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Innovative Employment Practices for Older Americans.
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Root, Lawrence S.; Zarrugh, Laura H. – 1983
Many companies recognize the importance of including older persons in the labor force, but barriers still exist that limit their productive employment. Negative stereotypes may influence hiring and promotion decisions, and training opportunities may be closed. A study was conducted of private sector employment programs/practices that are intended…
Descriptors: Age Discrimination, Blue Collar Occupations, Employer Attitudes, Employment Potential
Better Utilizing an Older Workforce: A Focus on Intergenerational Day Care. Hearing before the Subcommittee on Retirement Income and Employment of the Select Committee on Aging. House of Representatives, One Hundred First Congress, First Session.
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Congress of the U.S., Washington, DC. House Select Committee on Aging. – 1989
This document reports the oral and written testimony of witnesses at a Congressional hearing held to examine ways to use the abilities of the rapidly growing older population, particularly in professions such as child care where they have the potential of making an important contribution to the education and care of the children of the United…
Descriptors: Child Care Occupations, Child Caregivers, Day Care, Day Care Centers
Free Agent Nation: How America's New Independent Workers Are Transforming the Way We Live.
Pink, Daniel H. – 2001
This book provides a comprehensive examination of the rise of free agent workers, how free agency is transforming the lives of free agents and those around them, problems encountered by free agents, and the future of free agency. The following are among the topics discussed in the book's 19 chapters: (1) the numbers and nuances of free agency; (2)…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Learning, Agencies, Aging (Individuals)