Employing Older Workers in Contemporary Organizations

HUMAN RESOURCE
MANAGEMENT-
EMPLOYING OLDER
WORKERS IN
CONTEMPORARY
ORGANISATIONS

TABLE OF CONTENTS
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................3
MAIN BODY..................................................................................................................................3
1. Strategies for employing older people and analysing their effectiveness................................3
2. Key challenges in employing older workers...........................................................................5
3. Recommendations....................................................................................................................6
CONCLUSION................................................................................................................................7
REFERENCES................................................................................................................................9

INTRODUCTION
Employing older people has become an economic and social need that the world has to
adopt and employ in business decisions and human resource planning as the life expectancy in
people has been increasing. Older and younger workers both can offer real business benefits
when they make the most of the range of skills and experience brought by the workers of
different ages. Employment of older people in workplace has to be incorporated in the human
resource planning through various programs and creation of opportunities, which even has
various benefits for the business. This business report as per the case study will conduct a
criticism and debate on the contemporary and primary arguments regarding this theory and
practice in the human resources management and about ethical expectations which are countered
while assessing the contributions to the organisation. The primary strategies for employing the
older people will be elaborates and its effectiveness will be analysed. The key challenges in the
employment of the older generation will be valuated along with recommendations.
MAIN BODY
1. Strategies for employing older people and analysing their effectiveness
It is the need for the organisations to attract and retain the older workers who are more
experienced, skilled and knowledgeable so that they can pass on their knowledge and values
among the workplace and also to mentor the younger employees. The employers have to
improve the hiring and retention of the older workers by creating the flexible work arrangements
and also offering them informal and formal phased options of retirement. In order to do this, the
employers must think about the practices and the strategies which can be helpful in achieving the
objective. These are as follows:
 Flexible Work Arrangements
This facilitates the older workers who do not wish to work traditionally in full-time
schedules because of some reasons like taking care of aging spouses or parents or spending time
with grandchildren. Also, they can be suffering from worsening health, declining energy and
stamina, or may be having more preference over time for sacrificing the income. Some of the
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