally challenging professions.<\/p>\n<p>EU countries including France, Italy and Spain provide extra pension provisions for a large number of jobs considered hazardous or arduous. For instance, in France, if you work at night or under extreme temperatures, you may be able to draw your pension early. It&#8217;s also significant to note that while a long working life can have negative health effects in certain professions, some studies show that postponing retirement reduces an individual&#8217;s risk of cognitive decline.<\/p>\n<p>Source: <a rel=\"noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.euronews.com\/business\/2024\/10\/20\/silver-haired-hires-unlocking-the-potential-of-europes-older-workers\">Euronews<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>The post <a rel=\"noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/vastuullisuusuutiset.fi\/fi\/csr-news-en\/tapping-into-the-maturer-market-unlocking-the-potential-of-europes-older-workers\/\">Tapping into the maturer market: Unlocking the potential of Europe\u2019s older workers<\/a> appeared first on <a rel=\"noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/vastuullisuusuutiset.fi\/fi\">Vastuullisuusuutiset.fi<\/a>.<\/p>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[22],"tags":[555,16563,16564],"class_list":["post-134758","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","tag-csr-news-en","tag-older-workers","tag-understanding"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/134758","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=134758"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/134758\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=134758"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=134758"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=134758"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}