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Older Workers: Learning from Three International Experiences

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  04 September 2006

Kathleen Riach
Kathleen Riach
Affiliation:
School of Business Management, University of Glasgow E-mail: k.riach.1@research.gla.ac.uk
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Abstract

The contributions in this issue serve as a timely reminder of the importance of choice and autonomy in later working life. As the UK embarks on legislation prohibiting age discrimination, this paper discusses international lessons which can be drawn from older worker experience and related policy in Japan, Australia and the United States. By exploring the integral role of social and cultural norms in the development of pension, retirement and anti-discrimination reform, it emphasizes the importance of taking a holistic approach to older worker opportunity which ensures that practice reflects the intentions behind policy.

Type
Themed Section on What do Older Workers Want?
Information
Social Policy and Society , Volume 5 , Issue 4 , October 2006 , pp. 551 - 563
Copyright
Cambridge University Press 2006

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