Age Smart Employer

Today is the deadline to apply for the Age Smart Employer Awards! It's free and easy. Contact Kerry Wills at [email protected] to learn more.

This is a great way to think about work and retirement goals.

By 2030, one in four Singaporeans will be over age 65. Singapore has a plan for that: http://cnb.cx/2ogwDgy

The old way of thinking about older workers is just not right anymore. http://nyti.ms/2n88ohX

http://www.govexec.com//stubborn-problem-ageism-hi/135701/

https://betanews.com/2016//09/older-workers-new-technology/

How do you become a superager? Work hard at something. http://www.nytimes.com//sun/how-to-become-a-superager.html

Apprenticeships aren't just for the young - Charlene DeWindt, 58 and just became an electrician

There isn’t a night I go to bed without thinking about how I’m responsible for 45 families. That is the responsibility we have to our employees. We have to treat people how we want to be treated, John Bonizio, owner of Metro Optics Eyewear, explains. The company invests in their employees by encouraging continued education, reimbursing tuition costs when they become a licensed optician.

"It is my belief, that if we take care of ourselves, we only get better with age," says Robert Schwartz, CEO of Eneslow Pedorthic Enterprises. Of the company’s 36 employees, 14 are over 50 years old. More photos and age friendly practices can be found here: http://www.agesmartemployer.org/spotlight-eneslow-pedorthi/

Employers in the food service industry rarely provide health insurance and retirement benefits to their employees. Amy's Bread is setting a new precedent and implementing other innovative practices to retain older workers.

What makes workers stick with their company for decades? Read about the secrets of the factory that makes Brooks Brothers neckties, which has kept its valued workers around for 30, 40 and 50 years