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| Training of older workers in the United Kingdom | | Author(s) | Charles Manton |
| Corporate Author | Training Policies Branch, International Labour Office |
| Publisher | International Labour Office, Geneva, 1989 |
| Pages | 28 pp (Training discussion paper, no 23) |
| Keywords | Training [elderly workers] ; Adult Education ; Preparation [retirement] ; Retirement policy. |
| Annotation | For many years, following a steadily growing birth rate, some industrialised countries have had only one problem with older workers: they retire too late. However, statistics now show a rapidly ageing population, low birth rates, and the maturing of the post-war baby boom generation. Despite their growing numbers, older people hold a diminishing share of the labour force. The "Older Workers Recommendation (162) 1980" adopted by the General Conference of the ILO on 23 June 1980 reveals the organisation's early interest in this topic, and which it has followed up in research such as this. This report outlines retirement and training policies, and further and adult education for older workers. It uses three examples of pre-retirement of education: the Civil Service; Shell International Petroleum; and a 7-day residential holiday course. First findings of the main exploration project suggest: old age is no handicap to learning; older workers have a proven track record; although it may be usual for older workers to have on-the-job training, such training is scarcely used; and older people's participation rates in training or education courses is very low. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-000616202 B |
| Classmark | GF: GP: GA: G5 |
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