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Budetti, Peter P., Ed.; Burkhauser, Richard V., Ed.; Gregory, Janice M., Ed.; Hunt, H. Allan, Ed. – 2001
This book contains 15 articles on older workers and the challenges of health insurance, Social Security, retirement, job loss, and working until older ages. Following an introduction by the editors, the articles are organized in five sections that also include commentaries on the articles. The following are included in Section 1, "Charting…
Descriptors: Age Discrimination, Disabilities, Early Retirement, Employed Women
Download full textCongress of the U.S., Washington, DC. Senate Special Committee on Aging. – 1985
This information paper provides employers, policymakers, and the general public with examples of innivative personnel policies and practices designed by private sector employers to increase employment opportunities for older workers. Part 1 is an introduction and overview. It defines the problems of the older worker and describes the National…
Descriptors: Aging (Individuals), Case Studies, Employment Opportunities, Employment Practices
Kimeldorf, Martin – 1994
This book helps people find a way to balance their work and leisure values. Filled with inventories, worksheets, reflective riddles, journal assignments, and guides for community explorations, this workbook offers a method for rejuvenating the lost art of play and finding a better balance between work and leisure roles. Chapters 1 and 2 help…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Health Promotion, Leisure Education, Leisure Time
American Association of Retired Persons, Washington, DC. Work Force Programs Dept. – 1993
This publication gives examples of employment programs for experienced workers taken from the National Older Workers Information System (NOWIS), a computerized system of information on more than 140 experienced worker employment programs in public and private sector organizations. (Maintained by the Business Partnerships Program of the American…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Aging (Individuals), Job Development, Older Adults
Bender, Lloyd D.; And Others – 1985
Effective rural development planning depends on facts and analysis based, not on rural averages, but on the diverse social and economic structure of rural America. Programs tailored to particular types of rural economies may be more effective than generalized programs. Because of their unique characteristics, government policies and economic…
Descriptors: Agriculture, Demography, Employment Patterns, Government (Administrative Body)
Van Voorhis, Richard, Comp.; Pedley, Donald M., Comp. – 1994
This publication, aimed at persons in pastoral work in religious settings, reviews a large number of works on the topics of vocation, the meaning of work, unemployment, and underemployment. It provides suggestions for pastors and others to use in working with the unemployed and with persons at transitional periods. It is also suitable for persons…
Descriptors: Adults, Career Change, Career Choice, Career Counseling
American Bar Association, Washington, DC. Commission on Legal Problems of the Elderly. – 1992
The purposes of the project that developed this education package for business were as follows: (1) enhance employer knowledge and understanding of the Age Discrimination in Employment Act (ADEA), especially in its application to corporate downsizing and the use of early retirement incentives; (2) discourage employer practices that violate the act…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Age Discrimination, Business Responsibility, Compliance (Legal)
National Alliance of Business, Inc., Washington, DC. – 1985
As demographic changes and new labor supply requirements develop in the years ahead, older workers are sure to become even more important to employers and to society as a whole. To date, most employers have just begun to formulate policies to manage an aging work force in a changing economy. Some firms, however, have begun to respond pragmatically…
Descriptors: Aging (Individuals), Business Responsibility, Change Strategies, Cooperative Planning
