In South Australia, the average age of the workforce (all sectors) is about 43 years old. The average age of the Public Sector workforce is about 46 years old.
Recent research has shown that men are leaving the full-time workforce at an earlier age than ever before (between 55 and 58 years old). Presumably, they have good superannuation!
However, there are increasing numbers of jobs in South Australia.
It is not hard to see the problem - skills are being lost to the workforce at a faster rate than can be replaced. There does not seem to be a sense of urgency about it in Government or in the industry in general.
I would be interested to hear your ideas about how this might be addressed.
The other aspect of the aging workforce is that more and more workers are suffering work-related injuries as a result of the combined effects of aging and the requirements of the job.
The two fastest-growing injury types are sprain and strain injuries and stress (psychological injury). The cost of workers' compensation is enormous for these types of injuries alone, never mind the other kinds of injuries that employees sustain.
Do you have any ideas about how the workplace can be made safer for older employees?
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13Recent research has shown that men are leaving the full-time workforce at an earlier age than ever before (between 55 and 58 years old). Presumably, they have good superannuation!
However, there are increasing numbers of jobs in South Australia.
It is not hard to see the problem - skills are being lost to the workforce at a faster rate than can be replaced. There does not seem to be a sense of urgency about it in Government or in the industry in general.
I would be interested to hear your ideas about how this might be addressed.
The other aspect of the aging workforce is that more and more workers are suffering work-related injuries as a result of the combined effects of aging and the requirements of the job.
The two fastest-growing injury types are sprain and strain injuries and stress (psychological injury). The cost of workers' compensation is enormous for these types of injuries alone, never mind the other kinds of injuries that employees sustain.
Do you have any ideas about how the workplace can be made safer for older employees?
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Hi Numerouno,
However, there are increasing numbers of jobs in South Australia. Maybe I should move to Australia, can you find me a job there.... Okay jokes apart....
In India, especially in the Secretariat and Public sector, the workforce is quite old in terms of age, and they try to get extensions to their retirement. So, one can hardly say that they retire younger. Though when the company is offering superannuation/VRS, lots of people do retire younger. However, this is done when the company wants to reduce the workforce and not to replace the workforce with the younger generation.
It is not hard to see the problem - skills are being lost to the workforce at a faster rate than can be replaced. There does not seem to be a sense of urgency about it in Government or in the industry in general.
Though this might be true for Australia, here in India, except for some selected industries, the workforce is available in greater quantity than actually required. But I think that is more because of India still being a Developing Country. Maybe in a decade or two, even we might face a similar problem.
From India, Ahmadabad
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However, there are increasing numbers of jobs in South Australia. Maybe I should move to Australia, can you find me a job there.... Okay jokes apart....
In India, especially in the Secretariat and Public sector, the workforce is quite old in terms of age, and they try to get extensions to their retirement. So, one can hardly say that they retire younger. Though when the company is offering superannuation/VRS, lots of people do retire younger. However, this is done when the company wants to reduce the workforce and not to replace the workforce with the younger generation.
It is not hard to see the problem - skills are being lost to the workforce at a faster rate than can be replaced. There does not seem to be a sense of urgency about it in Government or in the industry in general.
Though this might be true for Australia, here in India, except for some selected industries, the workforce is available in greater quantity than actually required. But I think that is more because of India still being a Developing Country. Maybe in a decade or two, even we might face a similar problem.
From India, Ahmadabad
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